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> But they did get a big warning shot in 1989 and 2011, and ignored those lessons for cost reasons. Cost is always a valid reason! > A couple hundred people d
by gottorf 6mo ago
> But they did get a big warning shot in 1989 and 2011, and ignored those lessons for cost reasons.
Cost is always a valid reason!
> A couple hundred people died.
Looks like about a thousand people in the US die of hypothermia every year, on average. So this happens frequently in states that aren't in its own interconnection, too.
- ceejayoz 6mo ago> Looks like about a thousand people in the US die of hypothermia every year, on average. In their powerless homes? I don't doubt people get lost in the woods. But that's not some systemic failure.