Current Events > Over 120,000 in Austin, TX have been without power for days

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But why?

But why?

I think they got ice. You see, being in Texas means that this hardly happens and there is no need to upgrade their infrastructure. This hasn't happened really ever and probably definitely won't happen again in the next two years. Nope.

Dang that's a lot of ice buildup on that tree

Something somethings global warming

Yeah, as much as I'd love to shit on Texas for being Texas, that kind of ice storm will fuck up your power lines no matter where you live. Last time we had that kind of ice in Ohio, our power was out for over a week.

Texas is an embarrassment

Are you the only house in the neighborhood with power?

Texas is an embarrassment and I cant wait to move away from this shitty state

Its like -5F here in Wisconsin

You know what they say: Better to freeze on your feet than be warm on a national grid

Maybe they should have voted for different and better leaders.

Maybe they should have voted for different and better leaders.

I mean, I agree but that won't stop water from freezing.

But why?

because Texas is dominated by a political mindset that places profits over people

Again, this has nothing to do with our grid and everything to do with trees falling on our power lines.

and obviously not having the infrastructure to fix things quickly.

in live in MA and the last time my power went out it was back on 10 minutes after the storm was over because they had all the trucks waiting and ready to go.

and obviously not having the infrastructure to fix things quickly.

in live in MA and the last time my power went out it was back on 10 minutes after the storm was over because they had all the trucks waiting and ready to go.

You need to think about both geography and climate when thinking about why we don't have crews readily available to handle this at the drop of a hat. Where you're from, the conditions exist in which it's expected that storms and other things of that nature will often occur. In central texas, these conditions rarely occur. I mean rarely. That's likely to change moving to change moving forward, but this is the case for our current situation.

It's not a "Texan" thing either. I'm from coastal Texas originally where hurricanes and tropical storms regularly whip through and wreck us, and because those conditions are normal there we'd get our power back pretty quick after the storm rolled through. The worst weather we historically get here in Central Texas though is that it's too hot. You might as well ask why we don't have salt trucks for the roads.