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   Wrath (eiswald@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 15-Jan-2024 19:27:23 JST Wrath
   Why are Texans such fragile pussies when it comes to temperatures below 45f?
   Oh no, the whole fucking power grid might go down because it's 36f outside.
   >Snow?
   >literally a light dusting?
   >unprecedented statewide panic
   What the fuck is wrong with them?
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     Mer's pizza Mer's world :blobcatgooglytrash: (mer@cdrom.tokyo)'s status on Monday, 15-Jan-2024 19:27:21 JST Mer's pizza Mer's world :blobcatgooglytrash:

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     • Hombre Lego Mexicano
     @Grandtheftautism @Eiswald texas has its own grid, there's no support from the wider network when the deregulated minimal infrastructure inevitably fails
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     Hombre Lego Mexicano (grandtheftautism@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 15-Jan-2024 19:27:22 JST Hombre Lego Mexicano

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     @Eiswald the power companies are privately owned and poorly maintained, from what I hear. Texas usually doesn't have snow, so it's not engineered for it.
     
     I was looking at RVs a while ago, and the ones made ro withstand harsh weather and sub-freezing temperatures cost quite a bit more and had special fittings to keep the water parts from freezing and a whole bunch of extra insulation around the engine and passenger cabin.
     
     So I'm thinking, maybe electrical grids are rated for weather too. Maybe the cold weather grids are sturdier but more expensive, and the warm weather ones are made of cheaper materials that can't withstand the sub-freezung temperatures.
     
     Or maybe the whole grid in Texas is full of old, cracked wires that haven't been maintained in decades. Let's not forget that Pacific Gas and Electric, a California Corporation, that burned down Paradise in 2018:
     
     https://www.fire.ca.gov/our-impact/remembering-the-camp-fire
     
     So Texas may be brewing up a similar situation, but in more than one spot. Maybe their grid is so old and creaky, it's gonna break put and burn down some of their towns some day. Personally if I were in Texas, I would rely on gasoline powered generators, propane, and firewood as much as possible. Won't prevent a firestorm from burning down your house, of course, but you'll be warm, have light, and the use of various electrical appliances on a limited basis.
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     Hombre Lego Mexicano (grandtheftautism@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 15-Jan-2024 19:39:40 JST Hombre Lego Mexicano

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     • Mer's pizza Mer's world :blobcatgooglytrash:
     @mer @Eiswald yeah I remembered vaguely from the last time this happened in Texas. Not being connected to the outer grid sounds like Texas Brand Self-Sufficiency on paper, but as you say, the unregulated privately owned Texas grid is all fucked up and starting to fail under pressure like California's.
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