Do you have kids that are in need of of food for the weekend? If so, Frenship ISD is coming to the rescue. School children in and around Lubbock have been missing classes lately, not because of the pandemic, but because of the winter storm and the strain on the on the power grid...
The City of Lubbock is warning citizens to not attempt walking on our playa lakes, as the ice is not thick enough to support the weight of people or pets.
Rolling blackouts are possible in Lubbock, and across the South Plains and Texas Panhandle on Tuesday, due to the Southwest Power Pool having to downgrade to EEA Level 3
Lyntegar Electric Co-op, South Plains Electric Co-op, and AEP Texas have had to implement rolling blackouts at ERCOT's directive. Both ERCOT and SPP are urging people to conserve electricity over the next two days
Just before 9am Saturday, ERCOT's reserve electrical capacity was just 89 megawatts. ERCOT electricity usage may set a winter record this weekend due to a 5-day long stretch of extremely low temps across the state.
Lubbock, the South Plains; Amarillo, and the Texas Panhandle, are expecting to deal with snowfall amounts between 5" to 10" inches and temperatures below zero, over the next three days.