The UN and leftwing DOE collaborated with left-ran ERCOT to decommission, offline, and refuse to upramp multiple energy systems so they could, 1) make 18,000x as much money selling external electricity to Texas, which is like selling water to whales, and 2) run endless news stories about how red-state Texas is a little bitch that 'needs the federal government to come handle things for them'.
Go learn-up. Right now your reaction is what they want, and you're being part of the problem.
The carbon plutocrats even instituted a regulation that natural gas lines aren't allowed to keep themselves unfrozen via an unthinkably small proportion of the very gas that they're already carrying, .. they have to use a seperate electrical warming system .. that Fails if the grid screws up.
🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Custom-made to sh¡t the bed. Or, even be turned off at a switch.
No asshat, people are dead because they did not plan for anything. I bet the eastern half fared better because you certainly have some that plan for Hurricanes, so they don't get Katrina'd. Now fuck off and teach people to plan, instead of riling them up to blame others.
Funny, no one in the country knows about iowa's Deracheo last summer, we were without power for three weeks over 40,000,000 acres of corn lost no food, water, gas, ice for a hundred miles. We didn't even make the news, feel lucky, you are getting donations, we didn't get shit.
Yep. I love how everyone is blaming liberals but it’s the republican politicians who failed to create proper building codes, buy snow plows, or winterize the power plants.
This website is no better than Reddit. This place claims to be “republican” but won’t accept any responsibility for their failures
Why not head on back to Brainwash town rather than bitch on this site. Austin could have Nuclear Power but all the little liberals always go "Not In My Backyard" because they think power can just be magically transported any distance as long as there is power lines.
Typical cancer liberal mentality has got people so reliant on the government they don't buy sterno or know how to make a alcohol burner. Act like its the governments fault because people don't prepare to survive even 3 days without help.
'But Prepping is all conspiracy theorist wackos.' You plan without warning unless you are completely reliant on the Government Tit like the stereotypical Liberal Austiners do.
You had warning. the storm was forecast a week ahead, just like hurricanes generally are. And even it it were true that this storm "poof" showed up like you say, which it did not. Today, TODAY, there is clear warning to make damned sure you dont let this happen to yourself or your family again. By taking direct, personal action, to have some food and water stored at home, etc. etc.
You have a lot to learn about Texas. Not a single republican politician will change any building codes. Not one will buy snow plows. None will fix the power plants so they don’t freeze.
Um, snow and ice does in fact take time to fall and settle. Currently been snowing for a week by me. Furthermore, perhaps you should have had the foresight to have more than 2 days worth of food. Maybe some stored water. Blankets, generators, etc. Don't reeeee to us cuz you lack forethought.
Generators?? Why would we own that? This is Texas we have the best power grid in the USA.
Also we got hit with ice storms initially. Not snow. Within 2 hours last Saturday night every road was a skating rink. Unless you had 4wd you didn’t drive until Thursday.
Is this a troll? Seriously. Tell us you're just goofing right now.
I don't know why anyone should feel bad for you not being prepared for an emergency that was forecast a week in advance. Furthermore, just being prepared for an emergency in general. Yikes. Steers and queers really making sense to me now.
Hopefully, lesson learned by all you queers cuz apparently the steers froze to death....
Are you currently housing anyone homeless due to the storm because they lost everyone due to burst pipes? Are you letting people take a shower at your house cause they haven’t had power or water for a week? Did you eat candy bars for the last 3 days cause that’s all there is?
A round of applause for u/austintx and their superior virtue! Hip hip hooray! No one cares faggot about you, your lack of preparation (candy bars lol) or all the virtuous things you have allegedly done. Fuck off back to reddit or twitter or facebook with your whiney bullshit.
No, what's a joke is claiming "Texas rugged individualism" exists and then crying about how many in your state had no actual "rugged individualism" to take care of themselves in an emergency when nature called y'alls bluff.
Huh? Austin? "Real Texas"? The mayor is a flaming liberal, there are 10 members of the city council and only one is a Republican and she JUST took her position last month. A little difficult to blame someone who wasn't there for making budget decisions. Speaking of which...
Also, we all found out yesterday that the DoE and ERCOT were more concerned about air pollution than running all electricity generation stations at full power during a massive polar blast. So much so that they wouldn't even authorize it for a couple of days and actually CUT the amount of power instead of increasing it (that's a real "they did WHAT?!" moment that's going to require a real Texas reconning) That's part of the Green New Deal and thing is liberal...well, communist actually, I won't only blame liberals on that one.
