Snowpocolypse: rolling blackouts instituted

[ChumpDumper]

:lmao today is not going well for DMC

lash out incoming

[Trainwreck2100]

Ercot suspended rolling blackouts, but if you don't have power in SA now you're fucked

[Blake]

If I only had green beans, ok. I was in the same situation, still haven't been to HEB. Sorry that happened to you.

:lol you're not sorry about anyone in Texas being in any kind of life threatening situation as long as you're ok.

[DMC]

:lol you're not sorry about anyone in Texas being in any kind of life threatening situation as long as you're ok.

Not true, I can prove my concern. I did not go to Cancun.

[SnakeBoy]

Blake once again turns to ST for sympathy :lol

[ChumpDumper]

OK this one's funny y'all!

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[Blake]

Snake boy turns to ST blackout thread looking for people to make fun of

[Trainwreck2100]

OK this one's funny y'all!

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I read that some of the factories for companies that probably don't give a shit about the people of texas had to be turned off, those companies are not going to like that

[CosmicCowboy]

Not sure what the big deal is. Roads have been fine the last two days.

[ChumpDumper]

Here we go. Another Trumpista checking into to big time the disaster.

[Winehole23]

~ 2X as bad as yesterday

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[Ball Buster]

https://twitter.com/maxblumenthal/status/1362497167089405959?s=21

[Winehole23]

It could have been much worse. This was a close scrape.

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[spurraider21]

Here we go. Another Trumpista checking into to big time the disaster.
he paid his employees to stay home!

[Winehole23]

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[CosmicCowboy]

Fucking boomers.:lol

What? You can't drive to HEB?

[Winehole23]

HEB is the shit

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[CosmicCowboy]

Agree the 4 day power outages were ridiculous.

[Winehole23]

Agree the 4 day power outages were ridiculous.Had ERCOT waited a few minutes longer to cut off power, the outage might have lasted months.

[Winehole23]

Not everyone is able body you stupid fuck. :lolNor does everyone have transportation, nor are buses operating (they start up again tomorrow in Austin), etc..

[SnakeBoy]

https://i.imgur.com/bcjbvbH.jpg

[DMC]

HEB is the shit

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Not said: There was nothing in the carts.

[Blake]

HEB is the shit

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Eh, they've made so much money thanks to covid. And they still low-ball their employees on wages. I'm not quite ready to pat them on the back

[DMC]

All power generation matters. Eventually renewables should replace fossil fuels. It's common sense. It's not something that's going to be forced and work, and there will be growing pains when anomalies occur, but it will happen eventually.

[DMC]

Eh, they've made so much money thanks to covid. And they still low-ball their employees on wages. I'm not quite ready to pat them on the back

As he stands in line for hours for a can of spam. :lol

[Blake]

What? You can't drive to HEB?

Jesus christ :lol smh

[Blake]

As he stands in line for hours for a can of spam. :lol

Dmc giddy he gets to add more personal info into his spurstalk Rolodex

[ChumpDumper]

:lol DMC still going

[koriwhat]

Jesus christ :lol smh

Shut up ya stupid atheist.

[Blake]

Shut up ya stupid atheist.

You forgot God Bless

[leemajors]

Nor does everyone have transportation, nor are buses operating (they start up again tomorrow in Austin), etc..

I saw the 3 go down burnet earlier

[ChumpDumper]

I saw the 3 go down burnet earlierLimited service started today.

[DarrinS]

My old Lennox 5 ton heat pump working its ass off tonight.

[DMC]

Dmc giddy he gets to add more personal info into his spurstalk Rolodex

You're more than willing to share everything you have with the forum it seems. :lol

[boutons_deux]

Who’s to Blame for the Texas Power Crisis?

What ERCOT planners got colossally wrong was the availability of their fossil fleet:

gas and coal plants failed.

Even a nuclear reactor tripped offline.

Together with wind, ERCOT, at the height of their weather emergency,

could only cobble together about 40,000 megawatts vs approximately 70,000+ megawatts of system demand.

https://wolfstreet.com/2021/02/18/whos-to-blame-for-the-texas-power-crisis/

My guess is that the mismatch was around 2AM Monday morning, when I and lots of others went dark until Wed late afternoon.

[Blake]

You're more than willing to share everything you have with the forum it seems. :lol

You hang on every word

[Winehole23]

I saw the 3 go down burnet earlierMy bad.

Off by one day, they’ve sort of run together this week.

[DMC]

I saw the 3 go down burnet earlier

Must not have come from DDR then

[Winehole23]

The cold snap and cascading utility failures have compromised emergency services, putting people and property in even more danger.


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[DarrinS]

The cold snap and cascading utility failures have compromised emergency services, putting people and property in even more danger.


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It collapsed? Tell us more

[ChumpDumper]

It collapsed? Tell us moreThe fuck is wrong with you?

[daboom1]

https://twitter.com/RepGosar/status/1362592966888607745?s=19

[DarrinS]

It collapsed? Tell us more

Did it collapse?

[ChumpDumper]

https://twitter.com/RepGosar/status/1362592966888607745?s=19

Maybe, just maybe, there are more than 5000 national guard members in the United States.

Do you think there are more than 5000, derp?

Yes or no.

[ChumpDumper]

Did it collapse?Are you seriously unable to watch the video?

[RandomGuy]

This. It is one of the main sources of natural gas for the world but somehow is unable to convert massive nat gas reserves to ensure each of its citizens has heat to keep from freezing. This is what a failed state looks like.

There is always a tweet.
An old Ted Cruz tweet mocking California's 'failed energy policies' resurfaces as a storm leaves millions of Texans without power
https://www.businessinsider.com/ted-cruz-tweet-mocking-california-energy-policies-resurfaces-texas-storm-2021-2


"I have no defense"

[Blake]

The cold snap and cascading utility failures have compromised emergency services, putting people and property in even more danger.


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They should have got a few weeks water and canned food.

[Spurtacular]

Are you seriously unable to watch the video?

Are you seriously asking this question? You regularly won't watch short videos that (badly) hurt your feelings.

[Spurtacular]

Neck beards' heaters won't work. This had to be brushed aside.

https://media.gab.com/system/media_attachments/files/066/143/327/original/4a1b225165a1e5e8.png

[ChumpDumper]

Neck beards' heaters won't work. This had to be brushed aside.

https://media.gab.com/system/media_attachments/files/066/143/327/original/4a1b225165a1e5e8.png

Start a thread about it, derp.

[Winehole23]

Tomlinson: Texas electric grid is an easy fix, if lawmakers will admit their error (https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/columnists/tomlinson/article/Texas-electric-grid-is-easy-to-fix-if-lawmakers-15961368.php)




Most people know the lowest bidder does not always provide the most reliable product.

Making sure a vendor can actually deliver the product also seems like common sense.

ERCOT (http://www.ercot.com/), the Texas electric grid manager, though, does neither of those things because Republican politicians who have controlled state regulations for two decades have failed to heed 13 years of dire warnings.

Instead, they believed free-market advocates who argued financial incentives would encourage responsible planning.
The Texas Blackouts prove them wrong...

...Texas has the only American electricity grid with no rules for resiliency. Instead, the GOP majority argued that a system that pays higher prices when demand goes up would incentivize generators to make sure their systems work during extreme weather.

Another polar vortex almost exactly 10 years ago triggered blackouts. Natural gas lines froze, coal piles froze like piles of ice. Wind turbine blades glazed over because operators had skimped on the cold-weather package.

The Legislature appointed another investigative committee in 2012 but ignored the advice to set resiliency standards (https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/Texas-grid-again-faces-scrutiny-over-cold-15955392.php). Instead, lawmakers concluded Texas electricity customers should pay generators even higher prices. The state Public Utility Commission raised the maximum payment per megawatt hour from $4,500 to $9,000 in a market that normally pays $25. The generation companies that stayed online made a fortune last week, but 185 powerplants went offline and let two dozen people die.


The reforms we need, though, are simple. First, connect to the rest of the country to the national grid (https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/Perry-says-Texans-wiling-to-suffer-blackouts-to-15956705.php)and accept federal regulation so we can import electricity when we run out.

Texas should also require generators to prove they are prepared for the weather events climate change will bring before they can offer their power to the wholesale market. That would reduce the risk of failure and force generators to weatherize.https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/columnists/tomlinson/article/Texas-electric-grid-is-easy-to-fix-if-lawmakers-15961368.php



Here's the 2009 TX House Select Committee report on Electric Generation Capaciity and Environmental Effects:
https://house.texas.gov/_media/pdf/committees/reports/80interim/Electric-Generation-Capacity-And-Environmental-Effects.pdf

Here'e the FERC report on outages from the 2011 winter storm: https://www.ferc.gov/sites/default/files/2020-04/08-16-11-report.pdf

[Winehole23]

Water is going to take longer, up to "several days" here in Austin.

