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Eva getting ready for the superbowl | [
"As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be in a mafia movie.",
">\n\nIs this a Community reference ? Because that's why I came in the comments",
">\n\nI think it’s a Goodfellas reference.",
">\n\nIt's a reference to Community (in which they smuggle cafeteria food) which is parodying Goodfellas",
">\n\nReferences within references….\nJESUS WEPT!",
">\n\n“Can we eat them on the table like in Sixteen Candles?”\n“Pick one movie reference, Abed”",
">\n\nSixteen candles",
">\n\nThat's amateur hour. We had a group in our state set up a fake NGO and collected $250M for feeding school kids.\nThey took it all, delivered nothing.",
">\n\nHeck, I've heard of a religious organisation promised eternal life, took literally millions, and the poor bastards still died",
">\n\nCan't ask for a refund if they're dead",
">\n\nThis reminds me of Ron selling hand crafted flutes to the Zorp people and them asking if he’ll take a check",
">\n\nmust have been resold for top dollar to take-out restaurants, at the height of the Covid supply chain shortage crisis",
">\n\nI'm honestly impressed, how the fuck did she even manage to sell that many cases of chicken wings",
">\n\nHave you seen the prices of chicken wings? They're like $4 a pound in most grocery stores. \nMy husband and I were debating if we should take a two hour drive when a large farmers market was having a .99/lb chicken sale. We didn't but we were considering it.",
">\n\nIt’s ironic, because wings as a bar food came about due to their cheap price as they were harder to cook for less meat. Then they exploded in popularity and are now the most expensive part of a chicken.",
">\n\nYup. Cheap cuts of meat are actually good but someone let the secret out and now super expensive. \nOxtail is a very cheap meat and should not be $10-$12 a pound right now.",
">\n\nYou can thank the foodies and the rise of nose to tail. People started to learn that if you know how to cook the “cheap cuts” they’re actually better than the “expensive cuts.” Which means it’s all a jumble now.",
">\n\nRich people stealing poor people food, God damnit lobster was our food first!",
">\n\nGoose liver? Fish eggs? Feh! Where's the goose? Where's the fish? I ate garbage yesterday, and it didn't cost me 300 dollars. I'm not paying! I bid you good day, sir!",
">\n\nIf we long-con it enough we can make hotdogs and bologna sandwiches the new lobster",
">\n\nI'm seeing fried bologna sandwiches for upwards of 15 bucks in some major cities.",
">\n\nWhat the hell did she do with 11,000 cases of chicken wings?!",
">\n\nWhere do you get enough blue cheese to dip them in?",
">\n\nBlue cheese store, probably.",
">\n\nYou steal that shit from the district, too.",
">\n\nNever seen Bleu cheese in a public school kitchen. More likely gallons of generic brand ranch.",
">\n\n\"according to prosecutors, who did not reveal what became of the chicken wings.\"\nI won't go, I won't sleep, \nI can't breathe until they tell me bout the wings!",
">\n\nWell while you’re waiting, why don’t you have some wings?",
">\n\nWhen asked for comment, she replied: 'Burp.'",
">\n\nYour honour, I plead: full",
">\n\nDamn I’m going to her Super Bowl party!",
">\n\nSomething tells me… it will be canceled...",
">\n\nThe detectives should dust for fingerprints. \"Hot and spicy -- I think we are onto something.\"",
">\n\nYour honor, I plead insanity. I'm just crazy about chicken wings!",
">\n\nLayla intensifies…",
">\n\nI see what you did there (anybody want a wing?)",
">\n\nSomeone was running a ghost kitchen on the side.",
">\n\n“Ghost…Kitchen? You’re greenlit!” - History Channel.",
">\n\nWe keep the fraud against schools as a recurring storyline, or I'm taking it to Bravo.",
">\n\nIn other news, that school worker’s side hustle selling wings out of a food truck really took off.",
">\n\nAs a taxpayer I don't like being robbed, but you gotta respect that kind of hustle. That's a lot of got damn wangs",
">\n\n\nThat's a lot of got damn wangs\n\nStealing wangs is a very different situation.",
">\n\nI blame Sean Evans mate. There she minding her own business, BAM suddenly addicted to scorching hot chicken wings.",
">\n\nAirline points scam",
">\n\nSomething isn't adding up. The school budget was $300,000 over budget but she's charged with stealing $1.5 worth of wings?",
">\n\nThey budgeted 1.2 million for wings.\nQuick mafs",
">\n\nIt's not a very good school.",
">\n\nHonestly it sounds like a great school as long as they have a good sauce selection and curly fries.",
">\n\nI'm not even mad, that's amazing. Recreated an episode of Community",
">\n\nYou are not mad some asshole took food money that would go to feeding impoverished children. Fk you.",
">\n\nWas she offloading them to a Buffalo Wild Wings?",
">\n\nShe was stocking up for her Super Bowl party. Number one rule of hosting a party is to not run out of food.",
">\n\nEach one of those wings had a street value of $80.",
">\n\nIt's pretty dumb how people keep making the same joke in the comments.",
">\n\nI wonder is she had this all planned out or if she was just winging it..",
">\n\nI’m.. not even mad, I’m impressed.",
">\n\nSo…\nLike 10 wings?",
">\n\n🎵I never seen a man eat so many chicken wings...🎵",
">\n\nHe'd surely kick an ass or two...",
">\n\nWhy is this posted twice ?",
">\n\nBecause it’s that good!",
">\n\nWell done!! Seriously, there's a bunch of things like comments and posts that are doubled today, I was thinking glitch.",
">\n\nThe school will never be able to replace that 15 lbs of chicken wings",
">\n\nHow did she get away with it so long for it to rack up to 1.5 million? Schools don’t serve chicken wings for lunch. I’m guessing a local restaurant that sells chicken wings paid her a discounted price for the wings. She honestly should be in prison for the rest of her life.",
">\n\nHell of a barbeque.",
">\n\nCan someone quantify many chicken wings that actually is?",
">\n\nAround 125 per ~30 pound case",
">\n\nAnd one and a half million dollar for chicken wings? How many hectares of cooking oil and Tabasco sauce do you need to go with that?",
">\n\nnone if you sell them to restaurants who are in the middle of a pandemic food supply crisis.",
">\n\nAin’t no thang but a chicken wang",
">\n\nThe chicken wing bandit.",
">\n\n“I’m so tired of this goddamn place. If I have one more snot-nosed little shit ask for extra pizza I’ll probably kill them!”\n“I know. We gotta get out of here. What can we do to make some money?”\n“We work in a fucking school cafeteria! What could there possibly be? Wait. Why’s there a lightbulb over your head?”\nthrows bulb on ground “I’VE GOT A PLAN!!”",
">\n\nGot greedy. Otherwise wouldn’t have got caught",
">\n\nSuper Bowl party at her house.",
">\n\nSo that's like ... 4 and a half chicken wings at today's prices?",
">\n\nSo like 10 chicken wings…",
">\n\nThat was the worst Welcome Back Kotter episode",
">\n\nTheir is a snl sketch....as I read the headline 😭😭😭😭",
">\n\nThat’s like a 10 wing order at Buffalo Wild Wings right?",
">\n\nlol weird thing to go down for but all righty",
">\n\nI'm not saying its right....but I get it.",
">\n\nThey stole 28 wings?",
">\n\nSuper bowl is coming up.",
">\n\nMust have been some real tasty chicken wings",
">\n\nI would Love to know what she did with all those chicken wings",
">\n\nBut what sauce was with them?",
">\n\nShe started in 2020. They were $300,000 over budget just for this year.",
">\n\nLet him go, he did no wrong fellas.",
">\n\nShould have taken a job catering for a prison, that would have been legal.",
">\n\nHere in the UK we aren't allowed to access that report. \nNow I know how being Chinese feels.\nI sense a Conspiracy.",
">\n\nIt's funny until you get to the part where 80% of the kids are in low income households. All of a sudden it is a scum bag literally stealing food out of the mouths of kids who need it the most.",
">\n\nI'd rather have 1.5 million in chicken tenders.",
">\n\nSomeone did this with tacos years ago. Went to jail over it lol.",
">\n\nWhere is the crime?",
">\n\nAt the current rate of inflation, that's like what? He stole a plate every day for a week?",
">\n\nHow many wings is that?",
">\n\nAt post COVID prices that is what? 60 or so wings?",
">\n\nSomething doesn't seem right. Despite the fact that the school budget was $300,000 above budget, she is accused of taking wings worth $1.5?",
">\n\nAnd here I thought I liked hot wings!!",
">\n\nI would want to receive 1.5 million chicken tenders.",
">\n\nhow many tons is 1.5$M in chicken wings?"
] |
>
Chicago
Fraud
Looks a whole lot like Lightfoot/Beetlejuice
Surprise! | [
"As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be in a mafia movie.",
">\n\nIs this a Community reference ? Because that's why I came in the comments",
">\n\nI think it’s a Goodfellas reference.",
">\n\nIt's a reference to Community (in which they smuggle cafeteria food) which is parodying Goodfellas",
">\n\nReferences within references….\nJESUS WEPT!",
">\n\n“Can we eat them on the table like in Sixteen Candles?”\n“Pick one movie reference, Abed”",
">\n\nSixteen candles",
">\n\nThat's amateur hour. We had a group in our state set up a fake NGO and collected $250M for feeding school kids.\nThey took it all, delivered nothing.",
">\n\nHeck, I've heard of a religious organisation promised eternal life, took literally millions, and the poor bastards still died",
">\n\nCan't ask for a refund if they're dead",
">\n\nThis reminds me of Ron selling hand crafted flutes to the Zorp people and them asking if he’ll take a check",
">\n\nmust have been resold for top dollar to take-out restaurants, at the height of the Covid supply chain shortage crisis",
">\n\nI'm honestly impressed, how the fuck did she even manage to sell that many cases of chicken wings",
">\n\nHave you seen the prices of chicken wings? They're like $4 a pound in most grocery stores. \nMy husband and I were debating if we should take a two hour drive when a large farmers market was having a .99/lb chicken sale. We didn't but we were considering it.",
">\n\nIt’s ironic, because wings as a bar food came about due to their cheap price as they were harder to cook for less meat. Then they exploded in popularity and are now the most expensive part of a chicken.",
">\n\nYup. Cheap cuts of meat are actually good but someone let the secret out and now super expensive. \nOxtail is a very cheap meat and should not be $10-$12 a pound right now.",
">\n\nYou can thank the foodies and the rise of nose to tail. People started to learn that if you know how to cook the “cheap cuts” they’re actually better than the “expensive cuts.” Which means it’s all a jumble now.",
">\n\nRich people stealing poor people food, God damnit lobster was our food first!",
">\n\nGoose liver? Fish eggs? Feh! Where's the goose? Where's the fish? I ate garbage yesterday, and it didn't cost me 300 dollars. I'm not paying! I bid you good day, sir!",
">\n\nIf we long-con it enough we can make hotdogs and bologna sandwiches the new lobster",
">\n\nI'm seeing fried bologna sandwiches for upwards of 15 bucks in some major cities.",
">\n\nWhat the hell did she do with 11,000 cases of chicken wings?!",
">\n\nWhere do you get enough blue cheese to dip them in?",
">\n\nBlue cheese store, probably.",
">\n\nYou steal that shit from the district, too.",
">\n\nNever seen Bleu cheese in a public school kitchen. More likely gallons of generic brand ranch.",
">\n\n\"according to prosecutors, who did not reveal what became of the chicken wings.\"\nI won't go, I won't sleep, \nI can't breathe until they tell me bout the wings!",
">\n\nWell while you’re waiting, why don’t you have some wings?",
">\n\nWhen asked for comment, she replied: 'Burp.'",
">\n\nYour honour, I plead: full",
">\n\nDamn I’m going to her Super Bowl party!",
">\n\nSomething tells me… it will be canceled...",
">\n\nThe detectives should dust for fingerprints. \"Hot and spicy -- I think we are onto something.\"",
">\n\nYour honor, I plead insanity. I'm just crazy about chicken wings!",
">\n\nLayla intensifies…",
">\n\nI see what you did there (anybody want a wing?)",
">\n\nSomeone was running a ghost kitchen on the side.",
">\n\n“Ghost…Kitchen? You’re greenlit!” - History Channel.",
">\n\nWe keep the fraud against schools as a recurring storyline, or I'm taking it to Bravo.",
">\n\nIn other news, that school worker’s side hustle selling wings out of a food truck really took off.",
">\n\nAs a taxpayer I don't like being robbed, but you gotta respect that kind of hustle. That's a lot of got damn wangs",
">\n\n\nThat's a lot of got damn wangs\n\nStealing wangs is a very different situation.",
">\n\nI blame Sean Evans mate. There she minding her own business, BAM suddenly addicted to scorching hot chicken wings.",
">\n\nAirline points scam",
">\n\nSomething isn't adding up. The school budget was $300,000 over budget but she's charged with stealing $1.5 worth of wings?",
