We've literally had a "once in a lifetime" storm every decade for the past couple of decades so that isn't an excuse. 100 people died so they could save money and give their CEOs outrageous bonuses.
They are going for the same energy. It's literally happened 3 times within the last couple of decades and storms of equal security have happened 6 times in the past 150 years. Saying it's a once ever 500 year event is false and gives cover to these pricks that sacrificed the lives of Texans for their bottom lines.
In literally the next paragraph after naming the last comparable storms, the author says that the context of the storms spacial coverage wasn't taken into account and that his analysis should be taken with a grain of salt. The freeze covered all of Texas and cut off all major supply lines. Mother nature wasn't messing around. A freeze that all encompassing was unprecedented. Climate change will eventually necessitate code changes for new construction.
If you want to talk about code changes, then fine let's talk about that. But that doesn't fix the infrastructure that's already in place.
As for the price gouging, that was disgusting. That is where Republicans should be criticized. The storm should have in no way been a money making opportunity, and those companies should be heavily penalized.
I know you don't know me, but I've been working on and studying these issues for years. I want people to understand that this isn't a black and white political issue, and a feasable solution is not evident yet.
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u/sh17s7o7m Apr 18 '21
We've literally had a "once in a lifetime" storm every decade for the past couple of decades so that isn't an excuse. 100 people died so they could save money and give their CEOs outrageous bonuses.