Pictures from Buzzfeed of frozen everything in Texas... Was going to move there last year, got delayed... Heart goes out to them.
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Wow. I've lived in Canada my whole life and am totally used to winter and this is crazy to me.
Even in 1998 when we had a massive ice storm that took our power out for like a week and froze everything solid (look up the 1998 Quebec/Ontario ice storm) I've never seen toilets freeze and water inside the house freeze solid.
But I guess that our houses and pipes and other infrastructure is much more insulated because we're used to the cold weather.
A lot of houses in Texas are built slab on grade. The incoming water pipes aren’t buried deep enough. Water lines run too close to exterior walls, etc.
Now we know what building codes are for. Texas must have not included plumbing insulation in their codes.
Their building code (and energy infrastructure) was written to make rich people richer, not ensure that people would be safe in their own homes and on their own roads.
This is a perfect example of the failure of government to do the bare minimum to promote the safety of Americans because a few campaign donors wanted to make sure they could buy their third vacation home.