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ScazarMeltex
05/08/22 8:40:42 PM
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https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/ERCOT-extends-warning-of-possible-emergency-17154573.php
Basically in prep for summer heat they take generators offline for maintenance. Now, because a heat wave has come early than normal shit's gonna be a mess.

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jpenny2
05/08/22 8:43:13 PM
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Time for Ted Cruz to go on vacation.

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Null_Gain
05/08/22 8:43:20 PM
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".... but California is the shit hole, not based Texas"

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ellis123
05/08/22 8:43:25 PM
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https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/ERCOT-extends-warning-of-possible-emergency-17154573.php

Was there some reason for using TinyURL?

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Blo
05/08/22 8:44:20 PM
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Well you can't expect Texas to be prepared for heat

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ScazarMeltex
05/08/22 8:46:49 PM
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ellis123 posted...
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/ERCOT-extends-warning-of-possible-emergency-17154573.php

Was there some reason for using TinyURL?
Yeah I realized it was a routing issue that made the URL to long. I changed it in the OP.

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K181
05/08/22 8:47:31 PM
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I'm sure they'll blame Biden for this somehow.

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ellis123
05/08/22 8:47:51 PM
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ScazarMeltex posted...
Yeah I realized it was a routing issue that made the URL to long. I changed it in the OP.
RIP. Tracking nonsense got you.

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Heineken14
05/08/22 8:48:58 PM
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K181 posted...
I'm sure they'll blame Biden for this somehow.


"Because Biden made open borders it caused too much strain on the power grid in Texas to handle!11" - dumb fucks

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Ving_Rhames
05/08/22 8:49:32 PM
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Don't mess wit Texas!

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Cheater87
05/08/22 8:50:29 PM
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So the Texas power grid can't do cold or heat, just moderate spring weather?

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MabusIncarnate
05/08/22 8:51:42 PM
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Uh, the wind turbines got too hot this time. Yeah that's what happened. Praise Jesus.

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Flauros
05/08/22 8:51:43 PM
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Hopefully people were smart and invested in generators after the last grid failure.

In cases of extreme heat, cold or freak weather they are a god send.

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TheLiarParadox
05/09/22 3:22:39 PM
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I got a generator last year and filled up my gas cans today just in case. Everyone at the gas station was in a pissy mood. Made me glad I don't drive anymore.

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LightHawKnight
05/09/22 3:24:01 PM
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Flauros posted...
Hopefully people were smart and invested in generators after the last grid failure.

In cases of extreme heat, cold or freak weather they are a god send.

Can they afford it?

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Umbreon
05/09/22 3:24:37 PM
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Flauros posted...
Hopefully people were smart

The people they elected proves that to be unlikely.

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LightHawKnight
05/09/22 3:25:46 PM
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Umbreon posted...
The people they elected proves that to be unlikely.

Do they have a choice in who gets elected, when republicans cheat up the ass to win?

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DocileOrangeCup
05/09/22 3:27:00 PM
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Why is the Texas grid the only one I hear about failing?

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Strider102
05/09/22 3:28:40 PM
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Texas Power Grid wants to battle!

Trainer sent out Charizard and Jynx!

Charizard used Flamethrower!

Jynx used Ice Beam!

It's super fucking effective!

Texas Power Grid fainted!

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Southernfatman
05/09/22 3:30:31 PM
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I feel bad for non-conservative Texans. Too bad the rest of the state continually asks for this by voting Republican and believe every lie Republicans tell about this somehow being Democrats/liberals fault. It's hard being a non-right wing southerner.

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Mizznox
05/09/22 3:33:59 PM
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DocileOrangeCup posted...
Why is the Texas grid the only one I hear about failing?

Partly because Texas has its own power grid, rather than being part of either of the larger Eastern/Western power grids.

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Solar_Crimson
05/09/22 3:34:31 PM
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Null_Gain posted...
".... but California is the shit hole, not based Texas"


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ColdRainAndSnow
05/09/22 3:34:48 PM
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Sorry I have no sympathy for ya, you guys talk about bootstraps then go crying when you need help

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McMarbles
05/09/22 3:40:57 PM
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Ted Cruz already on his way to Cancun to fix it.

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TheLiarParadox
05/09/22 3:49:10 PM
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ColdRainAndSnow posted...
Sorry I have no sympathy for ya, you guys talk about bootstraps then go crying when you need help
There's a sizable non-GOP population that vehemently opposes everything they stand for but has to contend with all their gerrymandering, voter suppression, and other forms of corruption that keep them in power. There's definitely something to be said of voter apathy but with the amount of money and effort the GOP puts into controlling Texas, it's always going to be an uphill battle. There's virtually no way to vote ourselves out of this mess.

I don't expect shit from libs anyway but it is still always disheartening to see y'all blatantly admit y'all don't care about those stranded in The South.

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DD Divine
05/09/22 3:51:21 PM
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The wind turbines were supposed to cool things off, guess liberals are wrong again!!

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Jshipp24
05/09/22 3:52:55 PM
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All I can say is that it's hot af here and that I kinda hate it.

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Tsuyoi3
05/09/22 3:56:05 PM
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DocileOrangeCup posted...
Why is the Texas grid the only one I hear about failing?
I dunno, probably because it was one of the worst recent.
But I did look and found that it is an infrastructure problem in many places in US.
Not surprisingly, the whole US has an infrastructure problem, something I'm sure we all knew.
https://www.pressherald.com/2022/04/05/storms-batter-aging-power-grid-as-climate-disasters-spread-2/
Power outages from severe weather have doubled over the past two decades across the U.S., as a warming climate stirs more destructive storms that cripple broad segments of the nations aging electrical grid, according to an Associated Press analysis of government data.
Forty states are experiencing longer outages and the problem is most acute in regions seeing more extreme weather, U.S. Department of Energy data shows.

So yeah it's actually many places but Texas does especially suck about it because our politicians are exceptionally uncaring about it.

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Total_Lost2
05/09/22 4:05:29 PM
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Ted Cruz used Fly

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masterpug53
05/09/22 4:10:24 PM
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McMarbles posted...
Ted Cruz already on his way to Cancun to fix it.

This time he'd be fleeing to a ski resort to get away from the heat. Which would make him Telluride Ted, Park City Cruz, or the Aspen Asshole.

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Kloe_Rinz
05/09/22 4:10:44 PM
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Republican infrastructure
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Despised
05/09/22 4:33:55 PM
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It is indeed hot as shit outside


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Tappor
05/09/22 4:40:23 PM
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jpenny2 posted...
Time for Ted Cruz to go on vacation.


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