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Miguelito Loveless

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2. 91 degrees in central NC

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue May 19, 2026, 05:37 PM

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Duke Energy is drawing my houses battery pack along with 115 other packs to support grid demand until 19:15. My back of the envelope math estimate is we are providing 1.15 megawatts of support to the grid.

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Emergency grid alert issued for East Coast as heat soars [View all] BumRushDaShow Tuesday OP

97 degrees / real-feel 100 here at my place in NYC Drum Tuesday #1

91 degrees in central NC Miguelito Loveless Tuesday #2

The high was 96 in MA today. sheshe2 Tuesday #3

imagine that (along with some triples) lasts for seven months Skittles Tuesday #4

This is too early in the season for mid - upper 90s at this latitude (with the big Atlantic Ocean to buffer until later) BumRushDaShow Tuesday #5

ours started in March Skittles Tuesday #6

That whole southwest is always like that BumRushDaShow Tuesday #7

we don't usually near triple degrees in March Skittles Tuesday #8

Climate change! BumRushDaShow Tuesday #9