As to the horrific response to this disaster:
The Governor declared a state of emergency within the first 24 hours. This declaration is supposed to get the feds involved via FEMA. There should have been at least a Title 32 activation of the National Guard to move resources into the hardest hit areas with the first 12 hours of the federal recognition of the declaration. Now, who stole their way to occupying congress and the White House? Yup. Not conservatives. There is a rumor in DC that Texas is "being punished" for questioning the election and spurring 18 other states to join in a lawsuit, but that'sa rumor. If true, it sounds like a normal liberal vendetta to me.
Soooooooo as to your assertion...no. It was liberals that fucked this up.
And it'll be the “Real Texas” republican politicians fault when the next Asteroid hits Austin. (eye roll). Also no snow storm record breakers "every couple of years."
2021 -Half foot (6 inches) of snow reported in Central Texas, knocking out power to thousands --
The average January snowfall is 0.4 inches, according to the weather service. The record accumulation in Austin was 11 inches on Nov. 22-23 in 1937. The last time the city received more than an inch of snow was on Dec. 7-8, 2017, when 1.3 inches fell at Austin Bergstrom International Airport, the weather service said.
These nutts. The DOE shut down any increase in production over emissions guidelines. The 20% from renewables would have taken them over the top. How much did that 20% cost? What would that 20% do spent in different ways?
Now... get back in your commie Jeep and go help someone.
Get fucked, Karen.The UN and leftwing DOE collaborated with left-ran ERCOT to decommission, offline, and refuse to upramp multiple energy systems so they could, 1) make 18,000x as much money selling external electricity to Texas, which is like selling water to whales, and 2) run endless news stories about how red-state Texas is a little bitch that 'needs the federal government to come handle things for them'.
Go learn-up. Right now your reaction is what they want, and you're being part of the problem.
Austin is one of the most liberal cities on the planet. Y’all know that. And he’s right: the desert gets COLD. News flash.
Liberals are definitely responsible for promoting dependence on government instead of being resourceful.
Somehow, “y’all’ is becoming the Karen of pronouns.
Since you are new to Texas, be mindful that it is prone to ice storms.
And on-site weatherization power plant inspections were greatly reduced due to the COVID-19.
The carbon plutocrats even instituted a regulation that natural gas lines aren't allowed to keep themselves unfrozen via an unthinkably small proportion of the very gas that they're already carrying, .. they have to use a seperate electrical warming system .. that Fails if the grid screws up.
🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Custom-made to sh¡t the bed. Or, even be turned off at a switch.
Yup. The change to the electrical warming system was mega stupid.
Texas has had ice storms for decades.
No asshat, people are dead because they did not plan for anything. I bet the eastern half fared better because you certainly have some that plan for Hurricanes, so they don't get Katrina'd. Now fuck off and teach people to plan, instead of riling them up to blame others.
How can you plan if you don’t have any warning?
We had none. We were told it would snow and it would be gone the next day.
Funny, no one in the country knows about iowa's Deracheo last summer, we were without power for three weeks over 40,000,000 acres of corn lost no food, water, gas, ice for a hundred miles. We didn't even make the news, feel lucky, you are getting donations, we didn't get shit.
I remember it...
Yep. I love how everyone is blaming liberals but it’s the republican politicians who failed to create proper building codes, buy snow plows, or winterize the power plants.
This website is no better than Reddit. This place claims to be “republican” but won’t accept any responsibility for their failures
Why not head on back to Brainwash town rather than bitch on this site. Austin could have Nuclear Power but all the little liberals always go "Not In My Backyard" because they think power can just be magically transported any distance as long as there is power lines.
Typical cancer liberal mentality has got people so reliant on the government they don't buy sterno or know how to make a alcohol burner. Act like its the governments fault because people don't prepare to survive even 3 days without help.
'But Prepping is all conspiracy theorist wackos.' You plan without warning unless you are completely reliant on the Government Tit like the stereotypical Liberal Austiners do.
You do know that Nuclear power is what broke causing our outages.
You had warning. the storm was forecast a week ahead, just like hurricanes generally are. And even it it were true that this storm "poof" showed up like you say, which it did not. Today, TODAY, there is clear warning to make damned sure you dont let this happen to yourself or your family again. By taking direct, personal action, to have some food and water stored at home, etc. etc.
No warning? News warned for week leading up to it!!!
So you want everyone else to plan-but you don't??
Your post was literally ranting that government didn't plan well! Fucking-a they never do!
You are blaming the wrong people!
When you build back your shit, I hope it's coded for volcanic activity.
You have a lot to learn about Texas. Not a single republican politician will change any building codes. Not one will buy snow plows. None will fix the power plants so they don’t freeze.
