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Thursday, February 02, 2023

Winter Storm: 340K without Power in Texas

Texans in more than 340,000 homes and businesses braced for near-freezing temperatures without power Wednesday and more than 2,300 flights were canceled amid an unrelenting blast of treacherous, icy conditions and brutal cold that has left at least six dead.

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Has anyone seen Fled Cruz and his great valu wolverine look lately?

#1 | Posted by Nixon at 2023-02-02 07:00 AM | Reply

Again your Republican State government at work. I wonder what conspiracy theory they use to cover it?

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2023-02-02 08:46 AM | Reply

Uhh Rein, where did you get the number of 340k homes? Need a citation for that claim because it's not in your story.

#3 | Posted by Bluewaffles at 2023-02-02 09:02 AM | Reply

340k People*

#4 | Posted by Bluewaffles at 2023-02-02 09:03 AM | Reply

It's in the headline and first sentence of the linked article, moron.

"340K without power amid frigid temperatures in Texas; 2,300 flights canceled, at least 6 dead as winter storm sweeps US: Updates"

"AUSTIN, Texas " Texans in more than 340,000 homes and businesses braced for near-freezing temperatures without power Wednesday and more than 2,300 flights were canceled amid an unrelenting blast of treacherous, icy conditions and brutal cold that has left at least six dead. "

#5 | Posted by qcp at 2023-02-02 09:23 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Oh so it's just Austin? Meh.

#6 | Posted by Bluewaffles at 2023-02-02 09:52 AM | Reply

Oh so it's just Austin?

#6 | POSTED BY BLUEWAFFLES

California could use an exclave.

Move the Texas capital to Lubbock. It's exactly your speed.

#7 | Posted by Zed at 2023-02-02 09:54 AM | Reply

If it's mainly just Austin, sounds to me like someone didn't bother trimming their trees (and not a grid related issue).

#8 | Posted by Bluewaffles at 2023-02-02 10:01 AM | Reply

Oh so it's just Austin? Meh.

#6 | POSTED BY BLUEWAFFLES

No, moron. That's where the news is being reported from. It's a huge area that centers between Dallas, Austin and Houston.

Jesus Christ, you're stupid.

#9 | Posted by Sycophant at 2023-02-02 10:40 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

If it's mainly just Austin, sounds to me

#8 | POSTED BY BLUEWAFFLES

If it's mainly just Austin, sounds to me that someone wants to punish somebodies for not being fascist.

#10 | Posted by Zed at 2023-02-02 10:41 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

Near freezing temps and they lose power? Cripes It's -10 in the Albany NY area-they have power.

#11 | Posted by Yodagirl at 2023-02-02 11:12 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

340k would only be an outage effecting 1/3 of Austin (not including its sprawling suburbs). Outages I know of were North of Houston. Places like Palestine, TX with population 20k.

#12 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2023-02-02 11:13 AM | Reply

340k HOMES AND BUSINESSES.

That would be a substantial number of folks affected.

#13 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2023-02-02 11:33 AM | Reply

Any minor power outage in Texas is now national news because Ted Cruz is a POS. ^^ kind of funny.

#14 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2023-02-02 11:39 AM | Reply

Any minor power outage in Texas is now national news because Ted Cruz is a POS. ^^ kind of funny.

#14 | POSTED BY SITZKRIEG

400,000 homes is not minor especially for literal multiple days in cold weather.

#15 | Posted by Sycophant at 2023-02-02 12:01 PM | Reply

Less than 3% of the grid is minor considering Republican corruption left most of us in the dark not that long ago.

#16 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2023-02-02 12:05 PM | Reply

In 150 years our descendants will thank us for our minor sacrifices today while living comfortably in their caves and mud huts. According to our globalist masters in Davos all we need to is slightly prune the population by 6.5 billion and give up modern conveniences like food, shelter and energy. They decided the simplest way do do that was to make everything worse and more expensive.

#17 | Posted by visitor_ at 2023-02-02 12:25 PM | Reply

It speaks volumes that the right-wing trolls on this site don't even know how to properly read a news article.

#18 | Posted by qcp at 2023-02-02 12:43 PM | Reply

The power companies in Texas cheap out on infrastructure and it bites Texans in the buttocks. Why should anyone be surprised?

