Greg Abbott, fascist tyrant of Texas

Over 200k without power because the right can’t legislate for the people. Just another failed gop effort

Incorrect

https://poweroutage.us/area/state/texas

I live in Texas, by the way. The only major outage is in Hunt county where 4000 are without power.

You can post all the proof you want, this troll will dismiss it.

If you’re trusting the leadership of Texas to give the real numbers , well, good luck. It’s over 200k according to every legitimate news outlet

That isn't a government website, genius. Those numbers are coming from the power companies.

WaPo isn't legitimate.

Uh huh, and that’s why your governor has asked crews to come in from out of state, to help get the power back on for almost a quarter million people, again. 40 years of gop “leadership “ created this mess in Texas. You keep listening to the power/gop cartel you have there while the rest of the country laughs at the failures of Abbott. Just hang out at a school, they’re burning history books so that’ll keep you warm until spring

They do that every time there is a big storm that threatens to lay down a lot of ice on the roads and power lines.

If you're getting your news from sources that say there are 250k power outages, seek alternate sources. The only places I've seen reporting those numbers are so far left that they can smell their own asses.

I live right outside Chicago and our governors never call for outside help for our power lines. And we get much worse snow and cold than Texas does. But , we also have a solid power grid here. Regulated.

So, you live in a place that regularly gets snow - and you think that makes you an expert on the standard procedures for a place that does not regularly get snow? That's what passes for logic on your two brain cells? You think that my state, which does not experience severe winters, should be at the same level of severe winter preparedness as your state?

Tell me, how prepared is Illinois for 115 degree summer days? That's pretty normal here. That's the kind of weather we prepare for, because it's our version of normal. As much as we might appreciate an Illinois summer high temperature of 85 degrees, that's our version of fall. That's the kind of weather we get in October and early November, before it dips into the 60s.

Here's a newsflash friend - Texas does not get much snow. We don't have facilities or equipment to deal with a lot of snow - because we don't get a lot of snow. I've lived here for most of my life - and I can count the severe winters on 1 hand.

Good gosh, what part of Texas you live in that averages anything remotely near 115, a BBQ pit?

The grid sucks, that's on them because that's how they wanted it, no Fed regs.The one area that is up to spec is also coincidentally the only area that doesn't send Ted Cruz to Cancun everytime the snow flurries don't melt on impact.
Same with particle board shacks and trailers that fly apart everytime there's something clocking past a soft breeze. Goodness, bricks, they're not exactly new tech. Same with insulation.

Come to Texas in August, forget sunscreen - bring BBQ sauce, I think you'll need it.

No I just know that the GOP hasn’t taken money from the fossil fuel business for decades to allow for a crumbling utility infrastructure in Illinois.

What? GOP doesn't run Illinois. Your governor, lt governor, SoS, comptroller, AG, treasurer, and both senators are all Democrats. Since 1992 the state is majority Democrat.

Yeah , the GOP doesn’t run Illinois. You’re correct, for once. That’s why we don’t have utility failures

We have something called heat index here, due to humidity I believe. And in winter we have wind chill factor based on the wind. So 100 can be 110 with humidity and 15 could be -10 with the wind chill. Either way we don’t have massive failures of our utilities

So, you think heat index and humidity is exclusive to Illinois?

You're such a fool

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Come to Texas in August, forget sunscreen - bring BBQ sauce, I think you'll need it."

Bx, NY, NY, born n raised. Not only we got the mega heat in the summer, we got a crap ton of concrete and pavement to magnify it, all wrapped in one big tub of humidity - no dry heat here.

Oh, went to Puerto Rico for a month every summer growing up, lived 7.5 months once there too. No airconditioning in that house, and I refused to use a fan like everyone else did. Was the only one in the neighborhood who slept through blackouts like a babe.

We grew up without any of that, pops not getting it installed till we were in out 20s (Quote of the day, courtesy of a sibling, "What for? We're used to it already.").

Enjoy your occasionally chilly winter!

We get days with the heat index over 100. They have to open cooling centers for old folks and homeless folks. In the winter they open warming centers. We get the best of both. The saying goes- it’s either winter or summer

You think utilities failing due to incompetence is normal? What a fool

We regularly have days over 100. No power issues here. We live in place that has both heat and cold related warnings every year. But because like most of the country our utilities are regulated we don’t have the corruption between the gop leadership and the utility companies. They’re both making huge amounts of money off you folks but aren’t expected to reinvest into the infrastructure. And when things go down, folks die and the rest have their bills go up. Greed and corruption at its finest. What do you expect from folks that are banning and burning history books? They’re not the smartest folks

The highest average monthly temperature in Illinois is 83 degrees according to NOAA. and 100 degrees is a nice day compared to 117. Las Vegas has seen 130 degree days - they don't get much snow either.

Hot or cold, Illinois handles its power and gas properly for the people. But our governors haven’t been corrupted by money from the oil and gas industry. Although we have had many governors go to jail lol.

100 isn't hot, add 20 degrees and we'll talk

Actually, the only folks not reporting on the power outages in Texas is fox. So take your pick from all the other legitimate news agencies that are saying 200+k without power in Texas.

yeah sure - whatever

Gopfascists here likes to make things up.

Meanwhile, California Democrats shut the power off year round any time it gets a little windy

So, the Dems control the power grid? Oh thats right, space lasers!!!

Lol. It’s the blue bird folks under the pizza parlor eating babies . Hugo Chavez is behind it all! Bamboo on the ballots !

Remember when you thought a dam would be needed to hold back liberal tears because trump was going to win in 2020? And then we had a tsunami of MAGA tears ? Remember that?

And yet somehow California manages to not let 224 people die like Texas did last year. Because the wind actually powers folks homes. That’s what happens when republicans haven’t had decades to wreck a state. But, you still can keep warm by the history books burning in Texas.

Remember the last time California got a little cold and their electric and gas systems froze up and people died? Yeah, nobody else does either