Thousands without electricity as winter storm leaves historic snow, ice
A power emergency was witnessed in Texas, flights were canceled in parts of the country and traffic was also affected as a winter storm dropped snow and ice, and sent the mercury plummeting across the southern US plains states. Rotating power outages were initiated by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, cutting electricity off from thousands for short periods.
Lots of people have been without power for 12 hours while temperatures were in the single digits but felt like -10. I feel lied to by the energy companies when they said the rolling blackouts would only be for 10-45 minutes at a time. Thank goodness for gas heating but we are screwed if they do the same for natural gas.
The impact of 'natural disasters' is a result of human actions. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/16/ercot-texas-electric-grid-failure/
Biden is quick to enact federal response. Dear leader would have been too busy tweeting and blaming China to consider what he was actually in Washington for