Texas Fall/Winter thread!

[two_bit_score]

What I have gleaned from the news so far,
5 members of ERCOT that reside outside of Texas resigned "due to pressure"
Yes, no one is taking responsibility, rather they are saying some other entity was responsible for different aspects of the grid/distribution/capacity/winterization, etc.
FEMA is going to help with some of the damages.

I do think there will be some improvements so that this doesn't happen again or at least it will not fail this bad or for as long.

Do you realize only 108 counties in Texas were covered under the Federal disaster declaration to activate FEMA aid? Gov. Abbott's state disaster declaration was for all 254 counties. The Feds have left the people in most of Texas out in the cold.

 

[two_bit_score]

While the other failures can be addressed the green energy cannot because it is inherently a bad source of energy in the conditions of last week.

Wind and solar are unreliable. That fact has been established.

 

[MossRoad]

Do you realize only 108 counties in Texas were covered under the Federal disaster declaration to activate FEMA aid? Gov. Abbott's state disaster declaration was for all 254 counties. The Feds have left the people in most of Texas out in the cold.

Texas gets no electric power from other states.
Likewise they send no electric power to other states when we have a disaster.
You proclaim that Texas independence fiercely.... until you want federal aid.

 

[MossRoad]

Wind and solar are unreliable. That fact has been established.

So's your gas, oil, and nuclear.

 

[Hay Dude]

So's your gas, oil, and nuclear.

Nuclear unreliable? How is Texas nuclear unreliable?

 

[Hay Dude]

Wind and solar are unreliable. That fact has been established.

Unless politics comes into play

 

[Steppenwolfe]

Do you realize only 108 counties in Texas were covered under the Federal disaster declaration to activate FEMA aid? Gov. Abbott's state disaster declaration was for all 254 counties. The Feds have left the people in most of Texas out in the cold.

Wow... I would have thought that kind of vindictive behavior left when the new administration came in... You are Americans, you deserve the same as the rest of us.

 

[Bearsixty7]

Must be new math. 2011 is exactly 1 decade. When the last freeze episode in Texas. And coincidentally triggered an investigation that came to the same conclusions. I.E. Need to be ready for cold weather. I don't remember what the scapegoat was that time, but apparently it worked, because here we are 10 years later.

Yes, but the temps weren't as low or for as long. All we got here was 11" of snow (they predicted 2-4!) and I don't recall any wide spread rolling outages, at least none around NE Dallas area.

 

[Bearsixty7]

Do you realize only 108 counties in Texas were covered under the Federal disaster declaration to activate FEMA aid? Gov. Abbott's state disaster declaration was for all 254 counties. The Feds have left the people in most of Texas out in the cold.

No, I didn't. I wasn't sure of what relief exactly was being given by who, FEMA vs. state disaster, I just knew some aid was going to be given out. None goes to me, we fared fine.

 

[Bearsixty7]

Nuclear unreliable? How is Texas nuclear unreliable?

Specifics haven't been released, or I didn't see them but it was stated there was some issues with it.