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[Leetonidas]

Are you seriously asking this question? You regularly won't watch short videos that (badly) hurt your feelings.

because everything you post is fake or made up BS. come to terms sheep

[ChumpDumper]

Are you seriously asking this question? You regularly won't watch short videos that (badly) hurt your feelings.Yours stupid shit is never short and you never watch them yourself, derp.

[boutons_deux]

TX is in the national news, BAD news about how badly TX Repugs run the state, eg, PUC/ERCOT

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/18/texas-power-outages-ercot

[Winehole23]

good thread on ERCOT's press availability today

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[Trainwreck2100]

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Yeah im gonna go ahead and turn off my heater now

[boutons_deux]

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[Adam Lambert]

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Leave it to OD to waste a good opportunity to dunk on Cruz by going extreme cringe-level overboard.

[Trainwreck2100]

Leave it to OD to waste a good opportunity to dunk on Cruz by going extreme cringe-level overboard.

OD not the smartest never have been. Kid was dead long before cruz took his trip, maybe if he died while cruz was in the aire youd have something

[DMC]

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The next day, the family thought Cristian was sleeping, only to discover he was unresponsive. Yera said Cristian was found unresponsive around 2:30 p.m. His family called her and she went over to the house.

"We still did CPR until the fire department came and they took over and within a minute they told us it was too late. It was hard because I have kids myself," said Yera.

His aunt told ABC13 Cristian had no underlying conditions and they believe the cold was a contributing factor, even though they haven't learned the official cause of death.

[Winehole23]

It collapsed? Tell us moreHundreds of people in SA are homeless because thier apartment building burned down, because there was no water.

[DMC]

Hundreds of people in SA are homeless because thier apartment building burned down, because there was no water.

Because Ted Cruz went to Cancun

[Winehole23]

Because Ted Cruz went to CancunBullshit

[DMC]

Bullshit

Just ask Boutons. People died because of it. DIED.

[boutons_deux]

Leave it to OD to waste a good opportunity to dunk on Cruz by going extreme cringe-level overboard.

do you think Cruz didn't know Capitalists had privatized, deregulated, built a shitty, no-margin electrical power network where the priority was to enrich themselves by delivering the crappiest, under-invested, under-maintained product?

inhumane, predatory Capitalism kills, and kills at a distance so NEVER is held accountable

They are figuring out right now how to exploit the crisis they created to enrich themselves more

[ChumpDumper]

Because Ted Cruz went to Cancun

:lol you lost you mind because you were proved wrong

Please, go ahead and complain about your enemies now.

[Adam Lambert]

do you think Cruz didn't know Capitalists had privatized, deregulated, built a shitty, no-margin electrical power network where the priority was to enrich themselves by delivering the crappiest, under-invested, under-maintained product?

inhumane, predatory Capitalism kills, and kills at a distance so NEVER is held accountable

They are figuring out right now how to exploit the crisis they created to enrich themselves more

I don't disagree with any of this I just think your meme sucked.

[boutons_deux]

https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/150213907_2886914104965229_3047113877216760757_n.j pg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=3&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=l_SvmzMlJvAAX8tuhUx&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=350d08fcd1b028b43d366f3dc12e5298&oe=60542353

[hater]

Because Ted Cruz went to Cancun

I thought Cruz was working from Cancun :lmao

[Blake]

Just ask Boutons. People died because of it. DIED.

Honest broker, everyone

[Blake]

:lol you lost you mind because you were proved wrong

Please, go ahead and complain about your enemies now.

... Incoming

[boutons_deux]

Insurers tackle 'one of the largest claims events' in Texas history;

expecting billions in damage

The fallout of the winter weather that impacted the entire state this week likely caused billions in damage, ...

rivaling hurricanes and other severe weather events that have affected individual cities or regions.

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/news/2021/02/19/insurers-tackle-one-of-the-largest-claims-events.html

[DMC]

I thought Cruz was working from Cancun :lmao

I said he could work from Cancun. Don't become Chumpy 2.0

[DMC]

Honest broker, everyone

Honestly broke, everyone.

[Winehole23]

HuRr dUrR uRe poOr

[Mark Celibate]

tbh I'm getting a feeling there's gonna be another major wreck tonight in DFW. Roads are melting meaning TX Bubba will go out, get drunk, and have enough 'liquid courage' to go full ooga booga on the roads per par just as they start to refreeze again. I went out for a few minutes today and I saw enough F-350 BUBBA EDITIONs running redlights as usual, so I know it's gonna be bad tonight. you heard it here first imo.

[CosmicCowboy]

All the trucks I saw in SA the last two days were driving fine. It was the kias and Hyundas driving stupid.

[DarrinS]

All the trucks I saw in SA the last two days were driving fine. It was the kias and Hyundas driving stupid.


And its the commercial vehicles that really cause destruction.

[Dirks_Finale]

https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/150213907_2886914104965229_3047113877216760757_n.j pg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=3&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=l_SvmzMlJvAAX8tuhUx&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=350d08fcd1b028b43d366f3dc12e5298&oe=60542353

:lol

[Winehole23]

AOC helped raise another $1M overnight and will be coming to Texas to help distribute supplies.

Clearly, the most we're allowed to ask of our own Senator is that he phone it in from Cancun.

wUt eLsE cUd hEe pOsSiBLy dO?

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[boutons_deux]

BLUE Biden, President of all states, signs aid for RED TX, will visit the TX snake pit, maybe to be spit upon, next week

[leemajors]

https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/150213907_2886914104965229_3047113877216760757_n.j pg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=3&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=l_SvmzMlJvAAX8tuhUx&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=350d08fcd1b028b43d366f3dc12e5298&oe=60542353

Fake

[boutons_deux]

Texas Power Company, ERCOT Hit With $10M Suit Over Outages

A Houston-area couple are filing the first lawsuit against the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and CenterPoint Energy,

claiming negligence in failing to prepare for the winter storm that left millions with power and at least 47 dead.

https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/consumer-products/1010253-texas-power-company-ercot-hit-with-10m-suit-over-outages/

[boutons_deux]

https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/152279570_1173702229726036_8123297497049742268_n.j pg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=3&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=Erns87j2W0YAX9P7QbZ&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=7ae0952d79ad10ef3d2df0b04624d373&oe=60564A1D

[hater]

I said he could work from Cancun. Don't become Chumpy 2.0

:lmao goal post moved 300 yards

[Trill Clinton]

AOC helped raise another $1M overnight and will be coming to Texas to help distribute supplies.

Clearly, the most we're allowed to ask of our own Senator is that he phone it in from Cancun.

wUt eLsE cUd hEe pOsSiBLy dO?

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A Queen. Raising millions of dollars to help people who hate her guts.

[DarrinS]

A Queen. Raising millions of dollars to help people who hate her guts.

Nah. She's flying here to make it all about her.

[Dirks_Finale]

Nah. She's lying here to make it all about her.

She's trying to push her green narrative, obviously.

It also scores nice political points for dems during this time of free market failure.

Probably wasting her time as TX wont be turning GA blue anytime soon. But people getting the help don't care about her motive and ambitions, they just want help. So go for it AOC.

[Winehole23]

Nah. She's flying here to make it all about her.what’s the lie?

[DarrinS]

what’s the lie?

You must have quoted me post-edit

[Winehole23]

You must have quoted me post-edit2 million dollars in emergency relief for Texans is all about AOC. Got it.

[boutons_deux]

"The details trickling (https://twitter.com/ScottHech/status/1362108958316638209) out of Texas' carceral facilities (https://twitter.com/tanyaeiserer/status/1361876552120635397) are horrifying (https://twitter.com/equalityAlec/status/1362114012280930308).

In one county jail, per reports collected by (https://twitter.com/TxJailProject/status/1362125905213206529) the Texas Jail Project, "the water is coming out brown."

In another (https://twitter.com/TxJailProject/status/1362125904063905792), pipes froze, yet inmates were given no bottled water to drink.

In Galveston County, on the Gulf Coast, inmates reportedly have been defacating in buckets (https://twitter.com/TxJailProject/status/1362446475624611842) and peeing in cups.

The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition has (https://twitter.com/TexasCJC/status/1361696839280558086/photo/1) reports of a facility with snow indoors.

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports (https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/fort-worth/article249283405.html) a federal medical prison housing about 1,000 women, many of whom are sick, is mostly unheated.

"We have to go outside to get our meals," said one inmate there, "and

it's snow and icy everywhere, and we're freezing."

In Harris County, which includes Houston, prisoners told HuffPost (https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/texas-winter-storm-prisons_uk_602e5519c5b67c32961b905e) they were given no dinner on Monday and no extra blankets.

"Meanwhile," HuffPost reported Thursday,

"the nine toilets in the facility — which are used by dozens of people — have been filled up to the brim with urine and faeces."

There is not enough water pressure to flush.''

