Texas knew for years power grid was at risk but did little about it. Unbelievable.

[evince]

Oh and BTY


Energy use is being charged at mountainous fees during this mess



Huge price gouging is going on in Texas

[Bulletbob]

Once again, Texans are suffering because of a failure of disaster planning and investment to prepare for the worst.

First, it was the pandemic. Texas’ public health infrastructure has been shown for a year to be lacking, at both local and state levels. Leaders tried to craft a plan in 2015 to prepare for the inevitable, but it was stopped over political issues.

This time, it’s an unprecedented — but, importantly, not unpredictable — stretch of cold weather and storms blanketing the entire state. Public and private sector leaders may try to say there’s no way they could have been prepared for this. That’s a line of bull that no Texan should accept.

Texas is an energy giant. This shouldn’t happen here. We have a large and diverse energy supply. The culprit here is a clear failure of preparation, period.


https://www.star-telegram.com/opinio...249285685.html

a lot like nyc and la hey you raciest bastard

[Walt]

I call bullshit. Like you always do.

Even without Biden, the government would be trying to help Texas. People try to do good jobs. Biden is an honest, good person, who is trying his best to lead these people trying to do good jobs. He is far from perfect, but he is trying to do his best.

If you want to be cynical about it, then if Democrats improve Texas, they will reap the political rewards from that. Better yet, the toes they will have to step on to improve Texas, the big corporations trying to suck as much money as possible out of the people of Texas, are all strong Republicans. Democrats do not have to lose any support, and could gain a lot.

[Walt]

Once again, Texans are suffering because of a failure of disaster planning and investment to prepare for the worst.

First, it was the pandemic. Texas’ public health infrastructure has been shown for a year to be lacking, at both local and state levels. Leaders tried to craft a plan in 2015 to prepare for the inevitable, but it was stopped over political issues.

This time, it’s an unprecedented — but, importantly, not unpredictable — stretch of cold weather and storms blanketing the entire state. Public and private sector leaders may try to say there’s no way they could have been prepared for this. That’s a line of bull that no Texan should accept.

Texas is an energy giant. This shouldn’t happen here. We have a large and diverse energy supply. The culprit here is a clear failure of preparation, period.


https://www.star-telegram.com/opinio...249285685.html

Texas is among the most outdated, but rest of the power grid is also basically early 1900's technology. Sure the computers would amaze an electrical engineer from 1920, but what the computers showed would be very understandable to him.

We have a smart grid when it comes to communication, we need the same when it comes to power.

[Sailor]

Even without Biden, the government would be trying to help Texas. People try to do good jobs. Biden is an honest, good person, who is trying his best to lead these people trying to do good jobs. He is far from perfect, but he is trying to do his best.

If you want to be cynical about it, then if Democrats improve Texas, they will reap the political rewards from that. Better yet, the toes they will have to step on to improve Texas, the big corporations trying to suck as much money as possible out of the people of Texas, are all strong Republicans. Democrats do not have to lose any support, and could gain a lot.

For all that blather Biden is not doing shit. Still.

[PoliTalker]

Hello guno,

Once again, Texans are suffering because of a failure of disaster planning and investment to prepare for the worst.

First, it was the pandemic. Texas’ public health infrastructure has been shown for a year to be lacking, at both local and state levels. Leaders tried to craft a plan in 2015 to prepare for the inevitable, but it was stopped over political issues.

This time, it’s an unprecedented — but, importantly, not unpredictable — stretch of cold weather and storms blanketing the entire state. Public and private sector leaders may try to say there’s no way they could have been prepared for this. That’s a line of bull that no Texan should accept.

Texas is an energy giant. This shouldn’t happen here. We have a large and diverse energy supply. The culprit here is a clear failure of preparation, period.


https://www.star-telegram.com/opinio...249285685.html

Mind boggling the right wants to blame wind power. Since when is that reliable? If turbines had not frozen over, they could have simply failed to turn because of a calm windless day. Nobody relies on wind for constant power.

[Bill]

LOL, lots of hot air about "kancer causing" windmills, & nothing about defending what texas did, or rather did not do....

I hear many of "the victims" are now suing...