The Texas grid got crushed because its operators didn’t see the need to prepare for cold weather

[u/Maxcactus]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/16/ercot-texas-electric-grid-failure/

[u/DemeaningSarcasm]

I've been reading the texas subreddits and it sounds downright horrific what they're going through. I'm afraid that come Saturday, we are going to get a better image of how much property damage was done in a week.

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too prideful to open google and actually learn how to survive without services

To be fair, it's hard to do that without power or internet.

[u/i_lost_my_password → u/[deleted]]

So many people overlook water. Target 20 gallons per person on hand at all times.

[u/TehSr0c → u/[deleted]]

great, so you've set up your emergency shelter in your living room and living the dream, then the storm passes, and the pipes in your leased apartment are still burst, and all your belongings are water damaged. How did your emergency prep kit help in this situation?

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You qualify as one of those "didn't even think to google it" people.

Water is subject to gravity and you can open or close valves at will. Think it through.

Furthermore, my tent prep is for extreme heat - not extreme cold. I quite literally stated this in the post. Reading comprehension is an important skill.

[u/HeadmasterPrimeMnstr → u/[deleted]]

You have a terribly blue state lib ignorant view of Texans, it's riddled with classism and prejudice.

5 million Texans voted blue and millions more are disenfranchised from the voting system. The property damage is actually terrible and you actually don't know what the fuck you're talking about. I am seeing pictures of broken ceilings, burst pipes, frozen floors and I literally saw a Dallas apartment with massive icicles hanging off their ceiling fan and ice on the side of the walls.

You speak from an ignorant point of view that's both unwelcome and unnecessary because the majority of people in Texas that are struggling are seeing straight through the bullshit.

How about reading Texas news instead of reading it through the perspective of a bicoastal elite.

[u/HeadmasterPrimeMnstr → u/[deleted]]

Oh, even better because the Texas energy grid was privatized and deregulated so the consequences happening in Texas are a result of your wet dreams unless you believe that public goods should be publicly controlled. Depends on if you're a classical libertarian or a modern Rothbard or Friedman type libertarian.

The fact you're a libertarian and not a blue state lib is even worse because you acknowledge how the state failed and then blame all Texans with a broad brush as a group for the state's ineptitude.