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ParaNormalBeast t1_j1ierhc wrote

So everyone mocks Texas but then it happens to them and they’re silent.

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BasroilII t1_j1imdc3 wrote

There's a gigantic difference though.

The outages in Tesas were less because of the storm, and more because of two things:

  1. Deregulation of the power industry allowing them to ignore crucially needed winterizing;

  2. The people of Texas voting to NOT tie into the nation's grid.

If they hadn't voted that way, no one in Texas would have died, most likely. They might not have even had many lose power.

The one in the Northeast? No one voted to set up their state so that they would have no backup. It wasn't caused by corrupt companies ignoring regulations. It was just a powerful storm.

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Jabromosdef t1_j1ijo65 wrote

I remember vividly how people on here were saying we deserved it because if you live in Texas, you must be a conservative asshole.

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BasroilII t1_j1imk08 wrote

No one in Texas deserved that. And I say that as a registered Democrat and a diehard liberal voter. No one deserved to freeze to death, ever. Except maybe the corrupt politicians that convinced your states voters to shoot themselves in the foot regarding their own power grid, then tried to blame fucking windmills for it.

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Jabromosdef t1_j1io1l9 wrote

The thing is, I live in the bluest city in Texas. Any ballot measure or legislation that comes will heavily lean republican due to Gerrymandering. If anyone would like to argue this, I’ll link Texas’ 2nd congressional district. Just guess why it is shaped like that. Looks like Onyx from Pokémon.

https://www.texastribune.org/directory/districts/us-house/2/

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BasroilII t1_j1iprfl wrote

Oh I get it, and I believe you 100%. But I have to say that is just proof people don't vote enough. If the GOP gerrymandered the map, it's because they were voted into positions where they could. If no one challenged them, it's because the people who appointed relevant judges were voted into place.

American (and I want to make clear I am not targeting you as an individual here) has a problem with thinking only one vote matters, and it's for one guy every four years in november. Every position from the lowest city clerk to US senator matters, and we need to vote consistently for everything, not just put a ballot in for president when we're worried about a hotbutton item that we'll forget a week later.

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Jabromosdef t1_j1iq9mk wrote

100%. We always say if the valley voted, Texas would be the most valuable swing state. Hopefully that changes with these younger voters coming of age but as of right now most people only vote in presidential elections.

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ParaNormalBeast t1_j1ijw53 wrote

Yea I don’t lean left or right, I had a 1 month old at the time of the storm, and all anyone ever said was “lol texas” as if a storm of the century was our fault

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Woody_Harryishson t1_j1j2vyz wrote

Everyone mocks Texas because all contiguous 48 States are connected to the same power grid and pay taxes and Texas was like "Haha fuck you, fuck your taxes, fuck your power grid, fuck your Federal Government were gonna make our own power grid and every election cycle were gonna float the idea of seceding from the United States cause were better than you."

Then their power goes out because their shitty grid can't handle the winter or the summer rains and we all laugh at those morons who voted for the politicians who made the bed they are sleeping in.

Sucks for everyone who didn't vote for those people but there are plenty of other States to live in.

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mygoditsfullofstars2 t1_j1r78ft wrote

But the grid only failed that 1 time in a storm that nobody could predict. I understand it should have been better, but everything past that storm in 2021 has been heavily sensationalized.

Even in the latest storm the grid had held up better than many northern states, yet the headlines are focusing almost exclusively on the very, very tiny percentage of Texans that list power on this storm

Out of the 1.6 million people that have lost power during this cold front, only 63,000 were Texans.

It's sick when a completely avoidable disaster happens in another state and reddit always comes together and is so sad for those poor people affected. But then Texas in 2021 experiences colder temps than Antarctica in a region that 24 hours prior was at 85° and the majority of people that were affected were the under privileged, yet reddit was applauding their deaths and cheering for more to die. Sick bastards, the lot of you

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UsmcFatManBear t1_j1iyogc wrote

Texas wants its own electric grid and causes its own issues. That's why people mocked it

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7ipptoe t1_j1ijh4a wrote

Somehow we’ve made even winter storms political. Despite them happening.. every year since.. we paid attention to the weather.

Either you’re prepared or not. If you’re not, that’s on you. Own it. But don’t be afraid to ask for help. Folks that are gonna be ok, think about those that may not be. We’re all Americans FFS, act like it.

Be prepared next year. For another one of those storms of a lifetime.

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ParaNormalBeast t1_j1ik4dk wrote

I think most of Texas wasn’t ready for it, be that lack of supplies or back up generators that most of my northern family has. We are now

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