#46 President Joe Biden

oftenreading said:

I think we need to stop talking about these things as “once in a century events” and get used to the reality that these will be more and more frequent. 

static111 said:

mrussel1 said:

static111 said:

I could really use that $2000 check that was supposed to fly out the door, especially after being out of work the last week in the crisis within a crisis that is TX.

I know,  this shit is getting ridiculous. 

Do you have power?

Power is back, no water...sometimes water does trickle out and we catch it and then boil it on the stove before running it through the brita.  Taking baths with hot washcloths of boiled water. Saving our wash water to flush toilets.   Could be 7 days or more before water is restored. I’m glad to be warm again though. 

static111 said:

nicknyr15 said:

static111 said:

mrussel1 said:

static111 said:

I could really use that $2000 check that was supposed to fly out the door, especially after being out of work the last week in the crisis within a crisis that is TX.

I know,  this shit is getting ridiculous. 

Do you have power?

Power is back, no water...sometimes water does trickle out and we catch it and then boil it on the stove before running it through the brita.  Taking baths with hot washcloths of boiled water. Saving our wash water to flush toilets.   Could be 7 days or more before water is restored. I’m glad to be warm again though. 

Fuck dude. Is there anything we can do to help you?

Lol Knock some sense into the idiots in our state that keep voting for politicians and policies that cause this.   Maybe donate to a cause that is helping people out here in Texas that are less fortunate than me.

Meltdown99 said:

mrussel1 said:

static111 said:

nicknyr15 said:

static111 said:

mrussel1 said:

static111 said:

I could really use that $2000 check that was supposed to fly out the door, especially after being out of work the last week in the crisis within a crisis that is TX.

I know,  this shit is getting ridiculous. 

Do you have power?

Power is back, no water...sometimes water does trickle out and we catch it and then boil it on the stove before running it through the brita.  Taking baths with hot washcloths of boiled water. Saving our wash water to flush toilets.   Could be 7 days or more before water is restored. I’m glad to be warm again though. 

Fuck dude. Is there anything we can do to help you?

Lol Knock some sense into the idiots in our state that keep voting for politicians and policies that cause this.   Maybe donate to a cause that is helping people out here in Texas that are less fortunate than me.

I really hope that this is a wake up call to Texas citizens that govt actually has a purpose and the profit motive is not always aligned with the needs of citizens.  But I'm sure this is Obama's fault.

PJPOWER said:

mrussel1 said:

static111 said:

nicknyr15 said:

static111 said:

mrussel1 said:

static111 said:

I could really use that $2000 check that was supposed to fly out the door, especially after being out of work the last week in the crisis within a crisis that is TX.

I know,  this shit is getting ridiculous. 

Do you have power?

Power is back, no water...sometimes water does trickle out and we catch it and then boil it on the stove before running it through the brita.  Taking baths with hot washcloths of boiled water. Saving our wash water to flush toilets.   Could be 7 days or more before water is restored. I’m glad to be warm again though. 

Fuck dude. Is there anything we can do to help you?

Lol Knock some sense into the idiots in our state that keep voting for politicians and policies that cause this.   Maybe donate to a cause that is helping people out here in Texas that are less fortunate than me.

I really hope that this is a wake up call to Texas citizens that govt actually has a purpose and the profit motive is not always aligned with the needs of citizens.  But I'm sure this is Obama's fault.

Funny thing about it...the most heavily republican voting areas didn’t get hit like south TX did, so I doubt it will make much difference.  The TX panhandle is not on Ercot and had pretty much no issues because the panhandle is used to cold weather.  

PJPOWER said:

mrussel1 said:

PJPOWER said:

mrussel1 said:

static111 said:

nicknyr15 said:

static111 said:

mrussel1 said:

static111 said:

I could really use that $2000 check that was supposed to fly out the door, especially after being out of work the last week in the crisis within a crisis that is TX.

I know,  this shit is getting ridiculous. 

Do you have power?

