Texan here, lucky enough to live a red city so we aren't boiling our water (yet.) We've had power outages all week, some rolling some really severe. There's a neighborhood here that hasn't had power since Sunday. Most people's lights have been on today.
We have a crisis developing here too though- clean water.
Everyone's pipes are frozen, more people everyday. It's gotten to be so bad that I only know one person who still has both power and running water. We're all melting snow to flush our toilets. The person I know with water is letting people fill jugs up at her house. Grocery stores are limiting purchases of water.
The thaw won't happen tomorrow, I don't think. The NWS is predicting temps will only be above zero for a couple of hours. We still have two days of this left and I'm becoming concerned people are getting sick. We can't shower, can't wash our clothes, can't wash our hands (hand sanitizer can only do so much.)
Where is FEMA? This is turning in a Katrina situation.
The issue was not that Texas did not have enough power, they had plenty of capability to provide power, they were prevented from increasing the power capacity, both by federal regulators in the Biden administration and by the power regulatory commission itself.
There was a graph floating around earlier showing how the energy board actually slowed down the power grid prior to the storm, which artificially created the power crisis.
This was a power and control move.
This alone should push Texas to secede, their ability to govern as a sovereign state was halted, breaking the constitutional bond.
The TX GOP is to blame for this due to them being cheapasses and refused to winterize the grid. Natural gas failed much moreso than wind. The nuke power plant in Houston also failed because of refusal to winterize.
The TX GOP is to blame for this due to them being cheapasses and refused to winterize the grid. Natural gas failed much moreso than wind. The nuke power plant in Houston also failed because of refusal to winterize.
Says Anaconda the guy who has NEVER been correct about anything.
When you disappeared for a few weeks I was hoping it was because your stupidity finally caught up and you choked on your own spit.
How sad I was when you showed back up.
We don't have basements here (usually) because the soil shifts too much. Pipes aren't usually insulated very well and usually touch exterior walls, probably because it's cheaper to build that way and nobody worries about the cold.
NO... the water table prevents people from having basements here.
I guess you’ve never heard of radon gas...