">\n\nThey budgeted 1.2 million for wings.\nQuick mafs",
">\n\nIt's not a very good school.",
">\n\nHonestly it sounds like a great school as long as they have a good sauce selection and curly fries.",
">\n\nI'm not even mad, that's amazing. Recreated an episode of Community",
">\n\nYou are not mad some asshole took food money that would go to feeding impoverished children. Fk you.",
">\n\nWas she offloading them to a Buffalo Wild Wings?",
">\n\nShe was stocking up for her Super Bowl party. Number one rule of hosting a party is to not run out of food.",
">\n\nEach one of those wings had a street value of $80.",
">\n\nIt's pretty dumb how people keep making the same joke in the comments.",
">\n\nI wonder is she had this all planned out or if she was just winging it..",
">\n\nI’m.. not even mad, I’m impressed.",
">\n\nSo…\nLike 10 wings?",
">\n\n🎵I never seen a man eat so many chicken wings...🎵",
">\n\nHe'd surely kick an ass or two...",
">\n\nWhy is this posted twice ?",
">\n\nBecause it’s that good!",
">\n\nWell done!! Seriously, there's a bunch of things like comments and posts that are doubled today, I was thinking glitch.",
">\n\nThe school will never be able to replace that 15 lbs of chicken wings",
">\n\nHow did she get away with it so long for it to rack up to 1.5 million? Schools don’t serve chicken wings for lunch. I’m guessing a local restaurant that sells chicken wings paid her a discounted price for the wings. She honestly should be in prison for the rest of her life.",
">\n\nHell of a barbeque.",
">\n\nCan someone quantify many chicken wings that actually is?",
">\n\nAround 125 per ~30 pound case",
">\n\nAnd one and a half million dollar for chicken wings? How many hectares of cooking oil and Tabasco sauce do you need to go with that?",
">\n\nnone if you sell them to restaurants who are in the middle of a pandemic food supply crisis.",
">\n\nAin’t no thang but a chicken wang",
">\n\nThe chicken wing bandit.",
">\n\n“I’m so tired of this goddamn place. If I have one more snot-nosed little shit ask for extra pizza I’ll probably kill them!”\n“I know. We gotta get out of here. What can we do to make some money?”\n“We work in a fucking school cafeteria! What could there possibly be? Wait. Why’s there a lightbulb over your head?”\nthrows bulb on ground “I’VE GOT A PLAN!!”",
">\n\nGot greedy. Otherwise wouldn’t have got caught",
">\n\nSuper Bowl party at her house.",
">\n\nSo that's like ... 4 and a half chicken wings at today's prices?",
">\n\nSo like 10 chicken wings…",
">\n\nThat was the worst Welcome Back Kotter episode",
">\n\nTheir is a snl sketch....as I read the headline 😭😭😭😭",
">\n\nThat’s like a 10 wing order at Buffalo Wild Wings right?",
">\n\nlol weird thing to go down for but all righty",
">\n\nI'm not saying its right....but I get it.",
">\n\nThey stole 28 wings?",
">\n\nSuper bowl is coming up.",
">\n\nMust have been some real tasty chicken wings",
">\n\nI would Love to know what she did with all those chicken wings",
">\n\nBut what sauce was with them?",
">\n\nShe started in 2020. They were $300,000 over budget just for this year.",
">\n\nLet him go, he did no wrong fellas.",
">\n\nShould have taken a job catering for a prison, that would have been legal.",
">\n\nHere in the UK we aren't allowed to access that report. \nNow I know how being Chinese feels.\nI sense a Conspiracy.",
">\n\nIt's funny until you get to the part where 80% of the kids are in low income households. All of a sudden it is a scum bag literally stealing food out of the mouths of kids who need it the most.",
">\n\nI'd rather have 1.5 million in chicken tenders.",
">\n\nSomeone did this with tacos years ago. Went to jail over it lol.",
">\n\nWhere is the crime?",
">\n\nAt the current rate of inflation, that's like what? He stole a plate every day for a week?",
">\n\nHow many wings is that?",
">\n\nAt post COVID prices that is what? 60 or so wings?",
">\n\nSomething doesn't seem right. Despite the fact that the school budget was $300,000 above budget, she is accused of taking wings worth $1.5?",
">\n\nAnd here I thought I liked hot wings!!",
">\n\nI would want to receive 1.5 million chicken tenders.",
">\n\nhow many tons is 1.5$M in chicken wings?",
">\n\nEva getting ready for the superbowl"
] |
>
I blame the district for not paying her enough | [
"As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be in a mafia movie.",
">\n\nIs this a Community reference ? Because that's why I came in the comments",
">\n\nI think it’s a Goodfellas reference.",
">\n\nIt's a reference to Community (in which they smuggle cafeteria food) which is parodying Goodfellas",
">\n\nReferences within references….\nJESUS WEPT!",
">\n\n“Can we eat them on the table like in Sixteen Candles?”\n“Pick one movie reference, Abed”",
">\n\nSixteen candles",
">\n\nThat's amateur hour. We had a group in our state set up a fake NGO and collected $250M for feeding school kids.\nThey took it all, delivered nothing.",
">\n\nHeck, I've heard of a religious organisation promised eternal life, took literally millions, and the poor bastards still died",
">\n\nCan't ask for a refund if they're dead",
">\n\nThis reminds me of Ron selling hand crafted flutes to the Zorp people and them asking if he’ll take a check",
">\n\nmust have been resold for top dollar to take-out restaurants, at the height of the Covid supply chain shortage crisis",
">\n\nI'm honestly impressed, how the fuck did she even manage to sell that many cases of chicken wings",
">\n\nHave you seen the prices of chicken wings? They're like $4 a pound in most grocery stores. \nMy husband and I were debating if we should take a two hour drive when a large farmers market was having a .99/lb chicken sale. We didn't but we were considering it.",
">\n\nIt’s ironic, because wings as a bar food came about due to their cheap price as they were harder to cook for less meat. Then they exploded in popularity and are now the most expensive part of a chicken.",
">\n\nYup. Cheap cuts of meat are actually good but someone let the secret out and now super expensive. \nOxtail is a very cheap meat and should not be $10-$12 a pound right now.",
">\n\nYou can thank the foodies and the rise of nose to tail. People started to learn that if you know how to cook the “cheap cuts” they’re actually better than the “expensive cuts.” Which means it’s all a jumble now.",
">\n\nRich people stealing poor people food, God damnit lobster was our food first!",
">\n\nGoose liver? Fish eggs? Feh! Where's the goose? Where's the fish? I ate garbage yesterday, and it didn't cost me 300 dollars. I'm not paying! I bid you good day, sir!",
">\n\nIf we long-con it enough we can make hotdogs and bologna sandwiches the new lobster",
">\n\nI'm seeing fried bologna sandwiches for upwards of 15 bucks in some major cities.",
">\n\nWhat the hell did she do with 11,000 cases of chicken wings?!",
">\n\nWhere do you get enough blue cheese to dip them in?",
">\n\nBlue cheese store, probably.",
">\n\nYou steal that shit from the district, too.",
">\n\nNever seen Bleu cheese in a public school kitchen. More likely gallons of generic brand ranch.",
">\n\n\"according to prosecutors, who did not reveal what became of the chicken wings.\"\nI won't go, I won't sleep, \nI can't breathe until they tell me bout the wings!",
">\n\nWell while you’re waiting, why don’t you have some wings?",
">\n\nWhen asked for comment, she replied: 'Burp.'",
">\n\nYour honour, I plead: full",
">\n\nDamn I’m going to her Super Bowl party!",
">\n\nSomething tells me… it will be canceled...",
">\n\nThe detectives should dust for fingerprints. \"Hot and spicy -- I think we are onto something.\"",
">\n\nYour honor, I plead insanity. I'm just crazy about chicken wings!",
">\n\nLayla intensifies…",
">\n\nI see what you did there (anybody want a wing?)",
">\n\nSomeone was running a ghost kitchen on the side.",
">\n\n“Ghost…Kitchen? You’re greenlit!” - History Channel.",
">\n\nWe keep the fraud against schools as a recurring storyline, or I'm taking it to Bravo.",
">\n\nIn other news, that school worker’s side hustle selling wings out of a food truck really took off.",
">\n\nAs a taxpayer I don't like being robbed, but you gotta respect that kind of hustle. That's a lot of got damn wangs",
">\n\n\nThat's a lot of got damn wangs\n\nStealing wangs is a very different situation.",
">\n\nI blame Sean Evans mate. There she minding her own business, BAM suddenly addicted to scorching hot chicken wings.",
">\n\nAirline points scam",
">\n\nSomething isn't adding up. The school budget was $300,000 over budget but she's charged with stealing $1.5 worth of wings?",
">\n\nThey budgeted 1.2 million for wings.\nQuick mafs",
">\n\nIt's not a very good school.",
">\n\nHonestly it sounds like a great school as long as they have a good sauce selection and curly fries.",
">\n\nI'm not even mad, that's amazing. Recreated an episode of Community",
">\n\nYou are not mad some asshole took food money that would go to feeding impoverished children. Fk you.",
">\n\nWas she offloading them to a Buffalo Wild Wings?",
">\n\nShe was stocking up for her Super Bowl party. Number one rule of hosting a party is to not run out of food.",
">\n\nEach one of those wings had a street value of $80.",
">\n\nIt's pretty dumb how people keep making the same joke in the comments.",
">\n\nI wonder is she had this all planned out or if she was just winging it..",
">\n\nI’m.. not even mad, I’m impressed.",
">\n\nSo…\nLike 10 wings?",
">\n\n🎵I never seen a man eat so many chicken wings...🎵",
">\n\nHe'd surely kick an ass or two...",
">\n\nWhy is this posted twice ?",
">\n\nBecause it’s that good!",
">\n\nWell done!! Seriously, there's a bunch of things like comments and posts that are doubled today, I was thinking glitch.",
">\n\nThe school will never be able to replace that 15 lbs of chicken wings",
">\n\nHow did she get away with it so long for it to rack up to 1.5 million? Schools don’t serve chicken wings for lunch. I’m guessing a local restaurant that sells chicken wings paid her a discounted price for the wings. She honestly should be in prison for the rest of her life.",
">\n\nHell of a barbeque.",
">\n\nCan someone quantify many chicken wings that actually is?",
">\n\nAround 125 per ~30 pound case",
">\n\nAnd one and a half million dollar for chicken wings? How many hectares of cooking oil and Tabasco sauce do you need to go with that?",
">\n\nnone if you sell them to restaurants who are in the middle of a pandemic food supply crisis.",
">\n\nAin’t no thang but a chicken wang",
">\n\nThe chicken wing bandit.",
">\n\n“I’m so tired of this goddamn place. If I have one more snot-nosed little shit ask for extra pizza I’ll probably kill them!”\n“I know. We gotta get out of here. What can we do to make some money?”\n“We work in a fucking school cafeteria! What could there possibly be? Wait. Why’s there a lightbulb over your head?”\nthrows bulb on ground “I’VE GOT A PLAN!!”",
">\n\nGot greedy. Otherwise wouldn’t have got caught",
">\n\nSuper Bowl party at her house.",
">\n\nSo that's like ... 4 and a half chicken wings at today's prices?",
">\n\nSo like 10 chicken wings…",
">\n\nThat was the worst Welcome Back Kotter episode",
">\n\nTheir is a snl sketch....as I read the headline 😭😭😭😭",
">\n\nThat’s like a 10 wing order at Buffalo Wild Wings right?",
">\n\nlol weird thing to go down for but all righty",
">\n\nI'm not saying its right....but I get it.",
">\n\nThey stole 28 wings?",
">\n\nSuper bowl is coming up.",
">\n\nMust have been some real tasty chicken wings",
">\n\nI would Love to know what she did with all those chicken wings",
">\n\nBut what sauce was with them?",
">\n\nShe started in 2020. They were $300,000 over budget just for this year.",
">\n\nLet him go, he did no wrong fellas.",
">\n\nShould have taken a job catering for a prison, that would have been legal.",
">\n\nHere in the UK we aren't allowed to access that report. \nNow I know how being Chinese feels.\nI sense a Conspiracy.",
">\n\nIt's funny until you get to the part where 80% of the kids are in low income households. All of a sudden it is a scum bag literally stealing food out of the mouths of kids who need it the most.",
">\n\nI'd rather have 1.5 million in chicken tenders.",
">\n\nSomeone did this with tacos years ago. Went to jail over it lol.",
">\n\nWhere is the crime?",
">\n\nAt the current rate of inflation, that's like what? He stole a plate every day for a week?",
">\n\nHow many wings is that?",
">\n\nAt post COVID prices that is what? 60 or so wings?",
">\n\nSomething doesn't seem right. Despite the fact that the school budget was $300,000 above budget, she is accused of taking wings worth $1.5?",
">\n\nAnd here I thought I liked hot wings!!",
">\n\nI would want to receive 1.5 million chicken tenders.",
">\n\nhow many tons is 1.5$M in chicken wings?",
">\n\nEva getting ready for the superbowl",
">\n\n\nChicago\nFraud\nLooks a whole lot like Lightfoot/Beetlejuice\nSurprise!"
