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After the cold snap of 7,000 megawatts worth of power plants shut down, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the network operator, the second most populous state behind California, declared an energy emergency.

ERCOT has asked the state energy suppliers to around 4,000 megawatts worth of power demand in the early hours of the day is clear - right around 2.9 million households.

The operator lowered the interview that about 3,000 MW of mid-morning, a few generations, since the operation again.

"We expect that rolling outages to continue until an appropriate amount of production back online," ERCOT said in a statement. "We continue to appeal to saving energy."

Blackouts and left houses without heating up the dark for one hour, caused a number of schools and businesses to close and put a few traffic snarls traffic lights stopped working.

There was no sign of major failure in a large refinery row "Houston complex, about 13 percent of U.S. refining capacity covers.

punxsutawney phil 2011

The news Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, this morning to hear exactly what he wanted: Spring will start this year, thanks to the good old Phil's prediction of the winter, as it did for 125 years (the longest ever live groundhog?).

Hooray, I thought I was happy with my portrayal of exile in the sleeping bag coat the recesses of my closet.And National Geographic, that bastion of the bizarre historical trivia, all broken down.

125 years, the country looked at Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog hole to creep and mission Feb. 2. When he sees his shadow, boom, there are still six weeks of winter. If you do not mean that just over two weeks to beat (and the storms to wallop the country this year, which is happy news).

So what if the National Climatic Data Center, says Phil is correct only about 40 per cent of the time? The country still believes. The groundhog was.

did the groundhog see his shadow 2011

Punxsutawney Phil to bring good news to the twitter of Groundhog Day, February 2, 2011. He does not see his shadow, and tweeted the people across the country, hoping not to endure six weeks of winter:

The famous marmot uses social media spread the good news. Twitter had a lot of the big announcement, or viewed through a live streaming broadcast. Phil also announced that the winter will soon go to the fans on Facebook.

The fun is not over the Groundhog Day 2011th Check for a four-square and shout to the famous groundhog on February 2, to earn the badge.