Apparently Texans were minutes away from.a major grid failure. Must be all those windmills that created the problem, eh!
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/17/weather/texas-winter-storm-wednesday/inde...
Everything is big in Texas!
Wed, 2021-02-17 23:36
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Everything is big in Texas!
Thu, 2021-02-18 00:52
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This is Texas Governor Greg Abbott, the global warming denying, rightwing nutbar's Katrina!
Thu, 2021-02-18 18:47
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This is a great explanation of what was happening, as it happened. Definitely not windmills merely the same old corporate greed that caused many of the private utilities to not insulate properly to save a buck. Oklahoma on the other hand had if anything worse weather and few of the problems.
Thu, 2021-02-18 22:23
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Hurricane Katrina already told folks how this was going to go. Almost 20 years ago.
https://twitter.com/HoodCommunist/status/1361939220856664071
"They are going to let us die..."
Fri, 2021-02-19 00:28
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Fri, 2021-02-19 07:15
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He says it is not local government's duty to support people through "trying times", adding: "I'm sick and tired of people looking for a damn handout."
Calling the situation the "product of a socialist government", he urges people to think "outside of the box" and not wait "for someone to come and rescue you".
He adds: "Only the strong will survive and the weak will parish [sic]."
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56100743
Ayn Rand would be proud. Except maybe for the spelling.