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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe parts of Texas on the national grid have power
https://poweroutage.us/area/state/texas
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The parts of Texas on the national grid have power (Original Post)
struggle4progress
Feb 2021
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JI7
(89,251 posts)1. Too bad the media doesn't clearly point these things out
malaise
(269,031 posts)2. So much for privatization
Hope the people of Texas wake up
rampartc
(5,408 posts)3. not a chance
every right winger in america knows that it is the windmills' fault.
gab13by13
(21,358 posts)4. Only a small % of the outage is due to windmills freezing up,
Windmills that are winterized are guaranteed to operate at 20 degrees below zero. The Texas windmills weren't winterized.
I hope that people in Texas let their water trickle a little bit during the cold weather or there are going to be a lot of problems when it warms back up.
KatyMan
(4,192 posts)5. Trickling didn't help
We had a pipe burst yesterday unfortunately even with all of our faucets running a little bit. So now we dont have power or water. I give a heartfelt fuck you to all Republican voters in Texas from us normal people who live here.