] |
>
So....two 5lb. bags? What with the price of poultry products jacked up exorbitantly because of a measly 10% death rate from the avian flu. | [
"As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be in a mafia movie.",
">\n\nIs this a Community reference ? Because that's why I came in the comments",
">\n\nI think it’s a Goodfellas reference.",
">\n\nIt's a reference to Community (in which they smuggle cafeteria food) which is parodying Goodfellas",
">\n\nReferences within references….\nJESUS WEPT!",
">\n\n“Can we eat them on the table like in Sixteen Candles?”\n“Pick one movie reference, Abed”",
">\n\nSixteen candles",
">\n\nThat's amateur hour. We had a group in our state set up a fake NGO and collected $250M for feeding school kids.\nThey took it all, delivered nothing.",
">\n\nHeck, I've heard of a religious organisation promised eternal life, took literally millions, and the poor bastards still died",
">\n\nCan't ask for a refund if they're dead",
">\n\nThis reminds me of Ron selling hand crafted flutes to the Zorp people and them asking if he’ll take a check",
">\n\nmust have been resold for top dollar to take-out restaurants, at the height of the Covid supply chain shortage crisis",
">\n\nI'm honestly impressed, how the fuck did she even manage to sell that many cases of chicken wings",
">\n\nHave you seen the prices of chicken wings? They're like $4 a pound in most grocery stores. \nMy husband and I were debating if we should take a two hour drive when a large farmers market was having a .99/lb chicken sale. We didn't but we were considering it.",
">\n\nIt’s ironic, because wings as a bar food came about due to their cheap price as they were harder to cook for less meat. Then they exploded in popularity and are now the most expensive part of a chicken.",
">\n\nYup. Cheap cuts of meat are actually good but someone let the secret out and now super expensive. \nOxtail is a very cheap meat and should not be $10-$12 a pound right now.",
">\n\nYou can thank the foodies and the rise of nose to tail. People started to learn that if you know how to cook the “cheap cuts” they’re actually better than the “expensive cuts.” Which means it’s all a jumble now.",
">\n\nRich people stealing poor people food, God damnit lobster was our food first!",
">\n\nGoose liver? Fish eggs? Feh! Where's the goose? Where's the fish? I ate garbage yesterday, and it didn't cost me 300 dollars. I'm not paying! I bid you good day, sir!",
">\n\nIf we long-con it enough we can make hotdogs and bologna sandwiches the new lobster",
">\n\nI'm seeing fried bologna sandwiches for upwards of 15 bucks in some major cities.",
">\n\nWhat the hell did she do with 11,000 cases of chicken wings?!",
">\n\nWhere do you get enough blue cheese to dip them in?",
">\n\nBlue cheese store, probably.",
">\n\nYou steal that shit from the district, too.",
">\n\nNever seen Bleu cheese in a public school kitchen. More likely gallons of generic brand ranch.",
">\n\n\"according to prosecutors, who did not reveal what became of the chicken wings.\"\nI won't go, I won't sleep, \nI can't breathe until they tell me bout the wings!",
">\n\nWell while you’re waiting, why don’t you have some wings?",
">\n\nWhen asked for comment, she replied: 'Burp.'",
">\n\nYour honour, I plead: full",
">\n\nDamn I’m going to her Super Bowl party!",
">\n\nSomething tells me… it will be canceled...",
">\n\nThe detectives should dust for fingerprints. \"Hot and spicy -- I think we are onto something.\"",
">\n\nYour honor, I plead insanity. I'm just crazy about chicken wings!",
">\n\nLayla intensifies…",
">\n\nI see what you did there (anybody want a wing?)",
">\n\nSomeone was running a ghost kitchen on the side.",
">\n\n“Ghost…Kitchen? You’re greenlit!” - History Channel.",
">\n\nWe keep the fraud against schools as a recurring storyline, or I'm taking it to Bravo.",
">\n\nIn other news, that school worker’s side hustle selling wings out of a food truck really took off.",
">\n\nAs a taxpayer I don't like being robbed, but you gotta respect that kind of hustle. That's a lot of got damn wangs",
">\n\n\nThat's a lot of got damn wangs\n\nStealing wangs is a very different situation.",
">\n\nI blame Sean Evans mate. There she minding her own business, BAM suddenly addicted to scorching hot chicken wings.",
">\n\nAirline points scam",
">\n\nSomething isn't adding up. The school budget was $300,000 over budget but she's charged with stealing $1.5 worth of wings?",
">\n\nThey budgeted 1.2 million for wings.\nQuick mafs",
">\n\nIt's not a very good school.",
">\n\nHonestly it sounds like a great school as long as they have a good sauce selection and curly fries.",
">\n\nI'm not even mad, that's amazing. Recreated an episode of Community",
">\n\nYou are not mad some asshole took food money that would go to feeding impoverished children. Fk you.",
">\n\nWas she offloading them to a Buffalo Wild Wings?",
">\n\nShe was stocking up for her Super Bowl party. Number one rule of hosting a party is to not run out of food.",
">\n\nEach one of those wings had a street value of $80.",
">\n\nIt's pretty dumb how people keep making the same joke in the comments.",
">\n\nI wonder is she had this all planned out or if she was just winging it..",
">\n\nI’m.. not even mad, I’m impressed.",
">\n\nSo…\nLike 10 wings?",
">\n\n🎵I never seen a man eat so many chicken wings...🎵",
">\n\nHe'd surely kick an ass or two...",
">\n\nWhy is this posted twice ?",
">\n\nBecause it’s that good!",
">\n\nWell done!! Seriously, there's a bunch of things like comments and posts that are doubled today, I was thinking glitch.",
">\n\nThe school will never be able to replace that 15 lbs of chicken wings",
">\n\nHow did she get away with it so long for it to rack up to 1.5 million? Schools don’t serve chicken wings for lunch. I’m guessing a local restaurant that sells chicken wings paid her a discounted price for the wings. She honestly should be in prison for the rest of her life.",
">\n\nHell of a barbeque.",
">\n\nCan someone quantify many chicken wings that actually is?",
">\n\nAround 125 per ~30 pound case",
">\n\nAnd one and a half million dollar for chicken wings? How many hectares of cooking oil and Tabasco sauce do you need to go with that?",
">\n\nnone if you sell them to restaurants who are in the middle of a pandemic food supply crisis.",
">\n\nAin’t no thang but a chicken wang",
">\n\nThe chicken wing bandit.",
">\n\n“I’m so tired of this goddamn place. If I have one more snot-nosed little shit ask for extra pizza I’ll probably kill them!”\n“I know. We gotta get out of here. What can we do to make some money?”\n“We work in a fucking school cafeteria! What could there possibly be? Wait. Why’s there a lightbulb over your head?”\nthrows bulb on ground “I’VE GOT A PLAN!!”",
">\n\nGot greedy. Otherwise wouldn’t have got caught",
">\n\nSuper Bowl party at her house.",
">\n\nSo that's like ... 4 and a half chicken wings at today's prices?",
">\n\nSo like 10 chicken wings…",
">\n\nThat was the worst Welcome Back Kotter episode",
">\n\nTheir is a snl sketch....as I read the headline 😭😭😭😭",
">\n\nThat’s like a 10 wing order at Buffalo Wild Wings right?",
">\n\nlol weird thing to go down for but all righty",
">\n\nI'm not saying its right....but I get it.",
">\n\nThey stole 28 wings?",
">\n\nSuper bowl is coming up.",
">\n\nMust have been some real tasty chicken wings",
">\n\nI would Love to know what she did with all those chicken wings",
">\n\nBut what sauce was with them?",
">\n\nShe started in 2020. They were $300,000 over budget just for this year.",
">\n\nLet him go, he did no wrong fellas.",
">\n\nShould have taken a job catering for a prison, that would have been legal.",
">\n\nHere in the UK we aren't allowed to access that report. \nNow I know how being Chinese feels.\nI sense a Conspiracy.",
">\n\nIt's funny until you get to the part where 80% of the kids are in low income households. All of a sudden it is a scum bag literally stealing food out of the mouths of kids who need it the most.",
">\n\nI'd rather have 1.5 million in chicken tenders.",
">\n\nSomeone did this with tacos years ago. Went to jail over it lol.",
">\n\nWhere is the crime?",
">\n\nAt the current rate of inflation, that's like what? He stole a plate every day for a week?",
">\n\nHow many wings is that?",
">\n\nAt post COVID prices that is what? 60 or so wings?",
">\n\nSomething doesn't seem right. Despite the fact that the school budget was $300,000 above budget, she is accused of taking wings worth $1.5?",
">\n\nAnd here I thought I liked hot wings!!",
">\n\nI would want to receive 1.5 million chicken tenders.",
">\n\nhow many tons is 1.5$M in chicken wings?",
">\n\nEva getting ready for the superbowl",
">\n\n\nChicago\nFraud\nLooks a whole lot like Lightfoot/Beetlejuice\nSurprise!",
">\n\nI blame the district for not paying her enough"
] |
> | [
"As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be in a mafia movie.",
">\n\nIs this a Community reference ? Because that's why I came in the comments",
">\n\nI think it’s a Goodfellas reference.",
">\n\nIt's a reference to Community (in which they smuggle cafeteria food) which is parodying Goodfellas",
">\n\nReferences within references….\nJESUS WEPT!",
">\n\n“Can we eat them on the table like in Sixteen Candles?”\n“Pick one movie reference, Abed”",
">\n\nSixteen candles",
">\n\nThat's amateur hour. We had a group in our state set up a fake NGO and collected $250M for feeding school kids.\nThey took it all, delivered nothing.",
">\n\nHeck, I've heard of a religious organisation promised eternal life, took literally millions, and the poor bastards still died",
">\n\nCan't ask for a refund if they're dead",
">\n\nThis reminds me of Ron selling hand crafted flutes to the Zorp people and them asking if he’ll take a check",
">\n\nmust have been resold for top dollar to take-out restaurants, at the height of the Covid supply chain shortage crisis",
">\n\nI'm honestly impressed, how the fuck did she even manage to sell that many cases of chicken wings",
">\n\nHave you seen the prices of chicken wings? They're like $4 a pound in most grocery stores. \nMy husband and I were debating if we should take a two hour drive when a large farmers market was having a .99/lb chicken sale. We didn't but we were considering it.",
">\n\nIt’s ironic, because wings as a bar food came about due to their cheap price as they were harder to cook for less meat. Then they exploded in popularity and are now the most expensive part of a chicken.",
">\n\nYup. Cheap cuts of meat are actually good but someone let the secret out and now super expensive. \nOxtail is a very cheap meat and should not be $10-$12 a pound right now.",
">\n\nYou can thank the foodies and the rise of nose to tail. People started to learn that if you know how to cook the “cheap cuts” they’re actually better than the “expensive cuts.” Which means it’s all a jumble now.",
">\n\nRich people stealing poor people food, God damnit lobster was our food first!",
">\n\nGoose liver? Fish eggs? Feh! Where's the goose? Where's the fish? I ate garbage yesterday, and it didn't cost me 300 dollars. I'm not paying! I bid you good day, sir!",
">\n\nIf we long-con it enough we can make hotdogs and bologna sandwiches the new lobster",
">\n\nI'm seeing fried bologna sandwiches for upwards of 15 bucks in some major cities.",
">\n\nWhat the hell did she do with 11,000 cases of chicken wings?!",
">\n\nWhere do you get enough blue cheese to dip them in?",
">\n\nBlue cheese store, probably.",
">\n\nYou steal that shit from the district, too.",
">\n\nNever seen Bleu cheese in a public school kitchen. More likely gallons of generic brand ranch.",
">\n\n\"according to prosecutors, who did not reveal what became of the chicken wings.\"\nI won't go, I won't sleep, \nI can't breathe until they tell me bout the wings!",
">\n\nWell while you’re waiting, why don’t you have some wings?",
">\n\nWhen asked for comment, she replied: 'Burp.'",
">\n\nYour honour, I plead: full",
">\n\nDamn I’m going to her Super Bowl party!",
">\n\nSomething tells me… it will be canceled...",
">\n\nThe detectives should dust for fingerprints. \"Hot and spicy -- I think we are onto something.\"",
">\n\nYour honor, I plead insanity. I'm just crazy about chicken wings!",
">\n\nLayla intensifies…",
">\n\nI see what you did there (anybody want a wing?)",
">\n\nSomeone was running a ghost kitchen on the side.",
">\n\n“Ghost…Kitchen? You’re greenlit!” - History Channel.",
">\n\nWe keep the fraud against schools as a recurring storyline, or I'm taking it to Bravo.",
">\n\nIn other news, that school worker’s side hustle selling wings out of a food truck really took off.",
">\n\nAs a taxpayer I don't like being robbed, but you gotta respect that kind of hustle. That's a lot of got damn wangs",
">\n\n\nThat's a lot of got damn wangs\n\nStealing wangs is a very different situation.",
">\n\nI blame Sean Evans mate. There she minding her own business, BAM suddenly addicted to scorching hot chicken wings.",
">\n\nAirline points scam",
">\n\nSomething isn't adding up. The school budget was $300,000 over budget but she's charged with stealing $1.5 worth of wings?",
">\n\nThey budgeted 1.2 million for wings.\nQuick mafs",
">\n\nIt's not a very good school.",
">\n\nHonestly it sounds like a great school as long as they have a good sauce selection and curly fries.",
">\n\nI'm not even mad, that's amazing. Recreated an episode of Community",
">\n\nYou are not mad some asshole took food money that would go to feeding impoverished children. Fk you.",
">\n\nWas she offloading them to a Buffalo Wild Wings?",
">\n\nShe was stocking up for her Super Bowl party. Number one rule of hosting a party is to not run out of food.",
">\n\nEach one of those wings had a street value of $80.",
">\n\nIt's pretty dumb how people keep making the same joke in the comments.",
">\n\nI wonder is she had this all planned out or if she was just winging it..",
">\n\nI’m.. not even mad, I’m impressed.",
">\n\nSo…\nLike 10 wings?",
">\n\n🎵I never seen a man eat so many chicken wings...🎵",
">\n\nHe'd surely kick an ass or two...",
">\n\nWhy is this posted twice ?",
">\n\nBecause it’s that good!",
">\n\nWell done!! Seriously, there's a bunch of things like comments and posts that are doubled today, I was thinking glitch.",
">\n\nThe school will never be able to replace that 15 lbs of chicken wings",
">\n\nHow did she get away with it so long for it to rack up to 1.5 million? Schools don’t serve chicken wings for lunch. I’m guessing a local restaurant that sells chicken wings paid her a discounted price for the wings. She honestly should be in prison for the rest of her life.",
">\n\nHell of a barbeque.",
">\n\nCan someone quantify many chicken wings that actually is?",
">\n\nAround 125 per ~30 pound case",
">\n\nAnd one and a half million dollar for chicken wings? How many hectares of cooking oil and Tabasco sauce do you need to go with that?",
">\n\nnone if you sell them to restaurants who are in the middle of a pandemic food supply crisis.",
">\n\nAin’t no thang but a chicken wang",
">\n\nThe chicken wing bandit.",
">\n\n“I’m so tired of this goddamn place. If I have one more snot-nosed little shit ask for extra pizza I’ll probably kill them!”\n“I know. We gotta get out of here. What can we do to make some money?”\n“We work in a fucking school cafeteria! What could there possibly be? Wait. Why’s there a lightbulb over your head?”\nthrows bulb on ground “I’VE GOT A PLAN!!”",
">\n\nGot greedy. Otherwise wouldn’t have got caught",
">\n\nSuper Bowl party at her house.",
">\n\nSo that's like ... 4 and a half chicken wings at today's prices?",
">\n\nSo like 10 chicken wings…",
">\n\nThat was the worst Welcome Back Kotter episode",
">\n\nTheir is a snl sketch....as I read the headline 😭😭😭😭",
">\n\nThat’s like a 10 wing order at Buffalo Wild Wings right?",
">\n\nlol weird thing to go down for but all righty",
">\n\nI'm not saying its right....but I get it.",
">\n\nThey stole 28 wings?",
">\n\nSuper bowl is coming up.",
">\n\nMust have been some real tasty chicken wings",
">\n\nI would Love to know what she did with all those chicken wings",
">\n\nBut what sauce was with them?",
">\n\nShe started in 2020. They were $300,000 over budget just for this year.",
">\n\nLet him go, he did no wrong fellas.",
">\n\nShould have taken a job catering for a prison, that would have been legal.",
">\n\nHere in the UK we aren't allowed to access that report. \nNow I know how being Chinese feels.\nI sense a Conspiracy.",
">\n\nIt's funny until you get to the part where 80% of the kids are in low income households. All of a sudden it is a scum bag literally stealing food out of the mouths of kids who need it the most.",
">\n\nI'd rather have 1.5 million in chicken tenders.",
">\n\nSomeone did this with tacos years ago. Went to jail over it lol.",
">\n\nWhere is the crime?",
">\n\nAt the current rate of inflation, that's like what? He stole a plate every day for a week?",
">\n\nHow many wings is that?",
">\n\nAt post COVID prices that is what? 60 or so wings?",
">\n\nSomething doesn't seem right. Despite the fact that the school budget was $300,000 above budget, she is accused of taking wings worth $1.5?",
">\n\nAnd here I thought I liked hot wings!!",
">\n\nI would want to receive 1.5 million chicken tenders.",
">\n\nhow many tons is 1.5$M in chicken wings?",
">\n\nEva getting ready for the superbowl",
">\n\n\nChicago\nFraud\nLooks a whole lot like Lightfoot/Beetlejuice\nSurprise!",
">\n\nI blame the district for not paying her enough",
">\n\nSo....two 5lb. bags? What with the price of poultry products jacked up exorbitantly because of a measly 10% death rate from the avian flu."
] |
For those unable to read the article due to a paywall:
PRAGUE, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Czech lower house of parliament speaker Marketa Pekarova Adamova on Wednesday assured Taiwan of her country's support for partner states who respect human rights and liberal democracy, ahead of a visit to Taipei planned for March.
The Czechs have been intensifying relations with the island - which China unilaterally claims as its own - and President-elect Petr Pavel spoke with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-Wen on Monday, drawing a sharp rebuke from China.
Pekarova in turn spoke on Wednesday with Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu.
"I assured the minister that systematic support of partners who respect human rights and the principles of liberal democracy belongs among priorities of our parliamentary diplomacy," she said in a statement issued through her spokesman.
Pekarova plans to travel to Taiwan with a delegation of businessmen and representatives of educational and scientific institutions.
The pro-Taiwan stance by Pavel marks a turnaround from President Milos Zeman, who retires in March and who favoured building closer relations with Beijing.
