Biden declares a winter emergency for Texas.

[theeedude]

Remember, Texans fleeing failed Republican policies, if you move to California, please leave your conservative politics in Texas.

 

[MrSquished]

The right wing is pure evil in this country. 100% evil.

 

[kage69]

I live in northern NY. I think a week here would probably be enough to break a Texan's spirit.

My FiL, an Okie living in the Florida panhandle at the time, came to visit us in Maine when our eldest was born. In January.

He was not aware of or prepared for, real winter. What a change of tune, went from 'oh you prissy New England liberals,' to 'holy crap how do you people do this, it hurts to breathe!'

Meh. I poke fun, but I get it. Many of us are like wine, best when not far from our vineyards.

 

[MrSquished]

This is peak right wing happening - Texas, by it's own choice, is off the national grid so it doesn't have to abide by federal regulations, and now wants federal aid to fix their own shit - whose own senators talked shit about California having issues last year, whose governor or lieutenant governor mentioned secession recently, and their cult leader Trump tried to cut off federal aid from certain blue states because they didn't support him. And some right wingers are blaming this on a Green New Deal that's never happened, and on wind power, when their own state energy board states the big issue is NG infrastructure issues due to weather and NG shortages.

They are truly a horrible party and ideology.

 

[Captante]

Biden declares A TOTAL LACK OF TESTICULAR FORTITUDE for Texas.

fixed.

 

[Bitek]

https://imgur.com/t2zkMcZ

Pussies.

Maybe they can shoot the snowflakes.

 

[MrSquished]

I'm old enough to remember when 20 texas reps and senators voted against federal aid for hurricane Sandy victims in the Northeast

Column: More than 20 Texas representatives and senators voted against Sandy aid. How will they vote on Harvey?

The art of compromise, otherwise known as you-scratch-my-back-I’ll-scratch-yours, has all but disappeared from the halls of Congress in recent years.

www.latimes.com

There are a lot of people in Texas that didn't vote for that evil party, but the ones that do need to start figuring out if they don't change their vote soon, they too are complicit in evil.

 

[Captante]

My FiL, an Okie living in the Florida panhandle at the time, came to visit us in Maine when our eldest was born. In January.

He was not aware of or prepared for, real winter. What a change of tune, went from 'oh you prissy New England liberals,' to 'holy crap how do you people do this, it hurts to breathe!'

Meh. I poke fun, but I get it. Many of us are like wine, best when not far from our vineyards.

IDK .... 95% of the time its relatively easy to live outside in a tent in the South.... try it in Northern New Hampshire or Wisconsin.

I too poke fun however while I realize this doesn't apply to everyone living in warmer climates, it is an ideal environment for the weak (physically and mentally) to thrive and not surprisingly they tend to do just that.

There's considerable evidence supporting early man migrating away from the equator to colder climates in order to escape disease, parasites and other bad stuff which tends to die off when it gets cold.

Doesn't sound like stupidity to me somehow.

 

[Leeea]

Because idiots are spreading misinformation on the inter-webs:

https://fortune.com/2021/02/16/texas-power-outage-frozen-wind-turbines/

The majority of outages overnight were plants fueled by natural gas, coal and nuclear, which together make up more than two-thirds of power generation during winter.

...

Even so, wind generation has actually exceeded the grid operator’s daily forecast through the weekend. Solar power has been slightly below forecast Monday.

 

[MrSquished]

 

[MrSquished]

 

[UNCjigga]

I've spent half my life in the North and half my life in the South.

From what I can tell Cold people are tougher but complain less. Hot people are not quite as tough but they complain more.

The REALLY tough people can handle anything and complain very little.

They represent 0.1 percent of the population in 21st century America.

The toughest people in America are in Alaska, Minnesota and Maine. They can handle anything...except Somali immigrants...

 

[hal2kilo]

See how keeping things cheap and unregulated works out.

 

[Paratus]

I have a feeling that there is Enron shit going on with natural gas right now.

Also, there is supposed to be a priority system for Natural Gas where industry and commercial gets kicked off to protect residential and power. I haven't heard of that happening at all. My huge office complex that has only been at 20% capacity for the last year is still open today. Shut that shit down so a neighborhood can stay on.

