I’m a Dem here in Texas. Our wind turbines froze.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yep. I've been watching people live video their homes from Texas.

One person's fishtank froze inside the house.

Another person was trying to keep their pipes from freezing and turned the water on overnight, not only did the pipes freeze but the water blocked and sprayed all over her floors and countertops - FREEZING a sheet of water on the floors, towels, and counters.

Another's entire apartment building flooded because the pipes burst to the fire extinguishers going to every unit.

It was below freezing last night too. People are chopping trees down for firewood. I've seen lines of 100s of people in front of gas stations to buy food because all the grocery stores are closed as well.

And before anyone says that all couldn't be happening, here are the videos:

Everything closed:
https://www.tiktok.com/@neuro713/video/6929487304239205638

Frozen fishtank:
https://www.tiktok.com/@ray.k13/video/6929543248109178118

Homeless tent in living room:
https://www.tiktok.com/@servicedog_stryker/video/6929599702543502597

Crowne plaza Dallas completed flooded from broken pipes:
https://www.tiktok.com/@alexisalvarez5605/video/6929448765958933765

TikTok? I’m sure it’s not good there at the moment. Temps are now going up and it will be in the 40s and 50s in two days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yep. I've been watching people live video their homes from Texas.

One person's fishtank froze inside the house.

Another person was trying to keep their pipes from freezing and turned the water on overnight, not only did the pipes freeze but the water blocked and sprayed all over her floors and countertops - FREEZING a sheet of water on the floors, towels, and counters.

Another's entire apartment building flooded because the pipes burst to the fire extinguishers going to every unit.

It was below freezing last night too. People are chopping trees down for firewood. I've seen lines of 100s of people in front of gas stations to buy food because all the grocery stores are closed as well.

And before anyone says that all couldn't be happening, here are the videos:

Everything closed:
https://www.tiktok.com/@neuro713/video/6929487304239205638

Frozen fishtank:
https://www.tiktok.com/@ray.k13/video/6929543248109178118

Homeless tent in living room:
https://www.tiktok.com/@servicedog_stryker/video/6929599702543502597

Crowne plaza Dallas completed flooded from broken pipes:
https://www.tiktok.com/@alexisalvarez5605/video/6929448765958933765

TikTok? I’m sure it’s not good there at the moment. Temps are now going up and it will be in the 40s and 50s in two days.

Wrong. Texas meteorologists are calling for another 3 inches each day until Thursday and for the weather to melt the snow then freeze it hard, melt then freeze.

You know what that means? Roads and highways in Texas, where they have no salt trucks, no plows, and no chains on tires, stay impassible. People can't go to work. Grocery stores stay closed.

Power stays off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The bigger issue than the wind turbines freezing is that Texas has underinvested in its energy infrastructure and doesn't have cross-border connections to draw energy from neighboring states and alternative sources. This was done purposefully, and experts have been warning about this kind of event in Texas for years.

This is fully a political issue that is manifesting because of law taxes and non-action relation to climate change.

I am sorry it is happening, but it was a fully avoidable event.

I’m the OP and this is true. My friends and I are sitting with no lights, TV, etc, just phones trying to keep power on. We don’t have wood stoves etc.. This was not my choice. FU Abbott.

Aren’t the blackouts rolling and deliberate in a lot of areas? The energy company that is responsible is based in Austin and run by two Dems

God you people are ridiculous in your attempt to blame Democrats. Rolling blackouts have been ordered by the state of Texas. They are doing it to ration power.

[Anonymous]

Wind turbines don't freeze in Iowa. Just sayin'

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wind turbines don't freeze in Iowa. Just sayin'

Yes, because they know they have to heat them and do. Why didn’t the energy company who owns them do same for some of their wind turbines? They know it gets cold in parts of TX, such as Dallas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The bigger issue than the wind turbines freezing is that Texas has underinvested in its energy infrastructure and doesn't have cross-border connections to draw energy from neighboring states and alternative sources. This was done purposefully, and experts have been warning about this kind of event in Texas for years.

This is fully a political issue that is manifesting because of law taxes and non-action relation to climate change.

I am sorry it is happening, but it was a fully avoidable event.

I’m the OP and this is true. My friends and I are sitting with no lights, TV, etc, just phones trying to keep power on. We don’t have wood stoves etc.. This was not my choice. FU Abbott.

Aren’t the blackouts rolling and deliberate in a lot of areas? The energy company that is responsible is based in Austin and run by two Dems

God you people are ridiculous in your attempt to blame Democrats. Rolling blackouts have been ordered by the state of Texas. They are doing it to ration power.

Exactly. Because the one energy commission responsible for a lot of TX didn’t plan properly. They are in Austin and the two board heads are Dems. The panhandle and extreme east TX next to MS have no blackouts and no outages. They are NOT under this energy commission.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yep. I've been watching people live video their homes from Texas.

One person's fishtank froze inside the house.

Another person was trying to keep their pipes from freezing and turned the water on overnight, not only did the pipes freeze but the water blocked and sprayed all over her floors and countertops - FREEZING a sheet of water on the floors, towels, and counters.

Another's entire apartment building flooded because the pipes burst to the fire extinguishers going to every unit.

It was below freezing last night too. People are chopping trees down for firewood. I've seen lines of 100s of people in front of gas stations to buy food because all the grocery stores are closed as well.