The Czech Republic does not have diplomatic relations with the island, whose democratically-elected government strongly disputes China's territorial claims over it, but the legislature and the centre-right government have been strengthening economic and cultural ties.
Most countries avoid high-level public interactions with Taiwan and its president, not wishing to provoke China, the world's second largest economy. | [] |
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"For those unable to read the article due to a paywall:\nPRAGUE, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Czech lower house of parliament speaker Marketa Pekarova Adamova on Wednesday assured Taiwan of her country's support for partner states who respect human rights and liberal democracy, ahead of a visit to Taipei planned for March.\nThe Czechs have been intensifying relations with the island - which China unilaterally claims as its own - and President-elect Petr Pavel spoke with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-Wen on Monday, drawing a sharp rebuke from China.\nPekarova in turn spoke on Wednesday with Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu.\n\"I assured the minister that systematic support of partners who respect human rights and the principles of liberal democracy belongs among priorities of our parliamentary diplomacy,\" she said in a statement issued through her spokesman.\nPekarova plans to travel to Taiwan with a delegation of businessmen and representatives of educational and scientific institutions.\nThe pro-Taiwan stance by Pavel marks a turnaround from President Milos Zeman, who retires in March and who favoured building closer relations with Beijing.\nThe Czech Republic does not have diplomatic relations with the island, whose democratically-elected government strongly disputes China's territorial claims over it, but the legislature and the centre-right government have been strengthening economic and cultural ties.\nMost countries avoid high-level public interactions with Taiwan and its president, not wishing to provoke China, the world's second largest economy."
] |
Interesting! What made you decide on the gmmk pro? | [] |
>
I went with the gmmk pro for my first build recently and have been unhappy with it. I got the bad stabs, replaced those with durock v2’s and that was a huge improvement but overall I’m not enjoying the board. Despite changing foam, adding o rings and doing tape mod the board still feels way to stiff. I’m currently searching for an 1800 layout to replace it with as I’m already missing my number pad as well. | [
"Interesting! What made you decide on the gmmk pro?"
] |
>
Yeah I did a lot of research an I did see that is would be a bit of a stiffer build, I enjoy it so far, but again being my first I am really excited to test out more. Curious to see what something with a nice gasket mount would feel like in comparison! Also did the tape mod do much for you? I was debating doing that but decided to try it without. | [
"Interesting! What made you decide on the gmmk pro?",
">\n\nI went with the gmmk pro for my first build recently and have been unhappy with it. I got the bad stabs, replaced those with durock v2’s and that was a huge improvement but overall I’m not enjoying the board. Despite changing foam, adding o rings and doing tape mod the board still feels way to stiff. I’m currently searching for an 1800 layout to replace it with as I’m already missing my number pad as well."
] |
>
Not really, but I already had it out so I went ahead and did it anyways. | [
"Interesting! What made you decide on the gmmk pro?",
">\n\nI went with the gmmk pro for my first build recently and have been unhappy with it. I got the bad stabs, replaced those with durock v2’s and that was a huge improvement but overall I’m not enjoying the board. Despite changing foam, adding o rings and doing tape mod the board still feels way to stiff. I’m currently searching for an 1800 layout to replace it with as I’m already missing my number pad as well.",
">\n\nYeah I did a lot of research an I did see that is would be a bit of a stiffer build, I enjoy it so far, but again being my first I am really excited to test out more. Curious to see what something with a nice gasket mount would feel like in comparison! Also did the tape mod do much for you? I was debating doing that but decided to try it without."
] |
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That's definitely good to know | [
"Interesting! What made you decide on the gmmk pro?",
">\n\nI went with the gmmk pro for my first build recently and have been unhappy with it. I got the bad stabs, replaced those with durock v2’s and that was a huge improvement but overall I’m not enjoying the board. Despite changing foam, adding o rings and doing tape mod the board still feels way to stiff. I’m currently searching for an 1800 layout to replace it with as I’m already missing my number pad as well.",
">\n\nYeah I did a lot of research an I did see that is would be a bit of a stiffer build, I enjoy it so far, but again being my first I am really excited to test out more. Curious to see what something with a nice gasket mount would feel like in comparison! Also did the tape mod do much for you? I was debating doing that but decided to try it without.",
">\n\nNot really, but I already had it out so I went ahead and did it anyways."
] |
>
That looks amazing. Love the keycap theme | [
"Interesting! What made you decide on the gmmk pro?",
">\n\nI went with the gmmk pro for my first build recently and have been unhappy with it. I got the bad stabs, replaced those with durock v2’s and that was a huge improvement but overall I’m not enjoying the board. Despite changing foam, adding o rings and doing tape mod the board still feels way to stiff. I’m currently searching for an 1800 layout to replace it with as I’m already missing my number pad as well.",
">\n\nYeah I did a lot of research an I did see that is would be a bit of a stiffer build, I enjoy it so far, but again being my first I am really excited to test out more. Curious to see what something with a nice gasket mount would feel like in comparison! Also did the tape mod do much for you? I was debating doing that but decided to try it without.",
">\n\nNot really, but I already had it out so I went ahead and did it anyways.",
">\n\nThat's definitely good to know"
] |
>
Thanks! Yeah it I was so happy I found something to fit my purple theme I was going for! | [
"Interesting! What made you decide on the gmmk pro?",
">\n\nI went with the gmmk pro for my first build recently and have been unhappy with it. I got the bad stabs, replaced those with durock v2’s and that was a huge improvement but overall I’m not enjoying the board. Despite changing foam, adding o rings and doing tape mod the board still feels way to stiff. I’m currently searching for an 1800 layout to replace it with as I’m already missing my number pad as well.",
">\n\nYeah I did a lot of research an I did see that is would be a bit of a stiffer build, I enjoy it so far, but again being my first I am really excited to test out more. Curious to see what something with a nice gasket mount would feel like in comparison! Also did the tape mod do much for you? I was debating doing that but decided to try it without.",
">\n\nNot really, but I already had it out so I went ahead and did it anyways.",
">\n\nThat's definitely good to know",
">\n\nThat looks amazing. Love the keycap theme"
] |
> | [
"Interesting! What made you decide on the gmmk pro?",
">\n\nI went with the gmmk pro for my first build recently and have been unhappy with it. I got the bad stabs, replaced those with durock v2’s and that was a huge improvement but overall I’m not enjoying the board. Despite changing foam, adding o rings and doing tape mod the board still feels way to stiff. I’m currently searching for an 1800 layout to replace it with as I’m already missing my number pad as well.",
">\n\nYeah I did a lot of research an I did see that is would be a bit of a stiffer build, I enjoy it so far, but again being my first I am really excited to test out more. Curious to see what something with a nice gasket mount would feel like in comparison! Also did the tape mod do much for you? I was debating doing that but decided to try it without.",
">\n\nNot really, but I already had it out so I went ahead and did it anyways.",
">\n\nThat's definitely good to know",
">\n\nThat looks amazing. Love the keycap theme",
">\n\nThanks! Yeah it I was so happy I found something to fit my purple theme I was going for!"
] |
This post made me reconsier thinking about the GMMK PRO and the like and just going for the V1...
mhhhh
Did you have that consideration or what made you decide against the Q1 and FOR the V1? | [] |
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Mainly that the materials on the V1 are similar enough and the cost doesn’t really warrant the extra $130 CAD | [
"This post made me reconsier thinking about the GMMK PRO and the like and just going for the V1... \n\nmhhhh\n\nDid you have that consideration or what made you decide against the Q1 and FOR the V1?"
] |
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Base: Keychron V1
Switches: Lubed Akko Creamy Yellow V3
Mods: Tape & foam mod.
Opinion: My favorite keyboard that I've bought & modded thus far! | [
"This post made me reconsier thinking about the GMMK PRO and the like and just going for the V1... \n\nmhhhh\n\nDid you have that consideration or what made you decide against the Q1 and FOR the V1?",
">\n\nMainly that the materials on the V1 are similar enough and the cost doesn’t really warrant the extra $130 CAD"
] |
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Did you ever have any issues with the stabs? | [
"This post made me reconsier thinking about the GMMK PRO and the like and just going for the V1... \n\nmhhhh\n\nDid you have that consideration or what made you decide against the Q1 and FOR the V1?",
">\n\nMainly that the materials on the V1 are similar enough and the cost doesn’t really warrant the extra $130 CAD",
">\n\nBase: Keychron V1\nSwitches: Lubed Akko Creamy Yellow V3\nMods: Tape & foam mod.\nOpinion: My favorite keyboard that I've bought & modded thus far!"
] |
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Not really, although I do want to do the holee mod on them at some point and just eliminate any and all rattle, even though not a lot really exists. I've heard different things about Keychron's from different people, but I've personally never had any issues with their quality. | [
"This post made me reconsier thinking about the GMMK PRO and the like and just going for the V1... \n\nmhhhh\n\nDid you have that consideration or what made you decide against the Q1 and FOR the V1?",
">\n\nMainly that the materials on the V1 are similar enough and the cost doesn’t really warrant the extra $130 CAD",
">\n\nBase: Keychron V1\nSwitches: Lubed Akko Creamy Yellow V3\nMods: Tape & foam mod.\nOpinion: My favorite keyboard that I've bought & modded thus far!",
">\n\nDid you ever have any issues with the stabs?"
] |
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That's great to hear! I have the V2 and feel that the stabs are pretty good, but the space bar is a little rattly. | [
"This post made me reconsier thinking about the GMMK PRO and the like and just going for the V1... \n\nmhhhh\n\nDid you have that consideration or what made you decide against the Q1 and FOR the V1?",
">\n\nMainly that the materials on the V1 are similar enough and the cost doesn’t really warrant the extra $130 CAD",
">\n\nBase: Keychron V1\nSwitches: Lubed Akko Creamy Yellow V3\nMods: Tape & foam mod.\nOpinion: My favorite keyboard that I've bought & modded thus far!",
">\n\nDid you ever have any issues with the stabs?",
">\n\nNot really, although I do want to do the holee mod on them at some point and just eliminate any and all rattle, even though not a lot really exists. I've heard different things about Keychron's from different people, but I've personally never had any issues with their quality."
] |
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Yeah, the space bar may be the only set of stabs I adjust - aside from that, it sounds great! | [
"This post made me reconsier thinking about the GMMK PRO and the like and just going for the V1... \n\nmhhhh\n\nDid you have that consideration or what made you decide against the Q1 and FOR the V1?",
">\n\nMainly that the materials on the V1 are similar enough and the cost doesn’t really warrant the extra $130 CAD",
">\n\nBase: Keychron V1\nSwitches: Lubed Akko Creamy Yellow V3\nMods: Tape & foam mod.\nOpinion: My favorite keyboard that I've bought & modded thus far!",
">\n\nDid you ever have any issues with the stabs?",
">\n\nNot really, although I do want to do the holee mod on them at some point and just eliminate any and all rattle, even though not a lot really exists. I've heard different things about Keychron's from different people, but I've personally never had any issues with their quality.",
">\n\nThat's great to hear! I have the V2 and feel that the stabs are pretty good, but the space bar is a little rattly."
] |
> | [
"This post made me reconsier thinking about the GMMK PRO and the like and just going for the V1... \n\nmhhhh\n\nDid you have that consideration or what made you decide against the Q1 and FOR the V1?",
">\n\nMainly that the materials on the V1 are similar enough and the cost doesn’t really warrant the extra $130 CAD",
">\n\nBase: Keychron V1\nSwitches: Lubed Akko Creamy Yellow V3\nMods: Tape & foam mod.\nOpinion: My favorite keyboard that I've bought & modded thus far!",
">\n\nDid you ever have any issues with the stabs?",
">\n\nNot really, although I do want to do the holee mod on them at some point and just eliminate any and all rattle, even though not a lot really exists. I've heard different things about Keychron's from different people, but I've personally never had any issues with their quality.",
">\n\nThat's great to hear! I have the V2 and feel that the stabs are pretty good, but the space bar is a little rattly.",
">\n\nYeah, the space bar may be the only set of stabs I adjust - aside from that, it sounds great!"
] |
SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday. | [] |
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Southwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.
God I wish I could rent a car | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday."
] |
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Rental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming? | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car"
] |
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Age requirements. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?"
] |
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Maybe try a Uhaul truck? | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements."
] |
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Y'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?"
] |
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Seriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa."
] |
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Just got our first snow that stuck today in NYC | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today"
] |
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…for 2023, or since last fall?? | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC"
] |
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Since last winter | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??"
] |
>
I wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter"
] |
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No, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago."
] |
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Freedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid."
] |
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Flights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again"
] |
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The article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down."
] |
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Well I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX."
] |
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My co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.
It's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm."
] |
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Yes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people."
] |
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Fuck Texas. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas."
] |
>
First things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun? | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas."
] |
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The fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?"
] |
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The fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me"
] |
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This is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.
We had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.
If we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map."
] |
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Normally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either."
] |
>
Anyone have eyes on Ted Cruz? | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino."
] |
>
Sensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?"
] |
>
The Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan."
] |
>
How long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again? | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House"
] |
>
If it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?"
] |
>
Ugh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does."
] |
>
Yes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves"
] |
>
I'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base."
] |
>
I'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow."
] |
>
I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.
Weird phrasing, but you're likely right. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more."
] |
>
Texas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter
Reddit: “THE GRID!!!!” | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right."
] |
>
I mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”"
] |
>
That’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately."
] |
>
And this is not apart of the.....grid? | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere"
] |
>
By “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?"
] |
>
Wouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.
And frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.
Either way you want to word it, it's a bad look. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that"
] |
>
Wouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.
Right, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant.
And frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.
But that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look."
] |
>
Lines can be buried. Transformers can be upgraded. Outside looking in, doesn't look like much work is being done to retrofit and harden said system against such conditions. I'm one of the west coast heathens that everyone hates and it takes alot harder of a storm to knock us out. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look.",
">\n\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\n\nRight, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant. \n\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\n\nBut that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point."
] |
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Is this another one of those "once in a lifetime" storms? | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look.",
">\n\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\n\nRight, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant. \n\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\n\nBut that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point.",
">\n\nLines can be buried. Transformers can be upgraded. Outside looking in, doesn't look like much work is being done to retrofit and harden said system against such conditions. I'm one of the west coast heathens that everyone hates and it takes alot harder of a storm to knock us out."
] |
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This one is nothing like the 2021 storm. I drove from Houston to Dallas today, and while it wasn’t pleasant, the road wasn’t a solid sheet of ice like it was in 2021. I haven’t experienced any power outages either. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look.",
">\n\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\n\nRight, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant. \n\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\n\nBut that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point.",
">\n\nLines can be buried. Transformers can be upgraded. Outside looking in, doesn't look like much work is being done to retrofit and harden said system against such conditions. I'm one of the west coast heathens that everyone hates and it takes alot harder of a storm to knock us out.",
">\n\nIs this another one of those \"once in a lifetime\" storms?"
