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In addition to their legendary "skills" for driving in anything resembling snow.

What caused the Texas disaster? Decades of Republican deregulation: "Laissez-faire run amok" | Salon.com

Quote:The massive energy failure that brought Texas to a halt in the middle of a record-setting winter snap this week was not an unavoidable natural disaster. It has roots in decades of deregulation driven by conservative elected officials that prized the state's rogue mythology and short-term gains over long-term catastrophic risk.

When temperatures plummeted across the Lone Star State on Sunday night, demand for heat soared. The Texas power grid, uniquely detached from the Eastern and Western national grids, faltered under the strain, forcing the state's energy regulator, ERCOT, to mandate that cities and towns cut as much usage as possible to head off a total collapse which could have left residents in the dark for months.

And how does this account for Iowa?

Iowa has no power outages

https://www.kaaltv.com/iowa-news/north-i...y/6014622/

Or how about the derechos this summer
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/14/us/iowa-s...index.html

Would you be prepared to drive in a hurricane? Californians can't drive in rain. Why would anyone expect Texans to be good drivers in snow? You are just being a prick again.

(02-20-2021, 03:52 PM)k.d. Wrote: [ -> ]https://www.kaaltv.com/iowa-news/north-i...y/6014622/

Or how about the derechos this summer
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/14/us/iowa-s...index.html

Would you be prepared to drive in a hurricane? Californians can't drive in rain. Why would anyone expect Texans to be good drivers in snow? You are just being a prick again.

Did I insult you or something ? Not that I have any problem with doing that, but I'm not purposely doing it on this thread, yet. Are you a Texan ?

I didn't make the jokes up about the driving, never been there. But next time you see a 50 car pile up on TV or the internet, hopefully with no major casualties, it's either in Texas or their retarded little brother Oklahoma.

As far as Iowa, I've been there many, many times. The outages are normal under the circumstances and fixed immediately. No whining. No blaming others. No blaming AOC and no blaming mythical laws.  

 

There is probably an outage somewhere in your town

https://www.nbc26.com/news/local-news/ma...ago-county

https://www.accuweather.com/en/winter-we...now/642427

https://weather.com/series/human-nature/...-wisconsin

The point is, this can happen anywhere. You can't single out Texas unless you're trying to be an asshole. How often do hear of Texans driving onto half-frozen lakes and nearly drowning and need their submerged vehicle pulled out?

Accidents happen during treacherous weather conditions, even if you are familiar with those seasonal happenings.

And I do consider myself part Texan.

(02-21-2021, 10:21 AM)k.d. Wrote: [ -> ]https://www.nbc26.com/news/local-news/ma...ago-county

https://www.accuweather.com/en/winter-we...now/642427

https://weather.com/series/human-nature/...-wisconsin

The point is, this can happen anywhere. You can't single out Texas unless you're trying to be an asshole. How often do hear of Texans driving onto half-frozen lakes and nearly drowning and need their submerged vehicle pulled out?

Accidents happen during treacherous weather conditions, even if you are familiar with those seasonal happenings.

And I do consider myself part Texan.

Yes, weather happens. And Texans are Texans. I didn't make up this Texas story. It's a major news story with major hand wringing.

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And with a clown show !

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ted-cruz-...fc101ccef3

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And with a flair of international espionage

https://www.bitchute.com/video/NvfVzwRIcK46/

That's because everything is bigger in Texas.