When we lock people up, we shoulder the responsibility of providing for their basic needs: heat, food, working toilets.

Our Constitution demands it (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution #Cruel_and_unusual_punishments), and so does elemental decency,

not least for jail inmates who have not been convicted, are still presumed innocent, and

may only be detained because they can't afford cash bail (https://theweek.com/speedreads/766363/louisiana-jailed-1300-people-4-years-without-trial).

https://theweek.com/articles/967631/limits-bootstrapping-texas

Goddamn shithole Texas

[Blake]

Texas Power Company, ERCOT Hit With $10M Suit Over Outages

A Houston-area couple are filing the first lawsuit against the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and CenterPoint Energy,

claiming negligence in failing to prepare for the winter storm that left millions with power and at least 47 dead.

https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/consumer-products/1010253-texas-power-company-ercot-hit-with-10m-suit-over-outages/

Just $10M?

They should have called the Texas Hammer

[pgardn]

I own a mini nuclear power plant on my spread. We have plenty of heat.
We heat the water for my 50 acre tank so my bass will survive and we purify the water.
We have wetbacks working the cattle on these cold nights and the 2 acre greenhouse, so tonight I have fresh corn and a big ole steak.
The beer is brewed underground in a specially built homeostasis cavern so we can keep the temperature at all the proper brewing temperatures.

wft is wrong with all of you?
minor inconveniences, the government (or my big business) does not owe you shit, get to work.
And think ahead for christsakes, dont you have any room in your for shit apartment for some ramen?

And Ted can go anywhere he wants. Elections have consequences, and his daughters had to wear ugly sweaters and would rather try on new bathing suits in the tropics, so just calm down. YOU did not work hard enough to earn what I have, nor did you get elected, so cry me a frozen river.

[boutons_deux]

Just $10M?

They should have called the Texas Hammer

that's from just ONE Houston couple, getting the shitball rolling

[weebo]

Nah. She's flying here to make it all about her.

Yo boy Cruz went to Cancun and made it about him...

[Blake]

Nah. She's flying here to make it all about her.

Why is Cruz flying here?

[Winehole23]

Why is Cruz flying here?virtue signaling, tbh

[Winehole23]

The PUC hasn't been getting its fair share of attention, it's the state utilities regulator.

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[Winehole23]

Griddy customers might get fucked

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[Winehole23]

Fine and well, but characterizing the risk as exposure to enormous utility bills misses the most important element: the impact on us when energy companies fail to deliver. It usually happens when we need them the most.

If it were necessary, I'd much prefer to pay a little more for grid resiliency than pay a little less and have to go through this again.

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[boutons_deux]

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[pgardn]

https://apple.news/AJlznIev7S4eKCTiocM5k-g

A Biden end run

and an I am OK, so you must be OK, because I am from the north. if you read the article you can see the snake head Darrin oozing from this guy. Even though he does not live in the luxury lifestyle they do. In addition, we have this gem of a response from the same man.

As for whom he blames for the power outages and water issues, he said, “God.”
“But he’s also helping us get through it,” Freudenstein said.

personally, I hope he’s right on his last statement.

[Thanos]

https://twitter.com/elienyc/status/1362599648981094407?s=21

[Bogie]

Nah. She's flying here to make it all about her.

We already know how scared you are of strong women, your alcoholism you use to mask how scared you are, doesn’t work

[DMC]

Fine and well, but characterizing the risk as exposure to enormous utility bills misses the most important element: the impact on us when energy companies fail to deliver. It usually happens when we need them the most.

If it were necessary, I'd much prefer to pay a little more for grid resiliency than pay a little less and have to go through this again.

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The more people that upgrade their homes to solar the less power companies are making per customer. It's eventually going to mean either poor service, lots of outages and such... or incredibly high prices for those who have no alternatives.

[boutons_deux]

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[Blake]

You forgot UNFUCABLE

[Winehole23]

The more people that upgrade their homes to solar the less power companies are making per customer. It's eventually going to mean either poor service, lots of outages and such... or incredibly high prices for those who have no alternatives.Solar energy bad.

Got it.

[ChumpDumper]

Nah. She's flying here to make it all about her.

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But we already knew that about Karrin.

[DMC]

Solar energy bad.

Got it.

Ass clown doing ass clown things.

[boutons_deux]

Cruz fucked up and abandoned TX in crisis so now NATIONALLY "it's all about Cruz"

fuck that Houston shitbag with the (Trash says) ugly wife, who told Ted that God told her, after two hours of praying, that God wanted Ted to be President.

Deeply fucked up people.

[Winehole23]

Ass clown doing ass clown things.You weren't saying the growth of solar will make utilities more expensive and more unreliable?

If not, what were you trying to say?

[DMC]

You weren't saying the growth of solar will make utilities more expensive and more unreliable?

If not, what were you trying to say?

If I was saying that, how does it mean solar is bad? Power could be more expensive and more unreliable, but that would make grid power bad, it wouldn't make solar bad.

It's simple economics. The more users you have for a product, the cheaper per unit you can sell that product (to a point of max production). Once users begin to go away, your cost of operation remains and even if you run at a lower capacity, you still have a base cost of operation that would be passed on to the consumer. It could happen with other things as well but solar is at the forefront of the effect, I think. I don't think people are going to start raising their own veggies and meats any time soon, at least not enough to affect the market.

Not every comment is a value judgement.

[Winehole23]

If I was saying that, how does it mean solar is bad? Power could be more expensive and more unreliable, but that would make grid power bad, it wouldn't make solar bad.

It's simple economics. The more users you have for a product, the cheaper per unit you can sell that product (to a point of max production). Once users begin to go away, your cost of operation remains and even if you run at a lower capacity, you still have a base cost of operation that would be passed on to the consumer. It could happen with other things as well but solar is at the forefront of the effect, I think. I don't think people are going to start raising their own veggies and meats any time soon, at least not enough to affect the market.

Not every comment is a value judgement.To be fair, your comment was elliptical. You didn't unpack it. Thanks for making yourself clear.

[DMC]

To be fair, your comment was elliptical. You didn't unpack it. Thanks for making yourself clear.

Wall Street analysts have said for several years that solar-and-battery might revolutionize the electricity business. And utility regulators fear enough people might defect from the grid to slash utility revenues and worsen service for those who stay.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/if-more-people-go-solar-what-will-happen-to-the-grid-2015-05-13

[Winehole23]

The dangerous cold snap has ended, but water shortages, food insecurity and winter storm related homelessness remain.

This Texas Tribune link has resources for those who need help and those who want to help:

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/16/texas-power-outage-help-warming-shelter/

[DarrinS]

/snowpocolypse

[DMC]

The dangerous cold snap has ended, but water shortages, food insecurity and winter storm related homelessness remain.

This Texas Tribune link has resources for those who need help and those who want to help:

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/16/texas-power-outage-help-warming-shelter/

Thousands of homeless in NY face that daily but the national spotlight wouldn't shine as bright there.

[Winehole23]

Thousands of homeless in NY face that daily but the national spotlight wouldn't shine as bright there.Yeah, she’s probably just posing for the cameras.




https://scoop.upworthy.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-has-personally-been-delivering-food-to-those-in-need-during-the-crisis

https://endhomelessness.org/legislation/fair-chance-at-housing-act/

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1856/text

https://nlihc.org/resource/house-passes-15-trillion-infrastructure-package-several-key-affordable-housing-provisions

https://blumenauer.house.gov/sites/blumenauer.house.gov/files/One%20pager%20-%20Locked%20Out.pdf

https://catholiccharitiesny.org/news/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-visits-catholic-charities-bronx-food-hub

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2876/text

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5244

[Winehole23]

/snowpocolypseYou’re kidding right?

Water is out in half of Austin, how’s it going in SA?

[ChumpDumper]

You’re kidding right?
Karrin needs a win after failing to stop the steal.

[Winehole23]

Karrin needs a win after failing to stop the steal.Darrin’s all good, so the public emergency is over.

[Ef-man]

Yeah, she’s probably just posing for the cameras.




https://scoop.upworthy.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-has-personally-been-delivering-food-to-those-in-need-during-the-crisis

https://endhomelessness.org/legislation/fair-chance-at-housing-act/

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1856/text

https://nlihc.org/resource/house-passes-15-trillion-infrastructure-package-several-key-affordable-housing-provisions

https://blumenauer.house.gov/sites/blumenauer.house.gov/files/One%20pager%20-%20Locked%20Out.pdf

https://catholiccharitiesny.org/news/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-visits-catholic-charities-bronx-food-hub

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2876/text

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5244

Waiting to hear that this is all optics.

[Blake]

/snowpocolypse

AOCPOCOLYPSE

[ChumpDumper]

AOCOPTICPOCALYPSE

[Winehole23]

Waiting to hear that this is all optics.There might be more, only took me a few minutes to find the links.

