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Where is Carnival Cruz? Texas.is facing electrical grid issues (Original Post)
LetMyPeopleVote
Apr 2021
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Vinca
(50,278 posts)1. Ted's busy in DC waging war against Major League Baseball.
Blue Owl
(50,427 posts)2. Better check the Cancun beachfront
leftieNanner
(15,124 posts)3. And what's going to happen in a few months when it gets hot?
"Dear Customers, we have totally fucked up the power grid because Greg Abbott said it was OK. You don't mind turning off your a/c and baking to death in your homes for the summer, do you? Those of you who didn't freeze to death while Uncle Ted was on vacay, I mean."
area51
(11,911 posts)5. "What's going to happen in a few months when it gets hot?"
That was my first thought. ERCOT can't handle mild April heat? WTH's going to happen in June, July and August? Perpetual rolling blackouts until we get our first cool front in, which might not be until October?
Skittles
(153,169 posts)10. LOL, a few months? you mean like....NEXT MONTH?
Deuxcents
(16,248 posts)4. Will they ever learn?
No! I say that because I have family in Texas..east to San Antonio.. I just dont get it.
Luciferous
(6,082 posts)6. I worry about what's going to happen this summer
Liberal In Texas
(13,556 posts)7. Can't wait to get my back-up generator installed.
Understandably all the distributors are way behind. Might get an estimate next month if I'm lucky.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,321 posts)9. i am looking at getting a generator
What type did you get?
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,321 posts)11. Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick are idiots
dalton99a
(81,516 posts)12. The Great State of Power Outages
and fucking idiots
jcgoldie
(11,631 posts)13. He had to run to tahiti just to drop off the kids...