] |
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There's lots of power outages, mostly due to tree branches falling on lines. I've lost about 8 or 9 large branches just in my yard alone | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look.",
">\n\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\n\nRight, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant. \n\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\n\nBut that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point.",
">\n\nLines can be buried. Transformers can be upgraded. Outside looking in, doesn't look like much work is being done to retrofit and harden said system against such conditions. I'm one of the west coast heathens that everyone hates and it takes alot harder of a storm to knock us out.",
">\n\nIs this another one of those \"once in a lifetime\" storms?",
">\n\nThis one is nothing like the 2021 storm. I drove from Houston to Dallas today, and while it wasn’t pleasant, the road wasn’t a solid sheet of ice like it was in 2021. I haven’t experienced any power outages either."
] |
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It's a shame America doesn't have decent high speed railway network. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look.",
">\n\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\n\nRight, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant. \n\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\n\nBut that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point.",
">\n\nLines can be buried. Transformers can be upgraded. Outside looking in, doesn't look like much work is being done to retrofit and harden said system against such conditions. I'm one of the west coast heathens that everyone hates and it takes alot harder of a storm to knock us out.",
">\n\nIs this another one of those \"once in a lifetime\" storms?",
">\n\nThis one is nothing like the 2021 storm. I drove from Houston to Dallas today, and while it wasn’t pleasant, the road wasn’t a solid sheet of ice like it was in 2021. I haven’t experienced any power outages either.",
">\n\nThere's lots of power outages, mostly due to tree branches falling on lines. I've lost about 8 or 9 large branches just in my yard alone"
] |
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With all the advanced weather forecasting technology available today (satellites, computer generated models, etc), airlines should be much better at proactively shutting down flights due to expected weather events. But that never seems to happen.
I wonder if this is due, in part, to the fact that the airlines can blame these cancellations on an "act of God" and not get any heat from the public. Yet at the same time the airlines are pocketing all the money already paid by their customers. So the weather event turns into a short-term interest free loan of millions of dollars for the company.
Of course many of those delayed passengers will be shifted to later flights where the ticket money will be eventually used. But some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money.
This poses the obvious question - are the airlines routinely using these severe weather events to fleece customers and pad their short term and long term profits ? | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look.",
">\n\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\n\nRight, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant. \n\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\n\nBut that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point.",
">\n\nLines can be buried. Transformers can be upgraded. Outside looking in, doesn't look like much work is being done to retrofit and harden said system against such conditions. I'm one of the west coast heathens that everyone hates and it takes alot harder of a storm to knock us out.",
">\n\nIs this another one of those \"once in a lifetime\" storms?",
">\n\nThis one is nothing like the 2021 storm. I drove from Houston to Dallas today, and while it wasn’t pleasant, the road wasn’t a solid sheet of ice like it was in 2021. I haven’t experienced any power outages either.",
">\n\nThere's lots of power outages, mostly due to tree branches falling on lines. I've lost about 8 or 9 large branches just in my yard alone",
">\n\nIt's a shame America doesn't have decent high speed railway network."
] |
>
But some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money.
They usually do announce a few days before the expected weather event that people can rebook to different flights for free, to encourage that.
There are lots of places in the country where even day of it's not clear how much, if any, snow accumulation there might be. DC has its famous "snow hole" that makes it incredibly difficult to predict how much snow we'll get when a storm is predicted. Literally they estimate .5 inches to 10 inches as predicted ranges, sometimes.
And we don't know until after it starts where we'll land.
So cancelling flights out of DC, for example, just would inconvenience too many people for what often turns out to be nothing. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look.",
">\n\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\n\nRight, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant. \n\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\n\nBut that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point.",
">\n\nLines can be buried. Transformers can be upgraded. Outside looking in, doesn't look like much work is being done to retrofit and harden said system against such conditions. I'm one of the west coast heathens that everyone hates and it takes alot harder of a storm to knock us out.",
">\n\nIs this another one of those \"once in a lifetime\" storms?",
">\n\nThis one is nothing like the 2021 storm. I drove from Houston to Dallas today, and while it wasn’t pleasant, the road wasn’t a solid sheet of ice like it was in 2021. I haven’t experienced any power outages either.",
">\n\nThere's lots of power outages, mostly due to tree branches falling on lines. I've lost about 8 or 9 large branches just in my yard alone",
">\n\nIt's a shame America doesn't have decent high speed railway network.",
">\n\nWith all the advanced weather forecasting technology available today (satellites, computer generated models, etc), airlines should be much better at proactively shutting down flights due to expected weather events. But that never seems to happen. \nI wonder if this is due, in part, to the fact that the airlines can blame these cancellations on an \"act of God\" and not get any heat from the public. Yet at the same time the airlines are pocketing all the money already paid by their customers. So the weather event turns into a short-term interest free loan of millions of dollars for the company. \nOf course many of those delayed passengers will be shifted to later flights where the ticket money will be eventually used. But some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money. \nThis poses the obvious question - are the airlines routinely using these severe weather events to fleece customers and pad their short term and long term profits ?"
] |
>
Nice dusting today, tho. Just enough to be pretty, not enough to snarl traffic. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look.",
">\n\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\n\nRight, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant. \n\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\n\nBut that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point.",
">\n\nLines can be buried. Transformers can be upgraded. Outside looking in, doesn't look like much work is being done to retrofit and harden said system against such conditions. I'm one of the west coast heathens that everyone hates and it takes alot harder of a storm to knock us out.",
">\n\nIs this another one of those \"once in a lifetime\" storms?",
">\n\nThis one is nothing like the 2021 storm. I drove from Houston to Dallas today, and while it wasn’t pleasant, the road wasn’t a solid sheet of ice like it was in 2021. I haven’t experienced any power outages either.",
">\n\nThere's lots of power outages, mostly due to tree branches falling on lines. I've lost about 8 or 9 large branches just in my yard alone",
">\n\nIt's a shame America doesn't have decent high speed railway network.",
">\n\nWith all the advanced weather forecasting technology available today (satellites, computer generated models, etc), airlines should be much better at proactively shutting down flights due to expected weather events. But that never seems to happen. \nI wonder if this is due, in part, to the fact that the airlines can blame these cancellations on an \"act of God\" and not get any heat from the public. Yet at the same time the airlines are pocketing all the money already paid by their customers. So the weather event turns into a short-term interest free loan of millions of dollars for the company. \nOf course many of those delayed passengers will be shifted to later flights where the ticket money will be eventually used. But some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money. \nThis poses the obvious question - are the airlines routinely using these severe weather events to fleece customers and pad their short term and long term profits ?",
">\n\n\nBut some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money.\n\nThey usually do announce a few days before the expected weather event that people can rebook to different flights for free, to encourage that. \nThere are lots of places in the country where even day of it's not clear how much, if any, snow accumulation there might be. DC has its famous \"snow hole\" that makes it incredibly difficult to predict how much snow we'll get when a storm is predicted. Literally they estimate .5 inches to 10 inches as predicted ranges, sometimes. \nAnd we don't know until after it starts where we'll land. \nSo cancelling flights out of DC, for example, just would inconvenience too many people for what often turns out to be nothing."
] |
>
Did any infamous Texas politicians run away to Mexico again this year? | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look.",
">\n\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\n\nRight, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant. \n\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\n\nBut that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point.",
">\n\nLines can be buried. Transformers can be upgraded. Outside looking in, doesn't look like much work is being done to retrofit and harden said system against such conditions. I'm one of the west coast heathens that everyone hates and it takes alot harder of a storm to knock us out.",
">\n\nIs this another one of those \"once in a lifetime\" storms?",
">\n\nThis one is nothing like the 2021 storm. I drove from Houston to Dallas today, and while it wasn’t pleasant, the road wasn’t a solid sheet of ice like it was in 2021. I haven’t experienced any power outages either.",
">\n\nThere's lots of power outages, mostly due to tree branches falling on lines. I've lost about 8 or 9 large branches just in my yard alone",
">\n\nIt's a shame America doesn't have decent high speed railway network.",
">\n\nWith all the advanced weather forecasting technology available today (satellites, computer generated models, etc), airlines should be much better at proactively shutting down flights due to expected weather events. But that never seems to happen. \nI wonder if this is due, in part, to the fact that the airlines can blame these cancellations on an \"act of God\" and not get any heat from the public. Yet at the same time the airlines are pocketing all the money already paid by their customers. So the weather event turns into a short-term interest free loan of millions of dollars for the company. \nOf course many of those delayed passengers will be shifted to later flights where the ticket money will be eventually used. But some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money. \nThis poses the obvious question - are the airlines routinely using these severe weather events to fleece customers and pad their short term and long term profits ?",
">\n\n\nBut some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money.\n\nThey usually do announce a few days before the expected weather event that people can rebook to different flights for free, to encourage that. \nThere are lots of places in the country where even day of it's not clear how much, if any, snow accumulation there might be. DC has its famous \"snow hole\" that makes it incredibly difficult to predict how much snow we'll get when a storm is predicted. Literally they estimate .5 inches to 10 inches as predicted ranges, sometimes. \nAnd we don't know until after it starts where we'll land. \nSo cancelling flights out of DC, for example, just would inconvenience too many people for what often turns out to be nothing.",
">\n\nNice dusting today, tho. Just enough to be pretty, not enough to snarl traffic."
] |
>
Canadian here. My drive to work is about 45km. Usually takes me about 30ish mins to get to work. Last week we had freezing rain, snow, and 70km/hr winds. I still was expected to show up for work. Took me just under 2 hours to get there going 30km/hr | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look.",
">\n\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\n\nRight, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant. \n\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\n\nBut that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point.",
">\n\nLines can be buried. Transformers can be upgraded. Outside looking in, doesn't look like much work is being done to retrofit and harden said system against such conditions. I'm one of the west coast heathens that everyone hates and it takes alot harder of a storm to knock us out.",
">\n\nIs this another one of those \"once in a lifetime\" storms?",
">\n\nThis one is nothing like the 2021 storm. I drove from Houston to Dallas today, and while it wasn’t pleasant, the road wasn’t a solid sheet of ice like it was in 2021. I haven’t experienced any power outages either.",
">\n\nThere's lots of power outages, mostly due to tree branches falling on lines. I've lost about 8 or 9 large branches just in my yard alone",
">\n\nIt's a shame America doesn't have decent high speed railway network.",
">\n\nWith all the advanced weather forecasting technology available today (satellites, computer generated models, etc), airlines should be much better at proactively shutting down flights due to expected weather events. But that never seems to happen. \nI wonder if this is due, in part, to the fact that the airlines can blame these cancellations on an \"act of God\" and not get any heat from the public. Yet at the same time the airlines are pocketing all the money already paid by their customers. So the weather event turns into a short-term interest free loan of millions of dollars for the company. \nOf course many of those delayed passengers will be shifted to later flights where the ticket money will be eventually used. But some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money. \nThis poses the obvious question - are the airlines routinely using these severe weather events to fleece customers and pad their short term and long term profits ?",
">\n\n\nBut some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money.\n\nThey usually do announce a few days before the expected weather event that people can rebook to different flights for free, to encourage that. \nThere are lots of places in the country where even day of it's not clear how much, if any, snow accumulation there might be. DC has its famous \"snow hole\" that makes it incredibly difficult to predict how much snow we'll get when a storm is predicted. Literally they estimate .5 inches to 10 inches as predicted ranges, sometimes. \nAnd we don't know until after it starts where we'll land. \nSo cancelling flights out of DC, for example, just would inconvenience too many people for what often turns out to be nothing.",
">\n\nNice dusting today, tho. Just enough to be pretty, not enough to snarl traffic.",
">\n\nDid any infamous Texas politicians run away to Mexico again this year?"
] |
>
The difference is they don't clear or salt the roads at all so it just turns into a thick sheet of ice that doesn't go away until the temps rise. Also almost nobody has snow tires. It has happened for years but they never care to address it, people just live with the city shutting down for a few days. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look.",
">\n\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\n\nRight, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant. \n\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\n\nBut that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point.",
">\n\nLines can be buried. Transformers can be upgraded. Outside looking in, doesn't look like much work is being done to retrofit and harden said system against such conditions. I'm one of the west coast heathens that everyone hates and it takes alot harder of a storm to knock us out.",
">\n\nIs this another one of those \"once in a lifetime\" storms?",
">\n\nThis one is nothing like the 2021 storm. I drove from Houston to Dallas today, and while it wasn’t pleasant, the road wasn’t a solid sheet of ice like it was in 2021. I haven’t experienced any power outages either.",
">\n\nThere's lots of power outages, mostly due to tree branches falling on lines. I've lost about 8 or 9 large branches just in my yard alone",
">\n\nIt's a shame America doesn't have decent high speed railway network.",
">\n\nWith all the advanced weather forecasting technology available today (satellites, computer generated models, etc), airlines should be much better at proactively shutting down flights due to expected weather events. But that never seems to happen. \nI wonder if this is due, in part, to the fact that the airlines can blame these cancellations on an \"act of God\" and not get any heat from the public. Yet at the same time the airlines are pocketing all the money already paid by their customers. So the weather event turns into a short-term interest free loan of millions of dollars for the company. \nOf course many of those delayed passengers will be shifted to later flights where the ticket money will be eventually used. But some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money. \nThis poses the obvious question - are the airlines routinely using these severe weather events to fleece customers and pad their short term and long term profits ?",
">\n\n\nBut some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money.\n\nThey usually do announce a few days before the expected weather event that people can rebook to different flights for free, to encourage that. \nThere are lots of places in the country where even day of it's not clear how much, if any, snow accumulation there might be. DC has its famous \"snow hole\" that makes it incredibly difficult to predict how much snow we'll get when a storm is predicted. Literally they estimate .5 inches to 10 inches as predicted ranges, sometimes. \nAnd we don't know until after it starts where we'll land. \nSo cancelling flights out of DC, for example, just would inconvenience too many people for what often turns out to be nothing.",
">\n\nNice dusting today, tho. Just enough to be pretty, not enough to snarl traffic.",
">\n\nDid any infamous Texas politicians run away to Mexico again this year?",
">\n\nCanadian here. My drive to work is about 45km. Usually takes me about 30ish mins to get to work. Last week we had freezing rain, snow, and 70km/hr winds. I still was expected to show up for work. Took me just under 2 hours to get there going 30km/hr"
] |
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They do salt, you can’t clear ice also snow tires don’t help with ice. Even if those worked it makes no sense to purchase snow tires or create infrastructure for one week out of the year. Everyone just hunkers inside and eats some chili. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look.",
">\n\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\n\nRight, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant. \n\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\n\nBut that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point.",
">\n\nLines can be buried. Transformers can be upgraded. Outside looking in, doesn't look like much work is being done to retrofit and harden said system against such conditions. I'm one of the west coast heathens that everyone hates and it takes alot harder of a storm to knock us out.",
">\n\nIs this another one of those \"once in a lifetime\" storms?",
">\n\nThis one is nothing like the 2021 storm. I drove from Houston to Dallas today, and while it wasn’t pleasant, the road wasn’t a solid sheet of ice like it was in 2021. I haven’t experienced any power outages either.",
">\n\nThere's lots of power outages, mostly due to tree branches falling on lines. I've lost about 8 or 9 large branches just in my yard alone",
">\n\nIt's a shame America doesn't have decent high speed railway network.",
">\n\nWith all the advanced weather forecasting technology available today (satellites, computer generated models, etc), airlines should be much better at proactively shutting down flights due to expected weather events. But that never seems to happen. \nI wonder if this is due, in part, to the fact that the airlines can blame these cancellations on an \"act of God\" and not get any heat from the public. Yet at the same time the airlines are pocketing all the money already paid by their customers. So the weather event turns into a short-term interest free loan of millions of dollars for the company. \nOf course many of those delayed passengers will be shifted to later flights where the ticket money will be eventually used. But some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money. \nThis poses the obvious question - are the airlines routinely using these severe weather events to fleece customers and pad their short term and long term profits ?",
">\n\n\nBut some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money.\n\nThey usually do announce a few days before the expected weather event that people can rebook to different flights for free, to encourage that. \nThere are lots of places in the country where even day of it's not clear how much, if any, snow accumulation there might be. DC has its famous \"snow hole\" that makes it incredibly difficult to predict how much snow we'll get when a storm is predicted. Literally they estimate .5 inches to 10 inches as predicted ranges, sometimes. \nAnd we don't know until after it starts where we'll land. \nSo cancelling flights out of DC, for example, just would inconvenience too many people for what often turns out to be nothing.",
">\n\nNice dusting today, tho. Just enough to be pretty, not enough to snarl traffic.",
">\n\nDid any infamous Texas politicians run away to Mexico again this year?",
">\n\nCanadian here. My drive to work is about 45km. Usually takes me about 30ish mins to get to work. Last week we had freezing rain, snow, and 70km/hr winds. I still was expected to show up for work. Took me just under 2 hours to get there going 30km/hr",
">\n\nThe difference is they don't clear or salt the roads at all so it just turns into a thick sheet of ice that doesn't go away until the temps rise. Also almost nobody has snow tires. It has happened for years but they never care to address it, people just live with the city shutting down for a few days."