[Winehole23]

Waiting to hear that this is all optics.Cheap nihilism incoming.

”it’s all kayfabe”

[DMC]

Yeah, she’s probably just posing for the cameras.




https://scoop.upworthy.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-has-personally-been-delivering-food-to-those-in-need-during-the-crisis

https://endhomelessness.org/legislation/fair-chance-at-housing-act/

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1856/text

https://nlihc.org/resource/house-passes-15-trillion-infrastructure-package-several-key-affordable-housing-provisions

https://blumenauer.house.gov/sites/blumenauer.house.gov/files/One%20pager%20-%20Locked%20Out.pdf

https://catholiccharitiesny.org/news/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-visits-catholic-charities-bronx-food-hub

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2876/text

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5244

She visited a church "In response to this, congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez addressed Mr. Sihotang saying, “I’m so sorry this happened. This is not something that should ever happen in the United States. We are working very hard to make sure we work together to create a country where what happened to you doesn’t happen to another person in the United States. There is a direction separating immigrants from US citizens as if immigrants and immigrant families are deserving of less rights than US citizens. We are here to say, that is not true! We are here to fight for every single human being to have the basic human dignity and rights that everyone deserves.”


Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] (Introduced 11/14/2019)
Sponsor: Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] (Introduced 11/21/2019)

I stopped viewing your links after those. You just fling anything out.


I guess they got it all sorted out then, NY no longer has needs.

[Ef-man]

Cheap nihilism incoming.

”it’s all kayfabe”

I expect more, “let me explain my last vague and elliptical comment.”

[DMC]

Darrin’s all good, so the public emergency is over.

Are you out transporting water to those in need?

[Winehole23]

She visited a church "In response to this, congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez addressed Mr. Sihotang saying, “I’m so sorry this happened. This is not something that should ever happen in the United States. We are working very hard to make sure we work together to create a country where what happened to you doesn’t happen to another person in the United States. There is a direction separating immigrants from US citizens as if immigrants and immigrant families are deserving of less rights than US citizens. We are here to say, that is not true! We are here to fight for every single human being to have the basic human dignity and rights that everyone deserves.”


Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] (Introduced 11/14/2019)
Sponsor: Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] (Introduced 11/21/2019)

I stopped viewing your links after those. You just fling anything out.


I guess they got it all sorted out then, NY no longer has needs.You’re the only one saying so.

[DMC]

You’re the only one saying so.

No one else reads your shit.

[Winehole23]

Are you out transporting water to those in need?Today was my first day back at work. Tomorrow I might carry some water for someone else, what do you plan to do?

[Winehole23]

No one else reads your shit.Non-sequitur.

At least you do. :bobo

[DMC]

Today was my first day back at work. Tomorrow I might carry some water for someone else, what do you plan to do?

I might cure cancer.

[Winehole23]

I might cure cancer.Go for it!

[Winehole23]

I stopped reading.What a surprise.

Did you notice the co-sponsors?

[Winehole23]

/snowpocolypse


https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-weather-texas-idUSKBN2AK0HT

[Blake]

Are you out transporting water to those in need?

WHY DOES ANYONE EXPECT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND THEIR AGENTS TO DO SOMETHING THEY'RE NOT DOING THEMSELVES? WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY COULD DO HERE? THEY'RE ACTUALLY HELPING TEXANS BY GOING TO CANCUN

[Winehole23]

WHY DOES ANYONE EXPECT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND THEIR AGENTS TO DO SOMETHING THEY'RE NOT DOING THEMSELVES? WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY COULD DO HERE? THEY'RE ACTUALLY HELPING TEXANS BY GOING TO CANCUNIf I can find bottled water somewhere today, I’ll be happy to help out. Sure am glad Texas is getting help from the federal government and other states, bottles are kindly hard to find in supermarkets and C-stores right now.

It might be more effective to donate money directly to groups organizing relief than going it alone, I just made a donation to Feeding Texas.



How to help

If you have plenty of supplies, or are out of state and looking to provide help, here is a list of organizations you can contribute to:



[*=left]Feeding Texas is taking donations here (https://feedingtexas.networkforgood.com/). (https://feedingtexas.networkforgood.com/)
[*=left]You can donate to the Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies here (https://disasterstrategies.org/). (https://disasterstrategies.org/)
[*=left]Mutual Aid Houston (https://www.mutualaidhou.com/), Austin Mutual Aid (https://www.gofundme.com/f/kick-the-cold-austin-mutal-aid),Feed the People Dallas (https://feedthepeopledallas.com/), Para Mi Gente (https://www.instagram.com/para.mi_gente/?hl=en) in San Antonio and many other local groups are all seeking donation
[*=left]The Way Home, a coalition of organizations in the Houston area working to prevent homelessness, is asking for donations here (https://thewayhomehouston.org/partners/)
[*=left]You can find a list of organizations seeking donations in the Dallas area here (https://www.dallasnews.com/news/public-health/2020/03/18/here-are-north-texas-organizations-and-causes-that-need-help-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic/). (https://www.dallasnews.com/news/public-health/2020/03/18/here-are-north-texas-organizations-and-causes-that-need-help-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic/)
[*=left]Various organizations in Austin are accepting donations to help people who need resources to help the homeless or those in need of resources. The Austin Area Urban League is organizing an emergency drive here (https://aaul.org/)and Front Steps, a nonprofit that offers resources to the homeless, is asking for blanket donations here (https://frontsteps.org/get-involved/annual-blanket-drive/)
[*=left]The Rio Grande Valley food bank has also launched a winter storm assistance campaign and anyone who wants to help can make a donation here (https://secure.givelively.org/donate/food-bank-of-the-rio-grande-valley-inc/winter-storm-assistance).


https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/16/texas-power-outage-help-warming-shelter/#b89ab508-66a4-4c2e-919d-15ab3bf55c6b

[Winehole23]

To avoid catatrophic electric bills this month, it were well to discontinue automatic bill payments.

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[DarrinS]

So, when are we going to find out our next energy bill? CPS has shut down their "Manage My Account" page.

[Winehole23]

So, when are we going to find out our next energy bill? CPS has shut down their "Manage My Account" page.Damn.

I vaguely recall that CPS said it would stretch out the payments over a period of years instead of sending gigantic lump sums this month, I'll see if I can dig up the comment.

[Winehole23]

News 4 Trouble Shooter Emily Baucum broke the story that the part of CPS Energy’s website that shows how much power you’ve used could be giving inaccurate information. Now, that portal is no longer available.

"We have tried our best to be honest with our community from the get-go,” CPS Energy’s chief customer engagement officer Rudy Garza said Saturday morning.

But Friday morning, the Trouble Shooters alerted the company a viewer told us she was in the dark for days, but the CPS Energy website showed she was still using power.
Garza told you, if you have questions, just call CPS. But neither he nor Gold-Williams answered our question Friday: "Is there a problem with the website customers are using to check their power?"

Then overnight, we received several tweets from people saying the “My Energy Portal” that shows how much power you’re using is gone.

"I asked a direct question in yesterday's briefing about the customer portal and reports it was not working. Why wasn't that addressed when I asked that question so we could properly warn people?” Baucum asked Saturday morning.

"I do remember that you raised an issue on that,” Gold-Williams answered. “And we acknowledge that whatever that is, we don't want people to be alarmed by that."
She explained they want to make sure you’re not charged for power you didn’t get.

"We have cut off our 'Manage My Account' system for right now because we're going to need to go in and correct those systems and take those charges out,” Gold-Williams said.

The process will take time. It’s an intentional slow-down of the billing system.

"We're trying to go through hundreds of thousands of accounts,” Gold-Williams said.

https://news4sanantonio.com/news/trouble-shooters/cps-energy-ceo-says-relax-about-your-bill-as-customer-portal-removed-to-review-accounts (https://news4sanantonio.com/news/trouble-shooters/cps-energy-ceo-says-relax-about-your-bill-as-customer-portal-removed-to-review-accounts)

[DarrinS]

So, when are we going to find out our next energy bill? CPS has shut down their "Manage My Account" page.

Disregard. Current bill is only a little over $200. How in the hell are people having bills in the 10s of thousands of dollars?

[Winehole23]

Now that most of us have reliable power back, the new concern is making sure we can all afford our bills.


The Trouble Shooters have told you CPS Energy is extremely worried (https://news4sanantonio.com/news/trouble-shooters/cps-energy-ceo-explains-how-power-crisis-could-impact-your-bills) about skyrocketing natural gas prices, warning we’ll likely be paying for this power crisis for at least the next ten years (https://news4sanantonio.com/news/trouble-shooters/cps-energy-says-well-be-paying-for-power-crisis-for-next-decade-or-more).

[Winehole23]

Disregard. Current bill is only a little over $200. How in the hell are people having bills in the 10s of thousands of dollars?Good question. Maybe some of the charges will disappear when they're formally challlenged. More customers, I would guess, will have their bills stretched out over a period of years, like CPS is doing to folks in SA

I'd be shocked if there weren't a rash of lawsuits over this.

