yall as a very cold Texan, this emergency was not a policy failure. pipes are bursting, every single generation option we had failed in some way
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we *have* a grid with a diversity of generation options. nothing here is built for these temps. not the houses, not the pipes, not the road maintenance
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this is a huge failure of leadership, i think, failing to adequately warn people about the crisis before disaster struck
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I knew Thurs of last week that the power grid was fucked because i am on Griddy* (*well until Saturday when I realized where this was headed)
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I had time to charge my batteries and backups, do some grocery shopping and warn my roommates before shit hit the fan. I dont think most people knew til they were literally sitting in the dark
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