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We don’t salt in central or south Texas. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look.",
">\n\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\n\nRight, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant. \n\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\n\nBut that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point.",
">\n\nLines can be buried. Transformers can be upgraded. Outside looking in, doesn't look like much work is being done to retrofit and harden said system against such conditions. I'm one of the west coast heathens that everyone hates and it takes alot harder of a storm to knock us out.",
">\n\nIs this another one of those \"once in a lifetime\" storms?",
">\n\nThis one is nothing like the 2021 storm. I drove from Houston to Dallas today, and while it wasn’t pleasant, the road wasn’t a solid sheet of ice like it was in 2021. I haven’t experienced any power outages either.",
">\n\nThere's lots of power outages, mostly due to tree branches falling on lines. I've lost about 8 or 9 large branches just in my yard alone",
">\n\nIt's a shame America doesn't have decent high speed railway network.",
">\n\nWith all the advanced weather forecasting technology available today (satellites, computer generated models, etc), airlines should be much better at proactively shutting down flights due to expected weather events. But that never seems to happen. \nI wonder if this is due, in part, to the fact that the airlines can blame these cancellations on an \"act of God\" and not get any heat from the public. Yet at the same time the airlines are pocketing all the money already paid by their customers. So the weather event turns into a short-term interest free loan of millions of dollars for the company. \nOf course many of those delayed passengers will be shifted to later flights where the ticket money will be eventually used. But some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money. \nThis poses the obvious question - are the airlines routinely using these severe weather events to fleece customers and pad their short term and long term profits ?",
">\n\n\nBut some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money.\n\nThey usually do announce a few days before the expected weather event that people can rebook to different flights for free, to encourage that. \nThere are lots of places in the country where even day of it's not clear how much, if any, snow accumulation there might be. DC has its famous \"snow hole\" that makes it incredibly difficult to predict how much snow we'll get when a storm is predicted. Literally they estimate .5 inches to 10 inches as predicted ranges, sometimes. \nAnd we don't know until after it starts where we'll land. \nSo cancelling flights out of DC, for example, just would inconvenience too many people for what often turns out to be nothing.",
">\n\nNice dusting today, tho. Just enough to be pretty, not enough to snarl traffic.",
">\n\nDid any infamous Texas politicians run away to Mexico again this year?",
">\n\nCanadian here. My drive to work is about 45km. Usually takes me about 30ish mins to get to work. Last week we had freezing rain, snow, and 70km/hr winds. I still was expected to show up for work. Took me just under 2 hours to get there going 30km/hr",
">\n\nThe difference is they don't clear or salt the roads at all so it just turns into a thick sheet of ice that doesn't go away until the temps rise. Also almost nobody has snow tires. It has happened for years but they never care to address it, people just live with the city shutting down for a few days.",
">\n\nThey do salt, you can’t clear ice also snow tires don’t help with ice. Even if those worked it makes no sense to purchase snow tires or create infrastructure for one week out of the year. Everyone just hunkers inside and eats some chili."
] |
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They don’t actually use salt since it’s highly corrosive on roads, but they do “salt” and use a compound called MD-20 on major roadways during icy conditions. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look.",
">\n\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\n\nRight, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant. \n\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\n\nBut that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point.",
">\n\nLines can be buried. Transformers can be upgraded. Outside looking in, doesn't look like much work is being done to retrofit and harden said system against such conditions. I'm one of the west coast heathens that everyone hates and it takes alot harder of a storm to knock us out.",
">\n\nIs this another one of those \"once in a lifetime\" storms?",
">\n\nThis one is nothing like the 2021 storm. I drove from Houston to Dallas today, and while it wasn’t pleasant, the road wasn’t a solid sheet of ice like it was in 2021. I haven’t experienced any power outages either.",
">\n\nThere's lots of power outages, mostly due to tree branches falling on lines. I've lost about 8 or 9 large branches just in my yard alone",
">\n\nIt's a shame America doesn't have decent high speed railway network.",
">\n\nWith all the advanced weather forecasting technology available today (satellites, computer generated models, etc), airlines should be much better at proactively shutting down flights due to expected weather events. But that never seems to happen. \nI wonder if this is due, in part, to the fact that the airlines can blame these cancellations on an \"act of God\" and not get any heat from the public. Yet at the same time the airlines are pocketing all the money already paid by their customers. So the weather event turns into a short-term interest free loan of millions of dollars for the company. \nOf course many of those delayed passengers will be shifted to later flights where the ticket money will be eventually used. But some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money. \nThis poses the obvious question - are the airlines routinely using these severe weather events to fleece customers and pad their short term and long term profits ?",
">\n\n\nBut some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money.\n\nThey usually do announce a few days before the expected weather event that people can rebook to different flights for free, to encourage that. \nThere are lots of places in the country where even day of it's not clear how much, if any, snow accumulation there might be. DC has its famous \"snow hole\" that makes it incredibly difficult to predict how much snow we'll get when a storm is predicted. Literally they estimate .5 inches to 10 inches as predicted ranges, sometimes. \nAnd we don't know until after it starts where we'll land. \nSo cancelling flights out of DC, for example, just would inconvenience too many people for what often turns out to be nothing.",
">\n\nNice dusting today, tho. Just enough to be pretty, not enough to snarl traffic.",
">\n\nDid any infamous Texas politicians run away to Mexico again this year?",
">\n\nCanadian here. My drive to work is about 45km. Usually takes me about 30ish mins to get to work. Last week we had freezing rain, snow, and 70km/hr winds. I still was expected to show up for work. Took me just under 2 hours to get there going 30km/hr",
">\n\nThe difference is they don't clear or salt the roads at all so it just turns into a thick sheet of ice that doesn't go away until the temps rise. Also almost nobody has snow tires. It has happened for years but they never care to address it, people just live with the city shutting down for a few days.",
">\n\nThey do salt, you can’t clear ice also snow tires don’t help with ice. Even if those worked it makes no sense to purchase snow tires or create infrastructure for one week out of the year. Everyone just hunkers inside and eats some chili.",
">\n\nWe don’t salt in central or south Texas."
] |
>
I’ve never seen them use that down here and I’m not even sure we have the trucks for that. We would have to bring them down from north Texas. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look.",
">\n\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\n\nRight, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant. \n\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\n\nBut that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point.",
">\n\nLines can be buried. Transformers can be upgraded. Outside looking in, doesn't look like much work is being done to retrofit and harden said system against such conditions. I'm one of the west coast heathens that everyone hates and it takes alot harder of a storm to knock us out.",
">\n\nIs this another one of those \"once in a lifetime\" storms?",
">\n\nThis one is nothing like the 2021 storm. I drove from Houston to Dallas today, and while it wasn’t pleasant, the road wasn’t a solid sheet of ice like it was in 2021. I haven’t experienced any power outages either.",
">\n\nThere's lots of power outages, mostly due to tree branches falling on lines. I've lost about 8 or 9 large branches just in my yard alone",
">\n\nIt's a shame America doesn't have decent high speed railway network.",
">\n\nWith all the advanced weather forecasting technology available today (satellites, computer generated models, etc), airlines should be much better at proactively shutting down flights due to expected weather events. But that never seems to happen. \nI wonder if this is due, in part, to the fact that the airlines can blame these cancellations on an \"act of God\" and not get any heat from the public. Yet at the same time the airlines are pocketing all the money already paid by their customers. So the weather event turns into a short-term interest free loan of millions of dollars for the company. \nOf course many of those delayed passengers will be shifted to later flights where the ticket money will be eventually used. But some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money. \nThis poses the obvious question - are the airlines routinely using these severe weather events to fleece customers and pad their short term and long term profits ?",
">\n\n\nBut some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money.\n\nThey usually do announce a few days before the expected weather event that people can rebook to different flights for free, to encourage that. \nThere are lots of places in the country where even day of it's not clear how much, if any, snow accumulation there might be. DC has its famous \"snow hole\" that makes it incredibly difficult to predict how much snow we'll get when a storm is predicted. Literally they estimate .5 inches to 10 inches as predicted ranges, sometimes. \nAnd we don't know until after it starts where we'll land. \nSo cancelling flights out of DC, for example, just would inconvenience too many people for what often turns out to be nothing.",
">\n\nNice dusting today, tho. Just enough to be pretty, not enough to snarl traffic.",
">\n\nDid any infamous Texas politicians run away to Mexico again this year?",
">\n\nCanadian here. My drive to work is about 45km. Usually takes me about 30ish mins to get to work. Last week we had freezing rain, snow, and 70km/hr winds. I still was expected to show up for work. Took me just under 2 hours to get there going 30km/hr",
">\n\nThe difference is they don't clear or salt the roads at all so it just turns into a thick sheet of ice that doesn't go away until the temps rise. Also almost nobody has snow tires. It has happened for years but they never care to address it, people just live with the city shutting down for a few days.",
">\n\nThey do salt, you can’t clear ice also snow tires don’t help with ice. Even if those worked it makes no sense to purchase snow tires or create infrastructure for one week out of the year. Everyone just hunkers inside and eats some chili.",
">\n\nWe don’t salt in central or south Texas.",
">\n\nThey don’t actually use salt since it’s highly corrosive on roads, but they do “salt” and use a compound called MD-20 on major roadways during icy conditions."
] |
>
Maybe we’re just getting mixed up on what we’re calling central Texas, because I’m saying Dallas/FW. I always think of north Texas as like Amarillo. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look.",
">\n\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\n\nRight, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant. \n\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\n\nBut that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point.",
">\n\nLines can be buried. Transformers can be upgraded. Outside looking in, doesn't look like much work is being done to retrofit and harden said system against such conditions. I'm one of the west coast heathens that everyone hates and it takes alot harder of a storm to knock us out.",
">\n\nIs this another one of those \"once in a lifetime\" storms?",
">\n\nThis one is nothing like the 2021 storm. I drove from Houston to Dallas today, and while it wasn’t pleasant, the road wasn’t a solid sheet of ice like it was in 2021. I haven’t experienced any power outages either.",
">\n\nThere's lots of power outages, mostly due to tree branches falling on lines. I've lost about 8 or 9 large branches just in my yard alone",
">\n\nIt's a shame America doesn't have decent high speed railway network.",
">\n\nWith all the advanced weather forecasting technology available today (satellites, computer generated models, etc), airlines should be much better at proactively shutting down flights due to expected weather events. But that never seems to happen. \nI wonder if this is due, in part, to the fact that the airlines can blame these cancellations on an \"act of God\" and not get any heat from the public. Yet at the same time the airlines are pocketing all the money already paid by their customers. So the weather event turns into a short-term interest free loan of millions of dollars for the company. \nOf course many of those delayed passengers will be shifted to later flights where the ticket money will be eventually used. But some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money. \nThis poses the obvious question - are the airlines routinely using these severe weather events to fleece customers and pad their short term and long term profits ?",
">\n\n\nBut some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money.\n\nThey usually do announce a few days before the expected weather event that people can rebook to different flights for free, to encourage that. \nThere are lots of places in the country where even day of it's not clear how much, if any, snow accumulation there might be. DC has its famous \"snow hole\" that makes it incredibly difficult to predict how much snow we'll get when a storm is predicted. Literally they estimate .5 inches to 10 inches as predicted ranges, sometimes. \nAnd we don't know until after it starts where we'll land. \nSo cancelling flights out of DC, for example, just would inconvenience too many people for what often turns out to be nothing.",
">\n\nNice dusting today, tho. Just enough to be pretty, not enough to snarl traffic.",
">\n\nDid any infamous Texas politicians run away to Mexico again this year?",
">\n\nCanadian here. My drive to work is about 45km. Usually takes me about 30ish mins to get to work. Last week we had freezing rain, snow, and 70km/hr winds. I still was expected to show up for work. Took me just under 2 hours to get there going 30km/hr",
">\n\nThe difference is they don't clear or salt the roads at all so it just turns into a thick sheet of ice that doesn't go away until the temps rise. Also almost nobody has snow tires. It has happened for years but they never care to address it, people just live with the city shutting down for a few days.",
">\n\nThey do salt, you can’t clear ice also snow tires don’t help with ice. Even if those worked it makes no sense to purchase snow tires or create infrastructure for one week out of the year. Everyone just hunkers inside and eats some chili.",
">\n\nWe don’t salt in central or south Texas.",
">\n\nThey don’t actually use salt since it’s highly corrosive on roads, but they do “salt” and use a compound called MD-20 on major roadways during icy conditions.",
">\n\nI’ve never seen them use that down here and I’m not even sure we have the trucks for that. We would have to bring them down from north Texas."
