Hang in there Texas

[SolarYellow]

Always have cold weather gear on hand, matches, firewood, food, bottled water, flashlight, batteries, candles and a weather radio.

Always keep your vehicle gassed up so at worst you can pull it out in the driveway and go sit in the car to stay warm until the power comes back on.

Did Americans forget how to be Americans? Everyone’s become a ****ing wimp these days and wants to rely on Uncle Sam for everything.

What in the ****?

What you see is a play on the 90/10 theory. People will concentrate on how their lives function 90% of the time and disregard what happens in the other 10% so they tend not to prepare for any deviation in their daily life.

I expected Texans to be more prepared considering it is a state which deals with hurricane/tornado/natural disasters.

 

[ssj4sadie]

What you see is a play on the 90/10 theory. People will concentrate on how their lives function 90% of the time and disregard what happens in the other 10% so they tend not to prepare for any deviation in their daily life.

I expected Texans to be more prepared considering it is a state which deals with hurricane/tornado/natural disasters.

OK. Do you have any idea how big Texas is or even all the different environments/weather patterns there is here? No, you don’t.

 

[Sinister04L]

That's unrealistic for any power company to charge that amount, and expect people to pay. Any links to that story?

It's not as widespread as the media is making it out to be with their sensationalist headlines. There is one company in particular that sells electricity wholesale to customers. They charge a $10/mo fee and the electricity is at the wholesale price. The price is the price, depending on what the provider can get the electricity for on the open market. 99% of the time it's very cheap because the grid is mostly stable. When shit hit the fan and power generators went down simple economics drove the price through the roof because of the huge demand and limited supply. Now those people are facing enormous bills. On one hand I feel bad for them because people shouldn't have to pay that much money for a utility, but on the other hand they are the ones that took the gamble because 99% of the time it's a cheaper option.

 

[03Sssnake]

 

[ssj4sadie]

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Dude these wild temp swings are playing hell on my tire pressure OCD.

 

[NoSlowGT]

I have the a/c on at work right now for reference. A week ago it was almost single digits.