Um, snow and ice does in fact take time to fall and settle. Currently been snowing for a week by me. Furthermore, perhaps you should have had the foresight to have more than 2 days worth of food. Maybe some stored water. Blankets, generators, etc. Don't reeeee to us cuz you lack forethought.
Generators?? Why would we own that? This is Texas we have the best power grid in the USA.
Also we got hit with ice storms initially. Not snow. Within 2 hours last Saturday night every road was a skating rink. Unless you had 4wd you didn’t drive until Thursday.
Is this a troll? Seriously. Tell us you're just goofing right now.
I don't know why anyone should feel bad for you not being prepared for an emergency that was forecast a week in advance. Furthermore, just being prepared for an emergency in general. Yikes. Steers and queers really making sense to me now.
Hopefully, lesson learned by all you queers cuz apparently the steers froze to death....
Texas sized over reaction. Snows in desert southwest every year.
Ahahahahaha!!! You're literally WRONG about EVERYTHING!!! Suck it, faggot!
wow..... people are dead because of their own fucking fault. PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY is still a thing.
you must be new to Texas. you sound like a commiefornia transplant.
Glad I listened.
What a faggot
Cry us a fucking river you virtue signalling cocksucker 😭
Are you currently housing anyone homeless due to the storm because they lost everyone due to burst pipes? Are you letting people take a shower at your house cause they haven’t had power or water for a week? Did you eat candy bars for the last 3 days cause that’s all there is?
I have.
A round of applause for u/austintx and their superior virtue! Hip hip hooray! No one cares faggot about you, your lack of preparation (candy bars lol) or all the virtuous things you have allegedly done. Fuck off back to reddit or twitter or facebook with your whiney bullshit.
Dude. It was cold a couple days. You aren’t a hero.
Saint Austin
Sweet virtue. So brave. So stunning. Build those pipes back betterrrrrrrrrrr.
Ah yes. So dead and homeless people is a joke. Go back to Reddit.
NO U
No, what's a joke is claiming "Texas rugged individualism" exists and then crying about how many in your state had no actual "rugged individualism" to take care of themselves in an emergency when nature called y'alls bluff.
OP moved to Texas in 2018.
From Florida.
What’s wrong with candy bars? They’re the perfect food for surviving in the cold a few days.
Huh? Austin? "Real Texas"? The mayor is a flaming liberal, there are 10 members of the city council and only one is a Republican and she JUST took her position last month. A little difficult to blame someone who wasn't there for making budget decisions. Speaking of which...
Here's a copy of last year's budget:
https://www.speakupaustin.org/budget-2021#:~:text=Austin%20City%20Council%20Approves%20FY,core%20programs%20and%20City%20infrastructure.
Don't see any snowplows or de-icing equipment.
Also, we all found out yesterday that the DoE and ERCOT were more concerned about air pollution than running all electricity generation stations at full power during a massive polar blast. So much so that they wouldn't even authorize it for a couple of days and actually CUT the amount of power instead of increasing it (that's a real "they did WHAT?!" moment that's going to require a real Texas reconning) That's part of the Green New Deal and thing is liberal...well, communist actually, I won't only blame liberals on that one.
As to the horrific response to this disaster:
The Governor declared a state of emergency within the first 24 hours. This declaration is supposed to get the feds involved via FEMA. There should have been at least a Title 32 activation of the National Guard to move resources into the hardest hit areas with the first 12 hours of the federal recognition of the declaration. Now, who stole their way to occupying congress and the White House? Yup. Not conservatives. There is a rumor in DC that Texas is "being punished" for questioning the election and spurring 18 other states to join in a lawsuit, but that'sa rumor. If true, it sounds like a normal liberal vendetta to me.
Soooooooo as to your assertion...no. It was liberals that fucked this up.
And it'll be the “Real Texas” republican politicians fault when the next Asteroid hits Austin. (eye roll). Also no snow storm record breakers "every couple of years."
2021 -Half foot (6 inches) of snow reported in Central Texas, knocking out power to thousands -- The average January snowfall is 0.4 inches, according to the weather service. The record accumulation in Austin was 11 inches on Nov. 22-23 in 1937. The last time the city received more than an inch of snow was on Dec. 7-8, 2017, when 1.3 inches fell at Austin Bergstrom International Airport, the weather service said.
https://www.currentresults.com/Yearly-Weather/USA/TX/Austin/extreme-annual-austin-snowfall.php
I suspect Are You a recent Liberal Commiefornia Transplant?
These nutts. The DOE shut down any increase in production over emissions guidelines. The 20% from renewables would have taken them over the top. How much did that 20% cost? What would that 20% do spent in different ways?
Now... get back in your commie Jeep and go help someone.