] |
>
We call that the panhandle. Central Texas is like Austin area. But once you get to San Antonio and below, it’s south Texas. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look.",
">\n\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\n\nRight, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant. \n\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\n\nBut that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point.",
">\n\nLines can be buried. Transformers can be upgraded. Outside looking in, doesn't look like much work is being done to retrofit and harden said system against such conditions. I'm one of the west coast heathens that everyone hates and it takes alot harder of a storm to knock us out.",
">\n\nIs this another one of those \"once in a lifetime\" storms?",
">\n\nThis one is nothing like the 2021 storm. I drove from Houston to Dallas today, and while it wasn’t pleasant, the road wasn’t a solid sheet of ice like it was in 2021. I haven’t experienced any power outages either.",
">\n\nThere's lots of power outages, mostly due to tree branches falling on lines. I've lost about 8 or 9 large branches just in my yard alone",
">\n\nIt's a shame America doesn't have decent high speed railway network.",
">\n\nWith all the advanced weather forecasting technology available today (satellites, computer generated models, etc), airlines should be much better at proactively shutting down flights due to expected weather events. But that never seems to happen. \nI wonder if this is due, in part, to the fact that the airlines can blame these cancellations on an \"act of God\" and not get any heat from the public. Yet at the same time the airlines are pocketing all the money already paid by their customers. So the weather event turns into a short-term interest free loan of millions of dollars for the company. \nOf course many of those delayed passengers will be shifted to later flights where the ticket money will be eventually used. But some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money. \nThis poses the obvious question - are the airlines routinely using these severe weather events to fleece customers and pad their short term and long term profits ?",
">\n\n\nBut some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money.\n\nThey usually do announce a few days before the expected weather event that people can rebook to different flights for free, to encourage that. \nThere are lots of places in the country where even day of it's not clear how much, if any, snow accumulation there might be. DC has its famous \"snow hole\" that makes it incredibly difficult to predict how much snow we'll get when a storm is predicted. Literally they estimate .5 inches to 10 inches as predicted ranges, sometimes. \nAnd we don't know until after it starts where we'll land. \nSo cancelling flights out of DC, for example, just would inconvenience too many people for what often turns out to be nothing.",
">\n\nNice dusting today, tho. Just enough to be pretty, not enough to snarl traffic.",
">\n\nDid any infamous Texas politicians run away to Mexico again this year?",
">\n\nCanadian here. My drive to work is about 45km. Usually takes me about 30ish mins to get to work. Last week we had freezing rain, snow, and 70km/hr winds. I still was expected to show up for work. Took me just under 2 hours to get there going 30km/hr",
">\n\nThe difference is they don't clear or salt the roads at all so it just turns into a thick sheet of ice that doesn't go away until the temps rise. Also almost nobody has snow tires. It has happened for years but they never care to address it, people just live with the city shutting down for a few days.",
">\n\nThey do salt, you can’t clear ice also snow tires don’t help with ice. Even if those worked it makes no sense to purchase snow tires or create infrastructure for one week out of the year. Everyone just hunkers inside and eats some chili.",
">\n\nWe don’t salt in central or south Texas.",
">\n\nThey don’t actually use salt since it’s highly corrosive on roads, but they do “salt” and use a compound called MD-20 on major roadways during icy conditions.",
">\n\nI’ve never seen them use that down here and I’m not even sure we have the trucks for that. We would have to bring them down from north Texas.",
">\n\nMaybe we’re just getting mixed up on what we’re calling central Texas, because I’m saying Dallas/FW. I always think of north Texas as like Amarillo."
] |
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Did anyone get stuck with thousands of dollars of electric bills like last year? | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look.",
">\n\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\n\nRight, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant. \n\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\n\nBut that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point.",
">\n\nLines can be buried. Transformers can be upgraded. Outside looking in, doesn't look like much work is being done to retrofit and harden said system against such conditions. I'm one of the west coast heathens that everyone hates and it takes alot harder of a storm to knock us out.",
">\n\nIs this another one of those \"once in a lifetime\" storms?",
">\n\nThis one is nothing like the 2021 storm. I drove from Houston to Dallas today, and while it wasn’t pleasant, the road wasn’t a solid sheet of ice like it was in 2021. I haven’t experienced any power outages either.",
">\n\nThere's lots of power outages, mostly due to tree branches falling on lines. I've lost about 8 or 9 large branches just in my yard alone",
">\n\nIt's a shame America doesn't have decent high speed railway network.",
">\n\nWith all the advanced weather forecasting technology available today (satellites, computer generated models, etc), airlines should be much better at proactively shutting down flights due to expected weather events. But that never seems to happen. \nI wonder if this is due, in part, to the fact that the airlines can blame these cancellations on an \"act of God\" and not get any heat from the public. Yet at the same time the airlines are pocketing all the money already paid by their customers. So the weather event turns into a short-term interest free loan of millions of dollars for the company. \nOf course many of those delayed passengers will be shifted to later flights where the ticket money will be eventually used. But some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money. \nThis poses the obvious question - are the airlines routinely using these severe weather events to fleece customers and pad their short term and long term profits ?",
">\n\n\nBut some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money.\n\nThey usually do announce a few days before the expected weather event that people can rebook to different flights for free, to encourage that. \nThere are lots of places in the country where even day of it's not clear how much, if any, snow accumulation there might be. DC has its famous \"snow hole\" that makes it incredibly difficult to predict how much snow we'll get when a storm is predicted. Literally they estimate .5 inches to 10 inches as predicted ranges, sometimes. \nAnd we don't know until after it starts where we'll land. \nSo cancelling flights out of DC, for example, just would inconvenience too many people for what often turns out to be nothing.",
">\n\nNice dusting today, tho. Just enough to be pretty, not enough to snarl traffic.",
">\n\nDid any infamous Texas politicians run away to Mexico again this year?",
">\n\nCanadian here. My drive to work is about 45km. Usually takes me about 30ish mins to get to work. Last week we had freezing rain, snow, and 70km/hr winds. I still was expected to show up for work. Took me just under 2 hours to get there going 30km/hr",
">\n\nThe difference is they don't clear or salt the roads at all so it just turns into a thick sheet of ice that doesn't go away until the temps rise. Also almost nobody has snow tires. It has happened for years but they never care to address it, people just live with the city shutting down for a few days.",
">\n\nThey do salt, you can’t clear ice also snow tires don’t help with ice. Even if those worked it makes no sense to purchase snow tires or create infrastructure for one week out of the year. Everyone just hunkers inside and eats some chili.",
">\n\nWe don’t salt in central or south Texas.",
">\n\nThey don’t actually use salt since it’s highly corrosive on roads, but they do “salt” and use a compound called MD-20 on major roadways during icy conditions.",
">\n\nI’ve never seen them use that down here and I’m not even sure we have the trucks for that. We would have to bring them down from north Texas.",
">\n\nMaybe we’re just getting mixed up on what we’re calling central Texas, because I’m saying Dallas/FW. I always think of north Texas as like Amarillo.",
">\n\nWe call that the panhandle. Central Texas is like Austin area. But once you get to San Antonio and below, it’s south Texas."
] |
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Ooh Ted Cruz better book a trip somewhere warm and sunny! | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look.",
">\n\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\n\nRight, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant. \n\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\n\nBut that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point.",
">\n\nLines can be buried. Transformers can be upgraded. Outside looking in, doesn't look like much work is being done to retrofit and harden said system against such conditions. I'm one of the west coast heathens that everyone hates and it takes alot harder of a storm to knock us out.",
">\n\nIs this another one of those \"once in a lifetime\" storms?",
">\n\nThis one is nothing like the 2021 storm. I drove from Houston to Dallas today, and while it wasn’t pleasant, the road wasn’t a solid sheet of ice like it was in 2021. I haven’t experienced any power outages either.",
">\n\nThere's lots of power outages, mostly due to tree branches falling on lines. I've lost about 8 or 9 large branches just in my yard alone",
">\n\nIt's a shame America doesn't have decent high speed railway network.",
">\n\nWith all the advanced weather forecasting technology available today (satellites, computer generated models, etc), airlines should be much better at proactively shutting down flights due to expected weather events. But that never seems to happen. \nI wonder if this is due, in part, to the fact that the airlines can blame these cancellations on an \"act of God\" and not get any heat from the public. Yet at the same time the airlines are pocketing all the money already paid by their customers. So the weather event turns into a short-term interest free loan of millions of dollars for the company. \nOf course many of those delayed passengers will be shifted to later flights where the ticket money will be eventually used. But some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money. \nThis poses the obvious question - are the airlines routinely using these severe weather events to fleece customers and pad their short term and long term profits ?",
">\n\n\nBut some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money.\n\nThey usually do announce a few days before the expected weather event that people can rebook to different flights for free, to encourage that. \nThere are lots of places in the country where even day of it's not clear how much, if any, snow accumulation there might be. DC has its famous \"snow hole\" that makes it incredibly difficult to predict how much snow we'll get when a storm is predicted. Literally they estimate .5 inches to 10 inches as predicted ranges, sometimes. \nAnd we don't know until after it starts where we'll land. \nSo cancelling flights out of DC, for example, just would inconvenience too many people for what often turns out to be nothing.",
">\n\nNice dusting today, tho. Just enough to be pretty, not enough to snarl traffic.",
">\n\nDid any infamous Texas politicians run away to Mexico again this year?",
">\n\nCanadian here. My drive to work is about 45km. Usually takes me about 30ish mins to get to work. Last week we had freezing rain, snow, and 70km/hr winds. I still was expected to show up for work. Took me just under 2 hours to get there going 30km/hr",
">\n\nThe difference is they don't clear or salt the roads at all so it just turns into a thick sheet of ice that doesn't go away until the temps rise. Also almost nobody has snow tires. It has happened for years but they never care to address it, people just live with the city shutting down for a few days.",
">\n\nThey do salt, you can’t clear ice also snow tires don’t help with ice. Even if those worked it makes no sense to purchase snow tires or create infrastructure for one week out of the year. Everyone just hunkers inside and eats some chili.",
">\n\nWe don’t salt in central or south Texas.",
">\n\nThey don’t actually use salt since it’s highly corrosive on roads, but they do “salt” and use a compound called MD-20 on major roadways during icy conditions.",
">\n\nI’ve never seen them use that down here and I’m not even sure we have the trucks for that. We would have to bring them down from north Texas.",
">\n\nMaybe we’re just getting mixed up on what we’re calling central Texas, because I’m saying Dallas/FW. I always think of north Texas as like Amarillo.",
">\n\nWe call that the panhandle. Central Texas is like Austin area. But once you get to San Antonio and below, it’s south Texas.",
">\n\nDid anyone get stuck with thousands of dollars of electric bills like last year?"
] |
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Texas ice storm has happened 3 years in a row. Shouldn’t they be better prepared? | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look.",
">\n\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\n\nRight, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant. \n\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\n\nBut that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point.",
">\n\nLines can be buried. Transformers can be upgraded. Outside looking in, doesn't look like much work is being done to retrofit and harden said system against such conditions. I'm one of the west coast heathens that everyone hates and it takes alot harder of a storm to knock us out.",
">\n\nIs this another one of those \"once in a lifetime\" storms?",
">\n\nThis one is nothing like the 2021 storm. I drove from Houston to Dallas today, and while it wasn’t pleasant, the road wasn’t a solid sheet of ice like it was in 2021. I haven’t experienced any power outages either.",
">\n\nThere's lots of power outages, mostly due to tree branches falling on lines. I've lost about 8 or 9 large branches just in my yard alone",
">\n\nIt's a shame America doesn't have decent high speed railway network.",
">\n\nWith all the advanced weather forecasting technology available today (satellites, computer generated models, etc), airlines should be much better at proactively shutting down flights due to expected weather events. But that never seems to happen. \nI wonder if this is due, in part, to the fact that the airlines can blame these cancellations on an \"act of God\" and not get any heat from the public. Yet at the same time the airlines are pocketing all the money already paid by their customers. So the weather event turns into a short-term interest free loan of millions of dollars for the company. \nOf course many of those delayed passengers will be shifted to later flights where the ticket money will be eventually used. But some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money. \nThis poses the obvious question - are the airlines routinely using these severe weather events to fleece customers and pad their short term and long term profits ?",
">\n\n\nBut some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money.\n\nThey usually do announce a few days before the expected weather event that people can rebook to different flights for free, to encourage that. \nThere are lots of places in the country where even day of it's not clear how much, if any, snow accumulation there might be. DC has its famous \"snow hole\" that makes it incredibly difficult to predict how much snow we'll get when a storm is predicted. Literally they estimate .5 inches to 10 inches as predicted ranges, sometimes. \nAnd we don't know until after it starts where we'll land. \nSo cancelling flights out of DC, for example, just would inconvenience too many people for what often turns out to be nothing.",
">\n\nNice dusting today, tho. Just enough to be pretty, not enough to snarl traffic.",
">\n\nDid any infamous Texas politicians run away to Mexico again this year?",
">\n\nCanadian here. My drive to work is about 45km. Usually takes me about 30ish mins to get to work. Last week we had freezing rain, snow, and 70km/hr winds. I still was expected to show up for work. Took me just under 2 hours to get there going 30km/hr",
">\n\nThe difference is they don't clear or salt the roads at all so it just turns into a thick sheet of ice that doesn't go away until the temps rise. Also almost nobody has snow tires. It has happened for years but they never care to address it, people just live with the city shutting down for a few days.",
">\n\nThey do salt, you can’t clear ice also snow tires don’t help with ice. Even if those worked it makes no sense to purchase snow tires or create infrastructure for one week out of the year. Everyone just hunkers inside and eats some chili.",
">\n\nWe don’t salt in central or south Texas.",
">\n\nThey don’t actually use salt since it’s highly corrosive on roads, but they do “salt” and use a compound called MD-20 on major roadways during icy conditions.",
">\n\nI’ve never seen them use that down here and I’m not even sure we have the trucks for that. We would have to bring them down from north Texas.",
">\n\nMaybe we’re just getting mixed up on what we’re calling central Texas, because I’m saying Dallas/FW. I always think of north Texas as like Amarillo.",
">\n\nWe call that the panhandle. Central Texas is like Austin area. But once you get to San Antonio and below, it’s south Texas.",
">\n\nDid anyone get stuck with thousands of dollars of electric bills like last year?",
">\n\nOoh Ted Cruz better book a trip somewhere warm and sunny!"
