> power outage mayhem in pretty much any location where lines aren't buried. at least in austin a big part of it was a failure of the power companies to respon

> power outage mayhem in pretty much any location where lines aren't buried. at least in austin a big part of it was a failure of the power companies to respond to tree/line interactions long before the storm. People reported trees across the lines. The branches got super heavy with ice and took out the lines. Proper maintenance / arborcare would have meant far fewer issues.