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by digital_sawzall 738 days ago
That is false. As a life long texan the grid gets dicey with rolling blackouts every summer and the occasional shutdown every winter.

In fact hundreds of thousands of Houstonians lost power for extended periods just last month.
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ARandomerDude 738 days ago
> That is false. As a life long texan the grid gets dicey with rolling blackouts every summer and the occasional shutdown every winter.

What? I'm also a lifelong Texan and have experienced rolling blackouts once: during 2021.

> In fact hundreds of thousands of Houstonians lost power for extended periods just last month.

You mean after a massive storm with 100 mph winds destroyed infrastructure and flooded the city?

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/18/weather/houston-storms-power-...

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chankstein38 738 days ago
I don't know either of you and I'm not trying to assert either of you is correct or incorrect but it's worth remembering how insanely large your state is. It'd take 11hrs to drive from Houston to El Paso and Texas contains most of the different climates we're all familiar with.

To some degree, saying "As a life long Texan" then trying to generalize the "Texas Experience" to be your own is as incorrect as saying "As an American, there are mountains everywhere and it's green and beautiful".

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