And before anyone says that all couldn't be happening, here are the videos:

Everything closed:
https://www.tiktok.com/@neuro713/video/6929487304239205638

Frozen fishtank:
https://www.tiktok.com/@ray.k13/video/6929543248109178118

Homeless tent in living room:
https://www.tiktok.com/@servicedog_stryker/video/6929599702543502597

Crowne plaza Dallas completed flooded from broken pipes:
https://www.tiktok.com/@alexisalvarez5605/video/6929448765958933765

TikTok? I’m sure it’s not good there at the moment. Temps are now going up and it will be in the 40s and 50s in two days.

Wrong. Texas meteorologists are calling for another 3 inches each day until Thursday and for the weather to melt the snow then freeze it hard, melt then freeze.

You know what that means? Roads and highways in Texas, where they have no salt trucks, no plows, and no chains on tires, stay impassible. People can't go to work. Grocery stores stay closed.

Power stays off.

In the Dallas area where it gets cold every single winter. This is unusual, but they get bad weather every year. Houston will be in the 60s by Friday and above freezing tomorrow. TX is a huge state and as the power needs ease up further south, they will be able to get those on further north.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The bigger issue than the wind turbines freezing is that Texas has underinvested in its energy infrastructure and doesn't have cross-border connections to draw energy from neighboring states and alternative sources. This was done purposefully, and experts have been warning about this kind of event in Texas for years.

This is fully a political issue that is manifesting because of law taxes and non-action relation to climate change.

I am sorry it is happening, but it was a fully avoidable event.

I’m the OP and this is true. My friends and I are sitting with no lights, TV, etc, just phones trying to keep power on. We don’t have wood stoves etc.. This was not my choice. FU Abbott.

Aren’t the blackouts rolling and deliberate in a lot of areas? The energy company that is responsible is based in Austin and run by two Dems

God you people are ridiculous in your attempt to blame Democrats. Rolling blackouts have been ordered by the state of Texas. They are doing it to ration power.

Exactly. Because the one energy commission responsible for a lot of TX didn’t plan properly. They are in Austin and the two board heads are Dems. The panhandle and extreme east TX next to MS have no blackouts and no outages. They are NOT under this energy commission.

The panhandle does get winter weather regularly, fwiw. Central Texas really doesn't.

Anecdotally, my brother in Austin tried turning on the heater that they haven't used in years and it didn't work. Their water heater is outside. They've tried to insulate it....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The bigger issue than the wind turbines freezing is that Texas has underinvested in its energy infrastructure and doesn't have cross-border connections to draw energy from neighboring states and alternative sources. This was done purposefully, and experts have been warning about this kind of event in Texas for years.

This is fully a political issue that is manifesting because of law taxes and non-action relation to climate change.

I am sorry it is happening, but it was a fully avoidable event.

I’m the OP and this is true. My friends and I are sitting with no lights, TV, etc, just phones trying to keep power on. We don’t have wood stoves etc.. This was not my choice. FU Abbott.

Aren’t the blackouts rolling and deliberate in a lot of areas? The energy company that is responsible is based in Austin and run by two Dems

God you people are ridiculous in your attempt to blame Democrats. Rolling blackouts have been ordered by the state of Texas. They are doing it to ration power.

Exactly. Because the one energy commission responsible for a lot of TX didn’t plan properly. They are in Austin and the two board heads are Dems. The panhandle and extreme east TX next to MS have no blackouts and no outages. They are NOT under this energy commission.

The panhandle does get winter weather regularly, fwiw. Central Texas really doesn't.

Anecdotally, my brother in Austin tried turning on the heater that they haven't used in years and it didn't work. Their water heater is outside. They've tried to insulate it....

Yes, it does. That’s my point. Those areas not under the ERC are doing well despite the unusual cold.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Freak storm. The state was not prepared but doubt Florida or AZ or southern CA are either. No state government is risk free prepared. Bringing energy in from other states may have helped unless transmission lines were down. There is always an issue to counteract the prepared. Tough situation that neither party would have addressed successfully.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Freak storm. The state was not prepared but doubt Florida or AZ or southern CA are either. No state government is risk free prepared. Bringing energy in from other states may have helped unless transmission lines were down. There is always an issue to counteract the prepared. Tough situation that neither party would have addressed successfully.

"neither party"

who has controlled Texas energy for the better part of 35 years?
who has denied climate change (these events are happening more frequently in Texas)?
who wanted to skirt federal regulations?
who has avoided investing in the infrastructure?

This is not a both sides thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Freak storm. The state was not prepared but doubt Florida or AZ or southern CA are either. No state government is risk free prepared. Bringing energy in from other states may have helped unless transmission lines were down. There is always an issue to counteract the prepared. Tough situation that neither party would have addressed successfully.

That's popoycock. Being connected to the national.grid and following federal.regulatory standards would 100% have prevented this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Freak storm. The state was not prepared but doubt Florida or AZ or southern CA are either. No state government is risk free prepared. Bringing energy in from other states may have helped unless transmission lines were down. There is always an issue to counteract the prepared. Tough situation that neither party would have addressed successfully.

This wasn’t a surprise. Meteorologists knew it was coming weeks ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Freak storm. The state was not prepared but doubt Florida or AZ or southern CA are either. No state government is risk free prepared. Bringing energy in from other states may have helped unless transmission lines were down. There is always an issue to counteract the prepared. Tough situation that neither party would have addressed successfully.

This wasn’t a surprise. Meteorologists knew it was coming weeks ago.

And like a lot of "1 in a (X number of years) events," climate change will make these storms more frequent.