Woody_Harryishson t1_j1j2vyz wrote
Reply to comment by ParaNormalBeast in At least 9 dead as massive winter storm leaves more than a million without power and bitter cold across much of US | CNN by bobybobobo
Everyone mocks Texas because all contiguous 48 States are connected to the same power grid and pay taxes and Texas was like "Haha fuck you, fuck your taxes, fuck your power grid, fuck your Federal Government were gonna make our own power grid and every election cycle were gonna float the idea of seceding from the United States cause were better than you."
Then their power goes out because their shitty grid can't handle the winter or the summer rains and we all laugh at those morons who voted for the politicians who made the bed they are sleeping in.
Sucks for everyone who didn't vote for those people but there are plenty of other States to live in.
mygoditsfullofstars2 t1_j1r78ft wrote
But the grid only failed that 1 time in a storm that nobody could predict. I understand it should have been better, but everything past that storm in 2021 has been heavily sensationalized.
Even in the latest storm the grid had held up better than many northern states, yet the headlines are focusing almost exclusively on the very, very tiny percentage of Texans that list power on this storm
Out of the 1.6 million people that have lost power during this cold front, only 63,000 were Texans.
It's sick when a completely avoidable disaster happens in another state and reddit always comes together and is so sad for those poor people affected. But then Texas in 2021 experiences colder temps than Antarctica in a region that 24 hours prior was at 85° and the majority of people that were affected were the under privileged, yet reddit was applauding their deaths and cheering for more to die. Sick bastards, the lot of you
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