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It was one major occurrence with freak weather conditions and unpreparedness for something that _rarely_, if ever, occurs in Texas every 100 years.
by hk1337 1y ago
It was one major occurrence with freak weather conditions and unpreparedness for something that _rarely_, if ever, occurs in Texas every 100 years.
- robocat 1y agoInfrastructure is supposed to be planned for infrequent events. Nobody wants to hear excuses when it is something they rely upon for basic needs.
- magicalist 1y ago> It was one major occurrence with freak weather conditions and unpreparedness for something that _rarely_, if ever, occurs in Texas every 100 years. it happened in 2011, too, and all the warnings and published recommendations as a result of that storm weren't acted upon.
- drob518 1y agoYep, and natural gas was the big culprit in 2011, too. Valves froze, IIRC. But again, you couldn’t dial up solar and wind to compensate, so we had rolling blackouts.
- gregw2 1y agoThis. https://www.ferc.gov/sites/default/files/2020-05/ReportontheSouthwestColdWeatherEventfromFebruary2011Report.pdf https://www.ferc.gov/sites/default/files/2020-05/Reportonthe...