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He and his family moved to Austin in 2021 from Southern California, eager to live somewhere slightly less expensive and vulnerable to climate change, he says.

by causi 4y ago

He and his family moved to Austin in 2021 from Southern California, eager to live somewhere slightly less expensive and vulnerable to climate change, he says. I know the article isn't about this, but seriously? Move into a place that has a snowpocalypse every year because it won't winterize its grid and almost certainly won't take steps to mitigate any future climate problems? If you're worried about climate change I can't think of a worse place to move to short of a barrier island or on top of a glacier.

leetharris 4y ago
We had Snowpocalypse once, please stop exaggerating.
- khrbrt 4y ago
  Maybe it wasn't as bad as last year, but it snowed in Dallas last month and still shut down the city for a week.
  - wyldfire 4y ago
    The "snowpocalypse" does not refer to disruptive snowfall that interrupted local transportation. It refers to the impact on power generation that caused blackouts that extended for ~5+ days and killed hundreds [1,2]. [1] https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2021/05/27/399291/texas-winter-storm-death-toll-could-be-much-higher-than-the-states-count-buzzfeed-data-review-found/ https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-envi... [2] https://www.texastribune.org/2022/01/02/texas-winter-storm-final-death-toll-246/ https://www.texastribune.org/2022/01/02/texas-winter-storm-f...
    - Kirby64 4y ago
      To be clear, the latest ice storm in Austin was close to one of the worst ice storms on record (exceeding the 'snowpocalypse' reference, at least locally, in amount of ice by more than double). This caused local power outages for many days, for many people, while it was ~30 degrees outside. Not quite as long as the 2021 event, and not quite as brutally cold, but it was definitely flashbacks for many folks. In some respects, it was worse locally, as it caused a significantly higher amount of downed trees, and, as a result, much more damaged infrastructure (there were MANY videos posted of transformers exploding thanks to downed lines/downed trees). What it didn't damage/affect (compared to 2021), was the power generation aspect. So, if your lines were fine, you had power, unlike 2021.
unethical_ban 4y ago
The 2021 storm deserves attention but it is hilarious how much people online want to call that out, but don't talk about PG&E starting fires, don't talk about LA eventually running out of water, don't talk about Houston getting hit by an eventual cat 5 which will cause an economic and environmental catastrophe. There are different ways climate change will fuck this country, and at least Texas is okay on water for now. Still I'd think Michigan would be a safer bet.

by causi 4y ago

leetharris 4y ago

We had Snowpocalypse once, please stop exaggerating.

khrbrt 4y ago
Maybe it wasn't as bad as last year, but it snowed in Dallas last month and still shut down the city for a week.
- wyldfire 4y ago
  The "snowpocalypse" does not refer to disruptive snowfall that interrupted local transportation. It refers to the impact on power generation that caused blackouts that extended for ~5+ days and killed hundreds [1,2]. [1] https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2021/05/27/399291/texas-winter-storm-death-toll-could-be-much-higher-than-the-states-count-buzzfeed-data-review-found/ https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-envi... [2] https://www.texastribune.org/2022/01/02/texas-winter-storm-final-death-toll-246/ https://www.texastribune.org/2022/01/02/texas-winter-storm-f...
  - Kirby64 4y ago
    To be clear, the latest ice storm in Austin was close to one of the worst ice storms on record (exceeding the 'snowpocalypse' reference, at least locally, in amount of ice by more than double). This caused local power outages for many days, for many people, while it was ~30 degrees outside. Not quite as long as the 2021 event, and not quite as brutally cold, but it was definitely flashbacks for many folks. In some respects, it was worse locally, as it caused a significantly higher amount of downed trees, and, as a result, much more damaged infrastructure (there were MANY videos posted of transformers exploding thanks to downed lines/downed trees). What it didn't damage/affect (compared to 2021), was the power generation aspect. So, if your lines were fine, you had power, unlike 2021.

unethical_ban 4y ago

The 2021 storm deserves attention but it is hilarious how much people online want to call that out, but don't talk about PG&E starting fires, don't talk about LA eventually running out of water, don't talk about Houston getting hit by an eventual cat 5 which will cause an economic and environmental catastrophe. There are different ways climate change will fuck this country, and at least Texas is okay on water for now. Still I'd think Michigan would be a safer bet.