Power is back, no water...sometimes water does trickle out and we catch it and then boil it on the stove before running it through the brita.  Taking baths with hot washcloths of boiled water. Saving our wash water to flush toilets.   Could be 7 days or more before water is restored. I’m glad to be warm again though. 

Fuck dude. Is there anything we can do to help you?

Lol Knock some sense into the idiots in our state that keep voting for politicians and policies that cause this.   Maybe donate to a cause that is helping people out here in Texas that are less fortunate than me.

I really hope that this is a wake up call to Texas citizens that govt actually has a purpose and the profit motive is not always aligned with the needs of citizens.  But I'm sure this is Obama's fault.

Funny thing about it...the most heavily republican voting areas didn’t get hit like south TX did, so I doubt it will make much difference.  The TX panhandle is not on Ercot and had pretty much no issues because the panhandle is used to cold weather.  

I can imagine the panhandle being ultra conservative, but isn't it small population wise,  compared to the mega cities? Dallas was on the Texas grid, right?

The panhandle has a pretty large population, but they are mostly rural.  Dallas and most of the southern cities usually lean Democrat anyways.  It will be interesting how much of the blame gets put on the mayors of the larger cities.

PJPOWER said:

mrussel1 said:

PJPOWER said:

mrussel1 said:

PJPOWER said:

mrussel1 said:

static111 said:

nicknyr15 said:

static111 said:

mrussel1 said:

static111 said:

I could really use that $2000 check that was supposed to fly out the door, especially after being out of work the last week in the crisis within a crisis that is TX.

I know,  this shit is getting ridiculous. 

Do you have power?

Power is back, no water...sometimes water does trickle out and we catch it and then boil it on the stove before running it through the brita.  Taking baths with hot washcloths of boiled water. Saving our wash water to flush toilets.   Could be 7 days or more before water is restored. I’m glad to be warm again though. 

Fuck dude. Is there anything we can do to help you?

Lol Knock some sense into the idiots in our state that keep voting for politicians and policies that cause this.   Maybe donate to a cause that is helping people out here in Texas that are less fortunate than me.

I really hope that this is a wake up call to Texas citizens that govt actually has a purpose and the profit motive is not always aligned with the needs of citizens.  But I'm sure this is Obama's fault.

Funny thing about it...the most heavily republican voting areas didn’t get hit like south TX did, so I doubt it will make much difference.  The TX panhandle is not on Ercot and had pretty much no issues because the panhandle is used to cold weather.  

I can imagine the panhandle being ultra conservative, but isn't it small population wise,  compared to the mega cities? Dallas was on the Texas grid, right?

The panhandle has a pretty large population, but they are mostly rural.  Dallas and most of the southern cities usually lean Democrat anyways.  It will be interesting how much of the blame gets put on the mayors of the larger cities.

The cities absolutely, but not Plano, Ft Worth and the suburban areas, or am I wrong?  I am not trying to argue, but curious whether a big part of the red population was affected by this issue, enough to get some movement to winterize first, and maybe connect to the two national grids.  

From the chatter I’ve heard, people are mostly upset with the power companies and city officials than anything, but there will definitely be political ripples from all of this...

static111 said:

I just found out that not all of t he outages were due to the storm.  Apparently Ercot had certain providers like austin energy that have fixed rates, shed power just so they didn’t lose the profits from t he price spikes.   Mostly people are pissed at Ercot down here, but my socialist ass is going to explain to a lot of people what party and what policies allow a consortium like ERCOT to thrive and be shielded from lawsuits.  

They are also talking about using tax dollars to winterize...talk about socialism for the rich.

mrussel1 said:

static111 said:

I just found out that not all of t he outages were due to the storm.  Apparently Ercot had certain providers like austin energy that have fixed rates, shed power just so they didn’t lose the profits from t he price spikes.   Mostly people are pissed at Ercot down here, but my socialist ass is going to explain to a lot of people what party and what policies allow a consortium like ERCOT to thrive and be shielded from lawsuits.  

They are also talking about using tax dollars to winterize...talk about socialism for the rich.

Yes I read a few days ago that there's no obligation to provide power.  So if the costs spike, or even plummet, the companies can shut down.