[Winehole23]

let a million GoFundMes bloom

[DarrinS]

Anyone seeing an enormous CPS bill? Mine looks to be about average. Maybe it won't show up until my next meter read. Who knows.

[CosmicCowboy]

Those big bills are in Houston and Dallas etc. where they have competing companies that have variable "wholesale" rate suppliers. A bill would have a charge for power and a separate charge for distribution.

[DarrinS]

Those big bills are in Houston and Dallas etc. where they have competing companies that have variable "wholesale" rate suppliers. A bill would have a charge for power and a separate charge for distribution.

Thanks. I'm on auto-pay and didn't feel like changing it.

[DarrinS]

dp

[DMC]

Disregard. Current bill is only a little over $200. How in the hell are people having bills in the 10s of thousands of dollars?

They agreed to pay wholesale spot prices.

[CosmicCowboy]

CPS customers will be paying higher charges too because they have a "fuel adjustment charge" built into their bills but they are planning to spread the charge out over ten years.

[pgardn]

So, when are we going to find out our next energy bill? CPS has shut down their "Manage My Account" page.

CPS is beholden to their private buddies. They have a very hard time giving reliable info out based on the fact that there private overlords can do anything they want. Expect them to be very careful. CPS has to play by rules that ERCot dances merrily around.

[pgardn]

They agreed to pay wholesale spot prices.

No, it was the wind turbines, fckn green stuff...

[DMC]

No, it was the wind turbines, fckn green stuff...

https://i.pinimg.com/474x/b2/6a/df/b26adf7d9fd8f1ed576fc3d2d947428c.jpg

Being prepared for extreme conditions is expensive.

[Winehole23]

https://i.pinimg.com/474x/b2/6a/df/b26adf7d9fd8f1ed576fc3d2d947428c.jpg

Being prepared for extreme conditions is expensive.Arkansas can afford it.

(shrugs)

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[DMC]

U.S. Average Snow State Rank
A total of 51 results found. Show Results on Map.

Rank Average Snow ▼ State / Population
1. 89.25 inches Vermont / 626,358
2. 77.28 inches Maine / 1,328,535
3. 71.44 inches New Hampshire / 1,321,069
4. 67.30 inches Colorado / 5,197,580
5. 64.46 inches Alaska / 728,300
6. 60.66 inches Michigan / 9,889,024
7. 55.32 inches New York / 19,594,330
8. 51.05 inches Massachusetts / 6,657,291
9. 51.00 inches Wyoming / 575,251
10. 45.79 inches Wisconsin / 5,724,692
11. 43.43 inches Minnesota / 5,383,661
12. 40.99 inches Utah / 2,858,111
13. 38.85 inches Rhode Island / 1,053,252
14. 37.85 inches Connecticut / 3,592,053
15. 37.43 inches South Dakota / 834,708
16. 37.28 inches Montana / 1,006,370
17. 37.00 inches North Dakota / 704,925
18. 36.49 inches Idaho / 1,599,464
19. 35.84 inches Pennsylvania / 12,758,729
20. 31.27 inches Iowa / 3,078,116
21. 28.12 inches Nebraska / 1,855,617
22. 26.63 inches Ohio / 11,560,380
23. 25.13 inches West Virginia / 1,853,881
24. 23.73 inches New Jersey / 8,874,374
25. 22.74 inches New Mexico / 2,080,085
26. 21.93 inches Indiana / 6,542,411
27. 21.75 inches Illinois / 12,868,747
28. 20.61 inches Maryland / 5,887,776
29. 18.83 inches Nevada / 2,761,584
30. 17.61 inches District of Columbia / 633,736
31. 16.94 inches Delaware / 917,060
32. 15.57 inches Washington / 6,899,123
33. 15.42 inches Kansas / 2,882,946
34. 14.85 inches Virginia / 8,185,131
35. 12.67 inches Missouri / 6,028,076
36. 10.91 inches Oregon / 3,900,343
37. 8.83 inches Kentucky / 4,383,272
38. 5.88 inches Oklahoma / 3,818,851
39. 5.03 inches North Carolina / 9,750,405
40. 4.76 inches Arizona / 6,561,516
41. 4.61 inches Tennessee / 6,451,365
42. 4.04 inches Arkansas / 2,947,036
43. 3.76 inches California / 38,066,920
44. 1.50 inches South Carolina / 4,727,273
45. 1.36 inches Texas / 26,092,033
46. 0.76 inches Georgia / 9,907,756
47. 0.71 inches Mississippi / 2,984,345
48. 0.57 inches Alabama / 4,817,678
49. 0.20 inches Louisiana / 4,601,049
50. 0.01 inches Florida / 19,361,792
51. 0.00 inches Hawaii / 1,392,704

[Winehole23]

U.S. Average Snow State Rank
A total of 51 results found. Show Results on Map.

Rank Average Snow ▼ State / Population
1. 89.25 inches Vermont / 626,358
2. 77.28 inches Maine / 1,328,535
3. 71.44 inches New Hampshire / 1,321,069
4. 67.30 inches Colorado / 5,197,580
5. 64.46 inches Alaska / 728,300
6. 60.66 inches Michigan / 9,889,024
7. 55.32 inches New York / 19,594,330
8. 51.05 inches Massachusetts / 6,657,291
9. 51.00 inches Wyoming / 575,251
10. 45.79 inches Wisconsin / 5,724,692
11. 43.43 inches Minnesota / 5,383,661
12. 40.99 inches Utah / 2,858,111
13. 38.85 inches Rhode Island / 1,053,252
14. 37.85 inches Connecticut / 3,592,053
15. 37.43 inches South Dakota / 834,708
16. 37.28 inches Montana / 1,006,370
17. 37.00 inches North Dakota / 704,925
18. 36.49 inches Idaho / 1,599,464
19. 35.84 inches Pennsylvania / 12,758,729
20. 31.27 inches Iowa / 3,078,116
21. 28.12 inches Nebraska / 1,855,617
22. 26.63 inches Ohio / 11,560,380
23. 25.13 inches West Virginia / 1,853,881
24. 23.73 inches New Jersey / 8,874,374
25. 22.74 inches New Mexico / 2,080,085
26. 21.93 inches Indiana / 6,542,411
27. 21.75 inches Illinois / 12,868,747
28. 20.61 inches Maryland / 5,887,776
29. 18.83 inches Nevada / 2,761,584
30. 17.61 inches District of Columbia / 633,736
31. 16.94 inches Delaware / 917,060
32. 15.57 inches Washington / 6,899,123
33. 15.42 inches Kansas / 2,882,946
34. 14.85 inches Virginia / 8,185,131
35. 12.67 inches Missouri / 6,028,076
36. 10.91 inches Oregon / 3,900,343
37. 8.83 inches Kentucky / 4,383,272
38. 5.88 inches Oklahoma / 3,818,851
39. 5.03 inches North Carolina / 9,750,405
40. 4.76 inches Arizona / 6,561,516
41. 4.61 inches Tennessee / 6,451,365
42. 4.04 inches Arkansas / 2,947,036
43. 3.76 inches California / 38,066,920
44. 1.50 inches South Carolina / 4,727,273
45. 1.36 inches Texas / 26,092,033
46. 0.76 inches Georgia / 9,907,756
47. 0.71 inches Mississippi / 2,984,345
48. 0.57 inches Alabama / 4,817,678
49. 0.20 inches Louisiana / 4,601,049
50. 0.01 inches Florida / 19,361,792
51. 0.00 inches Hawaii / 1,392,704How do you explain the difference between Texarkana, Tx and Texarkana, Ark?

[ChumpDumper]

This is happening every ten years now. Time to fix it no matter how much DMC whines and keeps replying.

[SnakeBoy]

This is happening every ten years now. Time to fix it no matter how much DMC whines and keeps replying.

What's happening every 10 years now?

[DMC]

Arkansas can afford it.

(shrugs)

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While it appears that Arkansas has done a better job of clearing roads than Texas, it’s important to note that the above-displayed video and photograph capture one moment in time. Texarkana Gazette reported that while this viral picture truly does show a half-cleared, half-covered road, both sides of this road were plowed shortly after this picture was taken.

Let's not let facts get in the way of a good story though.

[ChumpDumper]

What's happening every 10 years now?

Are you just playing stupid now?

Or are you stupid?

[ChumpDumper]

Suddenly ST Trump supporters demand weatherization austerity.:lol

[DMC]

If Texas purchases a lot of snow equipment now, 10 years from now it will be basically obsolete. We should wait for 9 years, then buy it.

[Winehole23]

While it appears that Arkansas has done a better job of clearing roads than Texas, it’s important to note that the above-displayed video and photograph capture one moment in time. Texarkana Gazette reported that while this viral picture truly does show a half-cleared, half-covered road, both sides of this road were plowed shortly after this picture was taken.