#19 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2023-02-02 12:46 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

From what I've seen here in Okiehomie, having above-ground power lines is not only cheap, it's a jobs program for every tornado and ice storm...

#20 | Posted by catdog at 2023-02-02 12:58 PM | Reply

It's Texas.

Possibly freezing to death during the winter is part of the charm.

Besides. All you need is to fire off your guns a few times a cuddle with the heat the provide you.

#21 | Posted by ClownShack at 2023-02-02 01:04 PM | Reply

Near freezing temps and they lose power? Cripes It's -10 in the Albany NY area-they have power.

#11 | Posted by Yodagirl at 2023-02-02 11:12 AM | Reply | Flag:

Come to Texas and enjoy the unregulated power that works just fine when it is not too hot or too cold, in other words when you need it the most because FK YOU.

- Gov Hotwheels.

#22 | Posted by Nixon at 2023-02-02 02:30 PM | Reply

The power companies in Texas cheap out on infrastructure and it bites Texans in the buttocks. Why should anyone be surprised?

#19 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2023-02-02 12:46 PM | Reply | Flag:

I am sure the shareholders and officers of the ERCOT all have whole house generators so that the poor people suffer and die by themselves.

Plus what ERCOT will due is jack the rates way up during this weather emergency so people can look forward to paying hundreds of dollars per day if they are lucky enough to have power.

"His Lights Stayed on During Texas' Storm. Now He Owes $16,752." www.nytimes.com

""My savings is gone," said Scott Willoughby, a 63-year-old Army veteran who lives on Social Security payments in a Dallas suburb. He said he had nearly emptied his savings account so that he would be able to pay the $16,752 electric bill charged to his credit card " 70 times what he usually pays for all of his utilities combined. "There's nothing I can do about it, but it's broken me.""

A capitalist miracle.

#23 | Posted by Nixon at 2023-02-02 02:35 PM | Reply

A capitalist miracle indeed in a similar situation with a Marxist/socialist system energy would be unobtanium except for the party elite.

#24 | Posted by visitor_ at 2023-02-02 03:38 PM | Reply

Did those DNA kits Hot Wheels ordered help identify the dead?

#25 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2023-02-02 03:39 PM | Reply

Near freezing temps and they lose power? Cripes It's -10 in the Albany NY area-they have power.
#11 | POSTED BY YODAGIRL AT 2023-02-02 11:12 AM

Republican "power" is a gridwork of disaster.

#26 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2023-02-02 06:31 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Justice has hit Texas in the balls. I warned what would happen because of the unjust verdict of policewoman Amber Guyger. God doesn't play games. Eventually things do reach a tipping point. And so after she was sentenced you got Covid-19, tornadoes, severe drought, heat waves over powering the electric grid, massive inflation and debt, and now possibly an oncoming nuclear war in Ukraine.

#27 | Posted by wolfdog at 2023-02-02 09:33 PM | Reply

If they catch Senator Ted "cruzing for a beating" at the airport a second time they will kill him

#28 | Posted by Tor at 2023-02-02 10:00 PM | Reply

If they catch Senator Ted "cruzing for a beating" at the airport a second time they will kill him

#29 | Posted by Tor at 2023-02-02 10:00 PM | Reply

A capitalist miracle indeed in a similar situation with a Marxist/socialist system energy would be unobtanium except for the party elite.

#24 | POSTED BY VISITOR_

I sometimes wonder if you understand how stupid you sound.

#30 | Posted by Sycophant at 2023-02-03 09:27 AM | Reply

Hey! Comrade Sycophant! How can I explain this to you? You must have taken Physics in High School. At least I take it for granted. Reaction follows Action. Thus B follows A and C follows B and D follows C etc. See? So simple that even YOU can understand it!

#31 | Posted by wolfdog at 2023-02-03 12:59 PM | Reply

No, you can't. Now go fix your babushka a plate of beets.

#32 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2023-02-03 11:52 PM | Reply

#24

There are electric cooperatives all over America that are significantly outperforming the for-profit utilities in Texas.

#33 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2023-02-04 11:44 AM | Reply

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