It sure seems like the most expensive neighborhoods around here still have power. Also Houston downtown has been lit up at night while surrounding neighborhoods were dark. Not a good look

This is peak right wing happening - Texas, by it's own choice, is off the national grid so it doesn't have to abide by federal regulations, and now wants federal aid to fix their own shit - whose own senators talked shit about California having issues last year, whose governor or lieutenant governor mentioned secession recently, and their cult leader Trump tried to cut off federal aid from certain blue states because they didn't support him. And some right wingers are blaming this on a Green New Deal that's never happened, and on wind power, when their own state energy board states the big issue is NG infrastructure issues due to weather and NG shortages.

They are truly a horrible party and ideology.

Regulations are bad because they cost money and hamper the free market. And the market is self correcting. If enough people are worried about freezing to death they’ll pay whatever to make sure they have power. /s (some Republican)

Edit-listening to the ERCOT blackout briefing:

ERCOT just reported 16,000MW of wind down for freezing and 30,000MW of thermal generation (natural gas) down.

 

[Fenixgoon]

It sure seems like the most expensive neighborhoods around here still have power. Also Houston downtown has been lit up at night while surrounding neighborhoods were dark. Not a good look



Regulations are bad because they cost money and hamper the free market. And the market is self correcting. If enough people are worried about freezing to death they’ll pay whatever to make sure they have power. /s (some Republican)

Edit-listening to the ERCOT blackout briefing:

ERCOT just reported 16,000MW of wind down for freezing and 30,000MW of thermal generation (natural gas) down.

People are pissed at Austin for the same reason. My guess is just like Austin, the downtown area is considered critical infrastructure and has priority for utilities

 

[Ken g6]

Remember, Texans fleeing failed Republican policies, if you move to California, please leave your conservative politics in Texas.

Funny thing is, Elon Musk just moved to Texas from California. Although I suppose he should do fine in a Texas that can't keep the lights on. Tesla solar roofs and powerwalls for everybody (who can afford them)!

 

[shortylickens]

The toughest people in America are in Alaska, Minnesota and Maine. They can handle anything...except Somali immigrants...

when I left Minnesota in 1997, there didnt seem to be any Somalis. Or if there were nobody was talking about them.

We USED to be pretty damn tolerant and accepting, which is why so many immigrants settled there to begin with. In recent years the state has turned nasty and I dont know why.

 

[ch33zw1z]

when I left Minnesota in 1997, there didnt seem to be any Somalis. Or if there were nobody was talking about them.

We USED to be pretty damn tolerant and accepting, which is why so many immigrants settled there to begin with. In recent years the state has turned nasty and I dont know why.

RCA - trickle down economics is a sham, and it causes great suffering of the plebs. They're playing the masses against each other like a fiddle while the .01% just keeps looting

 

[MrSquished]

turns out Texas has gotten the most FEMA money in the last few years by a mile

 

[shortylickens]

Texans are not ready for bad weather:

Woman, child dead from carbon monoxide poisoning after trying to stay warm in Texas

Houston police said the victims were a woman and a girl. Two others, including a boy, were taken to a local hospital for treatment.

www.nbcnews.com

They're doing mad desperate shit.

 

[Paratus]

Texans are not ready for bad weather:

Woman, child dead from carbon monoxide poisoning after trying to stay warm in Texas

Houston police said the victims were a woman and a girl. Two others, including a boy, were taken to a local hospital for treatment.

www.nbcnews.com

They're doing mad desperate shit.

On our neighborhood Facebook group people have been asking why their gas stoves won’t light during this black out and whether their pipes will be fine in this freezing weather if they left the house with the power off and no faucets left running.

 

[shortylickens]

On our neighborhood Facebook group people have been asking why their gas stoves won’t light during this black out and whether their pipes will be fine in this freezing weather if they left the house with the power off and no faucets left running.

Jesus, they dont even have matchsticks in Texas?

 

[Paratus]

Jesus, they dont even have matchsticks in Texas?

It’s not whether they have matchsticks it’s that they have no clue they should use them to light a burner. I don’t understand it.

 

[ch33zw1z]

It’s not whether they have matchsticks it’s that they have no clue they should use them to light a burner. I don’t understand it.

meh, it's probably better that way. if they can't figure it out, would you really want them messing with the gas burner and open flames?

 

[Paratus]

meh, it's probably better that way. if they can't figure it out, would you really want them messing with the gas burner and open flames?

Well that’s the issue shorty was pointing out. Some of them don’t know how to light a burner but they now how to light a grill and they are literally bringing them into the house and ending up with carbon monoxide. poisoning.