Is Texas Power Outage in Winter Storm Turing into Another Katrina?

Going into day 3 of  no power, no heat many without water and trapped by icy roads with no excape. Food gone from stores and public heating-shelters have no heat and are closed.
Steve Lookner was just asking if this will turn into another Katrina.  The deep freeze is affecting water distribution (equipment breaking down) and people are melting snow to operate a toilet. Millions in Texas still without  power. Many towns have temperatures below 12°F. A nightmare.

LINK –  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWBPAIAk-jQ

 

Houston Chronicle – What went wrong with the Texas power grid?

“The Texas power grid, powered largely by wind and natural gas, is relatively well equipped to handle the state’s hot and humid summers when demand for power soars. But unlike blistering summers, the severe winter weather delivered a crippling blow to power production, cutting supplies as the falling temperatures increased demand.
Natural gas shortages and frozen wind turbines were already curtailing power output when the Arctic blast began knocking generators offline early Monday morning.”

❄ No, frozen wind turbines aren’t the main culprit for Texas’ power outages
Lost wind power makes up only a fraction of the reduction in power-generating capacity that has brought outages to millions of Texans across the state during a major winter storm.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/16/texas-wind-turbines-frozen/

This Newsweek article gives details about the Texas electricity grid –  ERCOT Power Outage Map, Updates as Texas Winter Storm Leaves 3.9 Million Without Power

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@lookner why hasn’t administration barely discussed this, had no press conferences, not told us of a plan, and not done even any emergency services, nothing they’re just leaving them there???? Doing some Townhall ignoring people freezing to death

— Sarah (@SarahBeeChai) February 17, 2021

 

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This is a good time to note that the electrical grid in Texas was deregulated, privatized, and removed from interconnected networks to avoid federal regulation and increase profits to a small number of wealthy individuals.

— Bryan William Jones (@BWJones) February 16, 2021

 

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I'm sharing because this is real, it's not a joke. #Texas #texaspoweroutage #TexasBlackout pic.twitter.com/P6PVdR0qCL

— Felicia N. Garcia (@w1sh0nm3) February 16, 2021

 

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https://twitter.com/CZcreations11/status/1361244050020577289

 

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#Texas may want to reconsider their situation. pic.twitter.com/WphaRKYi75

— Tony (@GiveMeEstus) February 17, 2021

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https://twitter.com/richardhine/status/1361911102058151941

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Hotels in central Texas with power are jacking their prices up to disgustingly high amounts. People are literally freezing. Half my apartment complex are sleeping in their cars. #texas #poweroutage #austin @austinenergy pic.twitter.com/FNL7uAi5ND

— MK🌻 🌊🏳️‍🌈🔮🌙🇺🇦 (@saltsagescience) February 16, 2021

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Maybe the new home decor fad will be a wood burning stove! 

Trade that big fat flat screen tv in for a good AX!