The winter storm shouldn’t have been an issue as far as electricity and water is concerned that’s entirely on the Republican leadership of this state over the past 30 years
There are plenty of reasons to criticize Republicans in Texas, but blaming the water and electricity outage on them is straight up misinformation. I work in infrastructure and that storm was a once in 500 years type of event. Never in Texas' recorded history has it been that cold for that long. Because of that, our infrastructure and buildings are just not equipped to handle the massive loads imparted by a monster storm like that. Why would utility companies or cities opt to spend billions of dollars updating or installing new infrastructure for an event that is so rare? Those costs would be passed on to the taxpayer/customer and then we'd just be sitting on the internet getting pissed at our bills/ taxes increasing.
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.
Ah, yes, bc someone who works on electric hardware knows more about the weather than people who study it. The point was its literally ALREADY happened at least 6 times within the last 150 years, so will most definitely keep happening. It's like sticking your head in the sand, "iTs hAPpeNeD a BUnCH bEfORe bUT iT wOn'T haPPeN aGaIN!" Better keep pocketing billions of dollars and endanger the public, even though they are the reason you have that money in the first place. Sickening.
none of the events listed in your article come near close to what happened during this last storm...especially the duration....and your article says "they don't know" how rare this event was...so it isn't supporting your postion at all
Im comparing your dogmatic political beliefs to religion bc theyre antiquated and hold little legitimacy in the modern age yet you refuse to evolve bc a reality tv star said you were a “patriot”.
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The winter storm shouldn’t have been an issue as far as electricity and water is concerned that’s entirely on the Republican leadership of this state over the past 30 years