Let's not let facts get in the way of a good story though.

Cool. :tu

[ChumpDumper]

I'll be fine with getting on the interstate grids and winterizing power generation in the state.

It's time.

[DMC]

Cool. :tu

Don't let that deter you in your quest to "gotheem" though. You'll eventually stumble upon something if you keep posting enough random shit.

How's that water delivery going? Cruz has already delivered more water than you.

[Winehole23]

Don't let that deter you in your quest to "gotheem" though. You'll eventually stumble upon something if you keep posting enough random shit.

How's that water delivery going? Cruz has already delivered more water than you.Anyone who posts as much or as hastily as you and I do is going to make mistakes. I didn't vet the tweet, but that hardly undermines the need for more investment in winterization in Texas.

Sorry about the bad tweet.

[Winehole23]

If Texas purchases a lot of snow equipment now, 10 years from now it will be basically obsolete. We should wait for 9 years, then buy it.Yoi're just making stuff up now. I more meant the grid than snowplows.

[vy65]

Fantastic read

https://apple.news/AHM2qt1BQThmI3CIgPG9Taw

[baseline bum]

What's happening every 10 years now?

Rolling blackouts when it gets a little cold. Had rolling blackouts in 2011 too.

[DMC]

Anyone who posts as much or as hastily as you and I do is going to make mistakes. I didn't vet the tweet, but that hardly undermines the need for more investment in winterization in Texas.

Sorry about the bad tweet.

Or more from the hip spreading of fake news

[DMC]

Yoi're just making stuff up now. I more meant the grid than snowplows.

Yeah the tweet was definitely about the grid :tu

[DMC]

DMC always argues a point you never fucking said. :lol

When you share takes from 3rd parties and offer no comment of your own (like Boutons, ducks and Winehole23), you are basically using that as your voice.

One side of this street is Texarkana, Arkansas.

The other side is Texarkana, Texas.

"By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail."

There is a leadership failure in Texas...

This is what was in the tweet.

I showed you that the image was misleading thus the conclusion based on the image is misleading.

[ElNono]

Fantastic read

https://apple.news/AHM2qt1BQThmI3CIgPG9Taw

It is. Thanks for sharing. And once again, the lack of preparedness for an emergency situation (despite this one was telegraphed well in advance) in the name of muh free market, ends up in avoidable deaths.

[Winehole23]

Yeah the tweet was definitely about the grid :tuI know you're desperate to change the topic, but the whole point of posting the Texasarkana pic was to show the difference between Texas and neighboring states with regard to winter preparedness.

Texas underinvested and got caught short of capacity for a foreseeable weather event.

[Winehole23]

Or more from the hip spreading of fake news, My example was bad, the difference is real. There was no deception intended and as to the major point -- that Texas has underinvested winterizing its grid -- no one was misled by the bad tweet.

[elbamba1]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/texas-spins-into-the-wind-11613605698?mod=mhp&fbclid=IwAR23ARySGx18ss7D6NVAPdBB3gwHMTOSyPrjj1lJB jw1-hmiFHzUksdwEQs

An interesting read.

[Winehole23]

Fantastic read

https://apple.news/AHM2qt1BQThmI3CIgPG9TawThanks for posting.

[DarrinS]

45 gigawatts offline
18 gigawatts from renewable sources

40% -- disproportionately high

Still, we need the infrastructure improvements regardless of source.

[ChumpDumper]

45 gigawatts offline
18 gigawatts from renewable sources

40% -- disproportionately high

Still, we need the infrastructure improvements regardless of source.

How much of any of it was weatherized, Karrin?

Also post your source if you're not afraid.

[DarrinS]

How much of any of it was weatherized?


What do you think I meant by infrastructure improvements?

[ChumpDumper]

What do you think I meant by infrastructure improvements?Your street.

Now let's see your source.

[DMC]

The uneducated opinions flow freely here :lol

Wind turbines up north get cold weather packages, obviously not for free else they'd all have it regardless. How many Texans own a snow plow attachment for their trucks? Not many, but up North a lot of citizens have the equivalent of cold weather packages on their vehicles. They have block warmers, heaters that don't rely on engine temp to produce heat, high idle adjustments, power converters in their vehicles, snow plow packages, etc... They have snow shovels in their garages. They have basements to keep their water pipes from freezing and they can actually get to the pipes to insulate them and/or heat their basement with fuel oil. Many have emergency power in the form of generators. Homes are build and insulated for those conditions. People prepare for the environment they live in, not the once in a lifetime anomaly that could possibly occur. I don't own a snow plow or a snow shovel. Hell, I don't own an ice scraper. Every car I rent north of the frost line has an ice scraper inside. Try getting that in Florida.

So if Texas would winter proof all their buildings, residences, power plants and solar/wind systems, they'd be prepared for these once in a lifetime events. Notably I also don't have a bomb shelter.


What do you think I meant by infrastructure improvements?

We discussed all this 4 days ago. Some are just now catching on. You have to wonder how they function without constant supervision and hive handholding.

[DMC]

Sparky with the 24/7 slap fight attempts for almost 20 fucking years :lmao

[Blake]

We discussed all this 4 days ago. Some are just now catching on. You have to wonder how they function without constant supervision and hive handholding.

Lol "hive"

Poor dmc feels ganged up on

[DarrinS]

My neighbor has a huge solar array, but he was running a gas generator just.like me. :lol

[TeyshaBlue]

70° outside. Neighborhood transformer just blew. Time for more firewood! :lol

[DarrinS]

Anyone have dead car batteries? Had to get one for my mom yesterday.

[DMC]

Anyone have dead car batteries? Had to get one for my mom yesterday.

Get her the rechargeable model dildo... just saying.

[Winehole23]

After Abbott convened what his office described as an "emergency meeting" Saturday with lawmakers to discuss the issue, the Public Utility Commission on Sunday met to sign two orders, including one that would direct energy providers to temporarily stop disconnecting customers from power or water because they have not paid.

The commission also signed an order to stop companies from sending invoices or bill estimates to customers “until we work through issues of how we are going to financially manage the situation we are in,” commission chair DeAnn Walker said.

“Disconnect for non pays cannot occur on a Sunday and that’s why we're acting today at this hour is trying to stop any from occurring tomorrow,” Walker said before the three-member commission approved the orders.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/21/texas-electric-bill-greg-abbott/

[TeyshaBlue]

The Texas Public Utility Commission takes steps to limit exposure to some customers from the costs of this emergency.
https://www.wfaa.com/mobile/article/news/local/texas/thousands-of-texas-electric-customers-will-be-involuntarily-switched-to-new-providers-as-companies-fail/287-47cc0165-76d4-450b-87b5-1ded128af0e5
I don't think this is going to end well

[ChumpDumper]

Sparky with the 24/7 slap fight attempts for almost 20 fucking years :lmaoBut you said you don't read my posts.


:lol lyin' DMC

[ChumpDumper]

My neighbor has a huge solar array, but he was running a gas generator just.like me. :lol

Anyone can get a battery backup regardless. Just sayin'.

Ever find that source or are we just going to dismiss everything you say as usual?

[DarrinS]

If you see your name under last post column 4 or more times, you areNT living your best life. :lol

[Blake]

If you see your name under last post column 4 or more times, you areNT living your best life. :lol

Said Darrin with a bottle in his hand

[DarrinS]

Said Darrin with a bottle in his hand

Solid take, per par

[ChumpDumper]

Solid take, per par
Ironic.

[pgardn]

https://i.pinimg.com/474x/b2/6a/df/b26adf7d9fd8f1ed576fc3d2d947428c.jpg

Being prepared for extreme conditions is expensive.

Being prepared as a MAJOR source of power when you know methane and associated structures can freeze easily under pressure and you are told this by other energy grid operators is not equivalent to your cute pictures. Part of the complex problem is clearly deregulation. When you need to make a buck, "Texas dont freeze" .

They had already taken the green sources out of the equation for calculating how much energy would be available. Methane, is a hydrocarbon, even though its called "natural" gas. You got to be careful with the word "green" and "natural" and "democrat/socialist" around a still Trumper.

[ChumpDumper]

10th largest economy in the world completely shit itself during above zero temperatures and begged Uncle Joe for help.


And got more from AOC.

[pgardn]

10th largest economy in the world completely shit itself during above zero temperatures and begged Uncle Joe for help.


And got more from AOC.

Texas gut punched.

[ChumpDumper]

Humbled, regardless whether Texans actually know it or want to admit it.


No biggie big-timers set to pounce.

[Adam Lambert]

The Texas Public Utility Commission takes steps to limit exposure to some customers from the costs of this emergency.
https://www.wfaa.com/mobile/article/news/local/texas/thousands-of-texas-electric-customers-will-be-involuntarily-switched-to-new-providers-as-companies-fail/287-47cc0165-76d4-450b-87b5-1ded128af0e5
I don't think this is going to end well

We'll probably just bail out the electricity providers with the rainy day fund.

[DarrinS]

Being prepared as a MAJOR source of power when you know methane and associated structures can freeze easily under pressure and you are told this by other energy grid operators is not equivalent to your cute pictures. Part of the complex problem is clearly deregulation. When you need to make a buck, "Texas dont freeze" .

They had already taken the green sources out of the equation for calculating how much energy would be available. Methane, is a hydrocarbon, even though its called "natural" gas. You got to be careful with the word "green" and "natural" and "democrat/socialist" around a still Trumper.

Methane is natural

[pgardn]

Methane is natural

Yes, so is propane and gasoline.
It exists naturally in oil.
All kinds of hydrocarbons exist naturally in oil.
Oil is natural.

So you understood my statement about using certain terms around still Trumpers.
They and far left loonies already have a definition on a bunch of terms that are just wrong unless you want to completely change definitions right... NOW

[DMC]

Being prepared as a MAJOR source of power when you know methane and associated structures can freeze easily under pressure and you are told this by other energy grid operators is not equivalent to your cute pictures. Part of the complex problem is clearly deregulation. When you need to make a buck, "Texas dont freeze" .

They had already taken the green sources out of the equation for calculating how much energy would be available. Methane, is a hydrocarbon, even though its called "natural" gas. You got to be careful with the word "green" and "natural" and "democrat/socialist" around a still Trumper.

Ok Bill Nye. :lol

No one is impressed with your ciphering, Jethro.

[DarrinS]

Yes, so is propane and gasoline.
It exists naturally in oil.
All kinds of hydrocarbons exist naturally in oil.
Oil is natural.

Propane and gasoline take human intervention.

Methane is natural. Eat a bean and cheese taco. You'll release some. :lol

Also from decaying plants. That's why some people fear thawing permafrost. Though they don't often explain the plants under the permafrost (it used to be warmer).

[pgardn]

Propane and gasoline take human intervention.

Methane is natural. Eat a bean and cheese taco. You'll release some. :lol

Also from decaying plants. That's why some people fear thawing permafrost. Though they don't often explain the plants under the permafrost (it used to be warmer).

What?

You mean we separate by distillation columns?

[DarrinS]

What?

You mean we separate by distillation columns?

Methane is coming out of the ground, the sea floor, and billions of mammals' a-holes. :lol

[Ef-man]

Lol "hive"

Poor dmc feels ganged up on

You struck a nerve.

[pgardn]

Ok Bill Nye. :lol

No one is impressed with your ciphering, Jethro.

DMC moderator of the people speaks for the people.
NO ONE is impressed with your emotional bond with punctuation after you get slapped around ,,,, MrS. CRutchfIEld
did i misspell Crutchfield again?

[pgardn]

Methane is coming out of the ground, the sea floor, and billions of mammals' a-holes. :lol

Cool. The following also come out of the ground.

butane
pentane
hexane
keep going...

are all found and produced naturally in the breakdown of old plant material under high pressure.
Methane is the simplest hydrocarbon. Mammals do not produce it, the bacteria in "our" gut do.

[pgardn]

Natural tar balls, a wide mixture of hydrocarbons, wash up on the beach all the time from natural oil seeps.

[DarrinS]

Natural tar balls, a wide mixture of hydrocarbons, wash up on the beach all the time from natural oil seeps.

Is what it is.

[pgardn]

Is what it is.

Alrighty then...

[boutons_deux]

email news.bizjournals.com :


"San Antonio-based financial services provider USAA reported 2,500 claims on Tuesday,

a number that soared to 10,000 claims as of Wednesday,

20,000 as of Thursday and

more than 30,000 on Friday morning (https://link.bizjournals.com/click/23010920.33280/aHR0cHM6Ly9uYW0xMS5zYWZlbGlua3MucHJvdGVjdGlvbi5vdX Rsb29rLmNvbS8_dXJsPWh0dHBzOi8vbGluay5iaXpqb3VybmFs cy5jb20vY2xpY2svNjAzMzk2NWUwMTdiNzMwNTM4NTE5ZWVkL2 FIUjBjSE02THk5aWFYcHFMblZ6THpGeE9IWTVhajkxZEcxZmMy OTFjbU5sUFhOMEpuVjBiVjl0WldScGRXMDlaVzRtZFhSdFgyTm hiWEJoYVdkdVBYUnJieVpoYm1FOVpWOTBibTgvNWZiZDVjNWM4 NTQxZTU2NjUzNmY3NmVkQmYyN2FjYTE0JmRhdGE9MDQlN0MwMS U3Q21tZW5zaGVoYSU0MGJpempvdXJuYWxzLmNvbSU3Q2MxNTBj ZmNjNmM5ZjQ5YTgzYzRjMDhkOGQ3MjU5NDJjJTdDYzhmMzAyYm FiMmZlNDM4OWI3MjBlMjg1ZjRmZTFiMmElN0MwJTdDMCU3QzYz NzQ5NTkwMzY4NzU3NDY2NSU3Q1Vua25vd24lN0NUV0ZwYkdac2 IzZDhleUpXSWpvaU1DNHdMakF3TURBaUxDSlFJam9pVjJsdU16 SWlMQ0pCVGlJNklrMWhhV3dpTENKWFZDSTZNbjAlM0QlN0MxMD AwJnNkYXRhPVZ0dDZxMzA3a2dweG5lMmVPVkZCNCUyQmdMWGFi NzhuVEVseExnMnVGMlAvSSUzRCZyZXNlcnZlZD0wJnV0bV9zb3 VyY2U9c3QmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbiZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249dGtv JmFuYT1lX3Rubw/5fd8a8be21afe73c1de6777aCc63db5aa) —

the majority due to freezing pipes and power failures.

Bloomington, Illinois-based insurer State Farm also has received thousands of claims (https://link.bizjournals.com/click/23010920.33280/aHR0cHM6Ly9uYW0xMS5zYWZlbGlua3MucHJvdGVjdGlvbi5vdX Rsb29rLmNvbS8_dXJsPWh0dHBzOi8vbGluay5iaXpqb3VybmFs cy5jb20vY2xpY2svNjAzMzk2NWUwMTdiNzMwNTM4NTE5ZWVkL2 FIUjBjSE02THk5aWFYcHFMblZ6THpGeE9IWmhjVDkxZEcxZmMy OTFjbU5sUFhOMEpuVjBiVjl0WldScGRXMDlaVzRtZFhSdFgyTm hiWEJoYVdkdVBYUnJieVpoYm1FOVpWOTBibTgvNWZiZDVjNWM4 NTQxZTU2NjUzNmY3NmVkQjgzMWY4ZWM0JmRhdGE9MDQlN0MwMS U3Q21tZW5zaGVoYSU0MGJpempvdXJuYWxzLmNvbSU3Q2MxNTBj ZmNjNmM5ZjQ5YTgzYzRjMDhkOGQ3MjU5NDJjJTdDYzhmMzAyYm FiMmZlNDM4OWI3MjBlMjg1ZjRmZTFiMmElN0MwJTdDMCU3QzYz NzQ5NTkwMzY4NzU4NDY2MyU3Q1Vua25vd24lN0NUV0ZwYkdac2 IzZDhleUpXSWpvaU1DNHdMakF3TURBaUxDSlFJam9pVjJsdU16 SWlMQ0pCVGlJNklrMWhhV3dpTENKWFZDSTZNbjAlM0QlN0MxMD AwJnNkYXRhPTFxVTFlYk94dTZDYzMzTzJzaGViTlFsUE9FR2hO OFBzcWxOZW5tMktuZzAlM0QmcmVzZXJ2ZWQ9MCZ1dG1fc291cm NlPXN0JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW4mdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPXRrbyZh bmE9ZV90bm8/5fd8a8be21afe73c1de6777aD33582861) reporting frozen and burst water pipes from across Texas,"

[CosmicCowboy]

I already fixed mine. Piping on water heater in attic froze.

[SnakeBoy]

So, when are we going to find out our next energy bill? CPS has shut down their "Manage My Account" page.

I'm with Pedernales Electric Cooperative. They say there will be no rate changes on our bills.

Communism FTW

[CosmicCowboy]

I'm being told there is no PVC glue to be found in San Antonio.

[CosmicCowboy]

Got this from GVEC


The historically unprecedented state-wide freeze last week calling for the deployment of Emergency Operations to help stabilize the Texas energy grid is over, yet the repercussions are just beginning for utilities and their customers across the state in terms of the impact to their energy bills.

Obviously, there are many questions our members have due to the information you are hearing in the media. While we do not have all the answers right now, what we know is residential customers can expect an increase in their upcoming bills driven by two primary factors.

The first is through an increase of kilowatt-hour usage during last week. Freezing temperatures lingering for consecutive days caused many central heating systems to operate in emergency heat mode, utilizing heat strips for long periods of time. Multiple days of this type of energy use, compounded by the additional operational strain from rotating outages, significantly raised individual usage during this period, which will result in a higher bill.

The second element at play was pricing of wholesale power throughout the week, specifically during the Emergency Energy Alert Level 3. With ERCOT ordering rotating outages, GVEC was forced to purchase certain allocations of power at $9.00 per kilowatt-hour, up from the more traditional $0.06 per kilowatt hour. This extreme level of pricing has never happened, for the extended and continuous lengths with which we saw, in the history of the ERCOT competitive wholesale market. Add to that a rise from around $2.00 to $180.00 per MMBtu of natural gas prices, commonly used to price electric energy products, and you have electric costs being so high that some entities are going bankrupt and others are scrambling to ensure they have enough cash to survive.

The positive news is that due to the strong financial position GVEC has held for years, as a result of our long-term financial strategy to hedge against large market fluctuations, GVEC will not have to immediately pass the high costs experienced last week to our members. While GVEC will likely need to raise the Generation and Transmission rate, the good news is that GVEC, as a direct result of our strong financial position, has the ability to structure rate changes to help minimize the direct burden to our membership. GVEC is considering all options to design a rate that will recover the necessary costs over multiple years and lessen the overall impact to our members, as much as possible. As soon as plans are solidified, we will communicate directly with you.

As a reminder, updates are being shared on GVEC’s Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages as well as gvec.org.

[Winehole23]

In other words, GVEC is still trying to determine the most discreet way to screw ratepayers.

[RandomGuy]

In other words, GVEC is still trying to determine the most discreet way to screw ratepayers.

We are all going to have pay more for the infrastructure investment. This will essentially be a regressive stupidity tax, unless the state steps in.

The Feds may even provide funds, because the current administration isn't populated by dicks.

[baseline bum]

Got this from GVEC

Cocksuckers going to raise my rates for the privilege of my power being out >50% of the time for four days? Great.

[GAustex]

Boil water notice in N Austin canceled

[boutons_deux]

It Starts: The Cascading Financial Repercussions of the Texas Electricity Crisis

Now hoping for “corrective action” and “credit intervention” by the State of Texas.

Just Energy Group, the Canada-based retailer of electricity and natural gas that is heavily involved in Texas, announced this morning in an SEC filing (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1538789/000117184321001178/exh_991.htm) that

it might have lost $250 million over the few days during the “Weather Event” in Texas, and that

“the financial impact could change as additional information becomes available,” and that “once known,”

the financial impact “could be materially adverse to the Company’s liquidity and its ability to continue as a going concern.”

The $250 million loss over the past few days contrasts with just $78 million in cash on hand that the company reported in its most recent earnings report for the quarter ended September 30.

(https://wolfstreet.com/2021/02/22/it-starts-the-cascading-financial-repercussions-of-the-texas-electricity-crisis/)https://wolfstreet.com/2021/02/22/it-starts-the-cascading-financial-repercussions-of-the-texas-electricity-crisis/

[pgardn]

Boil water notice in N Austin canceled

Good deal.

[DarrinS]

Imagine the demand on the grid if we all charged EV overnight. Not happening

[DMC]

I'm being told there is no PVC glue to be found in San Antonio.

Damn and I was hoping for a good weekend of huffing glue.

[ChumpDumper]

Imagine the demand on the grid if we all charged EV overnight. Not happening

:lol Texas fails again.

[DarrinS]

:lol Texas fails again.

Applies to the whole US grid

[ChumpDumper]

Applies to the whole US gridSo you think new capacity will never be added, Darrin?

And what would the demand be?

[boutons_deux]

"You know who Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is.

During last week's deep freeze in Texas, she started a fundraiser that has raised, as of this writing, more than $4 million to alleviate hunger and suffering in the Lone Star State.

She was doing for Texans what you'd think Texans would do for her (and other New Yorkers).

But instead of gratitude, the Texas Republican Party answered generosity with slander:

"The gesture is appreciated, but it doesn't remove the fact that her Green New Deal philosophy failed Texans," wrote Chairman Allen West.

Fact No. 1: The Green New Deal is Ocasio-Cortez's policy idea. It's not anything more yet.

Fact No. 2: Texas has nothing to do with her policy idea.

Fact No. 3: Wind power accounts for 10 percent of energy use in Texas.

Conclusion: West is smearing Ocasio-Cortez even as she's trying to help."

https://www.rawstory.com/ron-johnson-2650719724

Fuck that knitter and al other Repug knitters, they are all corrupt traitors to their race.

[Blake]

"You know who Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is.

During last week's deep freeze in Texas, she started a fundraiser that has raised, as of this writing, more than $4 million to alleviate hunger and suffering in the Lone Star State.

She was doing for Texans what you'd think Texans would do for her (and other New Yorkers).

But instead of gratitude, the Texas Republican Party answered generosity with slander:

"The gesture is appreciated, but it doesn't remove the fact that her Green New Deal philosophy failed Texans," wrote Chairman Allen West.

Fact No. 1: The Green New Deal is Ocasio-Cortez's policy idea. It's not anything more yet.

Fact No. 2: Texas has nothing to do with her policy idea.

Fact No. 3: Wind power accounts for 10 percent of energy use in Texas.

Conclusion: West is smearing Ocasio-Cortez even as she's trying to help."

https://www.rawstory.com/ron-johnson-2650719724

Fuck that knitter and al other Repug knitters, they are all corrupt traitors to their race.




SHE'S JUST HERE FOR THE PHOTO OP

[Winehole23]

Cocksuckers going to raise my rates for the privilege of my power being out >50% of the time for four days? Great.Love the diction here, the words "printed" and "delivered" seem to be load-bearing.

1363177034030194691

[boutons_deux]

yep, that how extractive vampire-squid free-market Capitalism works, the mythical free (rigged) market providing the perfect solution (for Capitalists)

the investor-owned utilities preferred to extract/pocket revenues than spend revenues complying with the (hated) experts who said winterization, based on recent low temps, was required.

Capitalists "run it 'til it breaks", then Other People's Money pays for the breakage, and Capitalists pocket the breakage money.

Shithole Texas with a shithole culture run by shitbag Repugs elected by shitbag Repug voters, now exposed to the world as a shithole.

[Dirks_Finale]

yep, that how extractive vampire-squid free-market Capitalist works, the market providing the perfect solution (for Capitalists)

the investor-owned utilities preferred to extract/pocket revenues than spend revenues complying with the (hated) experts who said winterization, based on recent low temps, was required.

Capitalists "run it 'til it breaks", then Other People's Money pays for the breakage, and Capitalists pocket the breakage money.

Shithole Texas with a shithole culture run by shitbag Repugs elected by shitbag Repug voters, now exposed to the world as a shithole.

Is that why so many are fleeing democratic California and NY... to come to a sh1thole?

[Winehole23]

Is that why so many are fleeing democratic California and NY... to come to a sh1thole?Some might think twice about that now. I'm very curious to see how ERCOT and the various local providers will screw ratepayers. I'm sure others are watching too.

[Dirks_Finale]

Some might think twice about that now. I'm very curious to see how ERCOT and the various local providers will screw ratepayers. I'm sure others are watching too.

ERCOT and even local response to this thing has been a total disaster. That said, I can't see these $15,000 electric bills holding up in the courts.

Would be shocked if this mass exodus from CA to TX does not continue.

[Winehole23]

ERCOT and even local response to this thing has been a total disaster. That said, I can't see these $15,000 electric bills holding up in the courts.

Would be shocked if this mass exodus from CA to TX does not continue.I don't know anything about about it, I'd just be making shit up.

How big is immigration from California to Texas, year over year?

[Dirks_Finale]

I don't know anything about about it, I'd just be making shit up.

How big is immigration from California to Texas, year over year?

Like 6-700k are fleeing annually and going all over the place, but TX is the number #1 destination with like 15% of them ending up here.

[ChumpDumper]

ERCOT and even local response to this thing has been a total disaster. That said, I can't see these $15,000 electric bills holding up in the courts.They will hold up in courts.

Texas will pass some good ol' socialism to stop it though.

[Winehole23]

Like 6-700k are fleeing annually and going all over the place, but TX is the number #1 destination with like 15% of them ending up here.so like, 100,000 people a year?

[Trill Clinton]

1364322944076423169

[Winehole23]

1364322944076423169finally found the courage to make themselves heard. :tu

[Winehole23]

factoid:


According to numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau (http://www.census.gov/hhes/migration/data/acs/state-to-state.html), Texas sprinkled 410,000 of its people on other U.S. states in 2013, the last year for which data is available.https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/Where-Texans-are-headed-6435629.php

[Dirks_Finale]

so like, 100,000 people a year?

A little less. But in that neighborhood.