] |
>
Ice storms happen every year in parts of the state. Especially in West and North areas. Difference is that they don't last long and it's over soon | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look.",
">\n\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\n\nRight, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant. \n\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\n\nBut that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point.",
">\n\nLines can be buried. Transformers can be upgraded. Outside looking in, doesn't look like much work is being done to retrofit and harden said system against such conditions. I'm one of the west coast heathens that everyone hates and it takes alot harder of a storm to knock us out.",
">\n\nIs this another one of those \"once in a lifetime\" storms?",
">\n\nThis one is nothing like the 2021 storm. I drove from Houston to Dallas today, and while it wasn’t pleasant, the road wasn’t a solid sheet of ice like it was in 2021. I haven’t experienced any power outages either.",
">\n\nThere's lots of power outages, mostly due to tree branches falling on lines. I've lost about 8 or 9 large branches just in my yard alone",
">\n\nIt's a shame America doesn't have decent high speed railway network.",
">\n\nWith all the advanced weather forecasting technology available today (satellites, computer generated models, etc), airlines should be much better at proactively shutting down flights due to expected weather events. But that never seems to happen. \nI wonder if this is due, in part, to the fact that the airlines can blame these cancellations on an \"act of God\" and not get any heat from the public. Yet at the same time the airlines are pocketing all the money already paid by their customers. So the weather event turns into a short-term interest free loan of millions of dollars for the company. \nOf course many of those delayed passengers will be shifted to later flights where the ticket money will be eventually used. But some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money. \nThis poses the obvious question - are the airlines routinely using these severe weather events to fleece customers and pad their short term and long term profits ?",
">\n\n\nBut some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money.\n\nThey usually do announce a few days before the expected weather event that people can rebook to different flights for free, to encourage that. \nThere are lots of places in the country where even day of it's not clear how much, if any, snow accumulation there might be. DC has its famous \"snow hole\" that makes it incredibly difficult to predict how much snow we'll get when a storm is predicted. Literally they estimate .5 inches to 10 inches as predicted ranges, sometimes. \nAnd we don't know until after it starts where we'll land. \nSo cancelling flights out of DC, for example, just would inconvenience too many people for what often turns out to be nothing.",
">\n\nNice dusting today, tho. Just enough to be pretty, not enough to snarl traffic.",
">\n\nDid any infamous Texas politicians run away to Mexico again this year?",
">\n\nCanadian here. My drive to work is about 45km. Usually takes me about 30ish mins to get to work. Last week we had freezing rain, snow, and 70km/hr winds. I still was expected to show up for work. Took me just under 2 hours to get there going 30km/hr",
">\n\nThe difference is they don't clear or salt the roads at all so it just turns into a thick sheet of ice that doesn't go away until the temps rise. Also almost nobody has snow tires. It has happened for years but they never care to address it, people just live with the city shutting down for a few days.",
">\n\nThey do salt, you can’t clear ice also snow tires don’t help with ice. Even if those worked it makes no sense to purchase snow tires or create infrastructure for one week out of the year. Everyone just hunkers inside and eats some chili.",
">\n\nWe don’t salt in central or south Texas.",
">\n\nThey don’t actually use salt since it’s highly corrosive on roads, but they do “salt” and use a compound called MD-20 on major roadways during icy conditions.",
">\n\nI’ve never seen them use that down here and I’m not even sure we have the trucks for that. We would have to bring them down from north Texas.",
">\n\nMaybe we’re just getting mixed up on what we’re calling central Texas, because I’m saying Dallas/FW. I always think of north Texas as like Amarillo.",
">\n\nWe call that the panhandle. Central Texas is like Austin area. But once you get to San Antonio and below, it’s south Texas.",
">\n\nDid anyone get stuck with thousands of dollars of electric bills like last year?",
">\n\nOoh Ted Cruz better book a trip somewhere warm and sunny!",
">\n\nTexas ice storm has happened 3 years in a row. Shouldn’t they be better prepared?"
] |
>
I got stuck in DFW for 2 days because of like 1/4 in of ice. That whole fucking city shuts down when some ice hits the ground. Way less than what’s pictured here. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look.",
">\n\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\n\nRight, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant. \n\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\n\nBut that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point.",
">\n\nLines can be buried. Transformers can be upgraded. Outside looking in, doesn't look like much work is being done to retrofit and harden said system against such conditions. I'm one of the west coast heathens that everyone hates and it takes alot harder of a storm to knock us out.",
">\n\nIs this another one of those \"once in a lifetime\" storms?",
">\n\nThis one is nothing like the 2021 storm. I drove from Houston to Dallas today, and while it wasn’t pleasant, the road wasn’t a solid sheet of ice like it was in 2021. I haven’t experienced any power outages either.",
">\n\nThere's lots of power outages, mostly due to tree branches falling on lines. I've lost about 8 or 9 large branches just in my yard alone",
">\n\nIt's a shame America doesn't have decent high speed railway network.",
">\n\nWith all the advanced weather forecasting technology available today (satellites, computer generated models, etc), airlines should be much better at proactively shutting down flights due to expected weather events. But that never seems to happen. \nI wonder if this is due, in part, to the fact that the airlines can blame these cancellations on an \"act of God\" and not get any heat from the public. Yet at the same time the airlines are pocketing all the money already paid by their customers. So the weather event turns into a short-term interest free loan of millions of dollars for the company. \nOf course many of those delayed passengers will be shifted to later flights where the ticket money will be eventually used. But some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money. \nThis poses the obvious question - are the airlines routinely using these severe weather events to fleece customers and pad their short term and long term profits ?",
">\n\n\nBut some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money.\n\nThey usually do announce a few days before the expected weather event that people can rebook to different flights for free, to encourage that. \nThere are lots of places in the country where even day of it's not clear how much, if any, snow accumulation there might be. DC has its famous \"snow hole\" that makes it incredibly difficult to predict how much snow we'll get when a storm is predicted. Literally they estimate .5 inches to 10 inches as predicted ranges, sometimes. \nAnd we don't know until after it starts where we'll land. \nSo cancelling flights out of DC, for example, just would inconvenience too many people for what often turns out to be nothing.",
">\n\nNice dusting today, tho. Just enough to be pretty, not enough to snarl traffic.",
">\n\nDid any infamous Texas politicians run away to Mexico again this year?",
">\n\nCanadian here. My drive to work is about 45km. Usually takes me about 30ish mins to get to work. Last week we had freezing rain, snow, and 70km/hr winds. I still was expected to show up for work. Took me just under 2 hours to get there going 30km/hr",
">\n\nThe difference is they don't clear or salt the roads at all so it just turns into a thick sheet of ice that doesn't go away until the temps rise. Also almost nobody has snow tires. It has happened for years but they never care to address it, people just live with the city shutting down for a few days.",
">\n\nThey do salt, you can’t clear ice also snow tires don’t help with ice. Even if those worked it makes no sense to purchase snow tires or create infrastructure for one week out of the year. Everyone just hunkers inside and eats some chili.",
">\n\nWe don’t salt in central or south Texas.",
">\n\nThey don’t actually use salt since it’s highly corrosive on roads, but they do “salt” and use a compound called MD-20 on major roadways during icy conditions.",
">\n\nI’ve never seen them use that down here and I’m not even sure we have the trucks for that. We would have to bring them down from north Texas.",
">\n\nMaybe we’re just getting mixed up on what we’re calling central Texas, because I’m saying Dallas/FW. I always think of north Texas as like Amarillo.",
">\n\nWe call that the panhandle. Central Texas is like Austin area. But once you get to San Antonio and below, it’s south Texas.",
">\n\nDid anyone get stuck with thousands of dollars of electric bills like last year?",
">\n\nOoh Ted Cruz better book a trip somewhere warm and sunny!",
">\n\nTexas ice storm has happened 3 years in a row. Shouldn’t they be better prepared?",
">\n\nIce storms happen every year in parts of the state. Especially in West and North areas. Difference is that they don't last long and it's over soon"
] |
>
Its because that 1/4" of ice is sheet ice, smooth as glass, and we have overpasses at every freeway intersection.
I don't care what you drive (tanks included), I don't care how good of a driver you are, when you are driving on sheet ice, you are not in control. Its easier to drive in a foot of snow over .5" of sheet ice (aka black ice).
It may not *look* as bad as a blizzard up north, but the roads are WAY worse. Also, we don't have anything but dirt to throw on the roads to help. No salt, no plows, not enough days in the year for it to be worth it. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look.",
">\n\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\n\nRight, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant. \n\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\n\nBut that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point.",
">\n\nLines can be buried. Transformers can be upgraded. Outside looking in, doesn't look like much work is being done to retrofit and harden said system against such conditions. I'm one of the west coast heathens that everyone hates and it takes alot harder of a storm to knock us out.",
">\n\nIs this another one of those \"once in a lifetime\" storms?",
">\n\nThis one is nothing like the 2021 storm. I drove from Houston to Dallas today, and while it wasn’t pleasant, the road wasn’t a solid sheet of ice like it was in 2021. I haven’t experienced any power outages either.",
">\n\nThere's lots of power outages, mostly due to tree branches falling on lines. I've lost about 8 or 9 large branches just in my yard alone",
">\n\nIt's a shame America doesn't have decent high speed railway network.",
">\n\nWith all the advanced weather forecasting technology available today (satellites, computer generated models, etc), airlines should be much better at proactively shutting down flights due to expected weather events. But that never seems to happen. \nI wonder if this is due, in part, to the fact that the airlines can blame these cancellations on an \"act of God\" and not get any heat from the public. Yet at the same time the airlines are pocketing all the money already paid by their customers. So the weather event turns into a short-term interest free loan of millions of dollars for the company. \nOf course many of those delayed passengers will be shifted to later flights where the ticket money will be eventually used. But some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money. \nThis poses the obvious question - are the airlines routinely using these severe weather events to fleece customers and pad their short term and long term profits ?",
">\n\n\nBut some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money.\n\nThey usually do announce a few days before the expected weather event that people can rebook to different flights for free, to encourage that. \nThere are lots of places in the country where even day of it's not clear how much, if any, snow accumulation there might be. DC has its famous \"snow hole\" that makes it incredibly difficult to predict how much snow we'll get when a storm is predicted. Literally they estimate .5 inches to 10 inches as predicted ranges, sometimes. \nAnd we don't know until after it starts where we'll land. \nSo cancelling flights out of DC, for example, just would inconvenience too many people for what often turns out to be nothing.",
">\n\nNice dusting today, tho. Just enough to be pretty, not enough to snarl traffic.",
">\n\nDid any infamous Texas politicians run away to Mexico again this year?",
">\n\nCanadian here. My drive to work is about 45km. Usually takes me about 30ish mins to get to work. Last week we had freezing rain, snow, and 70km/hr winds. I still was expected to show up for work. Took me just under 2 hours to get there going 30km/hr",
">\n\nThe difference is they don't clear or salt the roads at all so it just turns into a thick sheet of ice that doesn't go away until the temps rise. Also almost nobody has snow tires. It has happened for years but they never care to address it, people just live with the city shutting down for a few days.",
">\n\nThey do salt, you can’t clear ice also snow tires don’t help with ice. Even if those worked it makes no sense to purchase snow tires or create infrastructure for one week out of the year. Everyone just hunkers inside and eats some chili.",
">\n\nWe don’t salt in central or south Texas.",
">\n\nThey don’t actually use salt since it’s highly corrosive on roads, but they do “salt” and use a compound called MD-20 on major roadways during icy conditions.",
">\n\nI’ve never seen them use that down here and I’m not even sure we have the trucks for that. We would have to bring them down from north Texas.",
">\n\nMaybe we’re just getting mixed up on what we’re calling central Texas, because I’m saying Dallas/FW. I always think of north Texas as like Amarillo.",
">\n\nWe call that the panhandle. Central Texas is like Austin area. But once you get to San Antonio and below, it’s south Texas.",
">\n\nDid anyone get stuck with thousands of dollars of electric bills like last year?",
">\n\nOoh Ted Cruz better book a trip somewhere warm and sunny!",
">\n\nTexas ice storm has happened 3 years in a row. Shouldn’t they be better prepared?",
">\n\nIce storms happen every year in parts of the state. Especially in West and North areas. Difference is that they don't last long and it's over soon",
">\n\nI got stuck in DFW for 2 days because of like 1/4 in of ice. That whole fucking city shuts down when some ice hits the ground. Way less than what’s pictured here."
] |
>
Oh no. How is Ted Cruz going to make it to Mexico. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look.",
">\n\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\n\nRight, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant. \n\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\n\nBut that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point.",
">\n\nLines can be buried. Transformers can be upgraded. Outside looking in, doesn't look like much work is being done to retrofit and harden said system against such conditions. I'm one of the west coast heathens that everyone hates and it takes alot harder of a storm to knock us out.",
">\n\nIs this another one of those \"once in a lifetime\" storms?",
">\n\nThis one is nothing like the 2021 storm. I drove from Houston to Dallas today, and while it wasn’t pleasant, the road wasn’t a solid sheet of ice like it was in 2021. I haven’t experienced any power outages either.",
">\n\nThere's lots of power outages, mostly due to tree branches falling on lines. I've lost about 8 or 9 large branches just in my yard alone",
">\n\nIt's a shame America doesn't have decent high speed railway network.",
">\n\nWith all the advanced weather forecasting technology available today (satellites, computer generated models, etc), airlines should be much better at proactively shutting down flights due to expected weather events. But that never seems to happen. \nI wonder if this is due, in part, to the fact that the airlines can blame these cancellations on an \"act of God\" and not get any heat from the public. Yet at the same time the airlines are pocketing all the money already paid by their customers. So the weather event turns into a short-term interest free loan of millions of dollars for the company. \nOf course many of those delayed passengers will be shifted to later flights where the ticket money will be eventually used. But some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money. \nThis poses the obvious question - are the airlines routinely using these severe weather events to fleece customers and pad their short term and long term profits ?",
">\n\n\nBut some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money.\n\nThey usually do announce a few days before the expected weather event that people can rebook to different flights for free, to encourage that. \nThere are lots of places in the country where even day of it's not clear how much, if any, snow accumulation there might be. DC has its famous \"snow hole\" that makes it incredibly difficult to predict how much snow we'll get when a storm is predicted. Literally they estimate .5 inches to 10 inches as predicted ranges, sometimes. \nAnd we don't know until after it starts where we'll land. \nSo cancelling flights out of DC, for example, just would inconvenience too many people for what often turns out to be nothing.",
">\n\nNice dusting today, tho. Just enough to be pretty, not enough to snarl traffic.",
">\n\nDid any infamous Texas politicians run away to Mexico again this year?",
">\n\nCanadian here. My drive to work is about 45km. Usually takes me about 30ish mins to get to work. Last week we had freezing rain, snow, and 70km/hr winds. I still was expected to show up for work. Took me just under 2 hours to get there going 30km/hr",
">\n\nThe difference is they don't clear or salt the roads at all so it just turns into a thick sheet of ice that doesn't go away until the temps rise. Also almost nobody has snow tires. It has happened for years but they never care to address it, people just live with the city shutting down for a few days.",
">\n\nThey do salt, you can’t clear ice also snow tires don’t help with ice. Even if those worked it makes no sense to purchase snow tires or create infrastructure for one week out of the year. Everyone just hunkers inside and eats some chili.",
">\n\nWe don’t salt in central or south Texas.",
">\n\nThey don’t actually use salt since it’s highly corrosive on roads, but they do “salt” and use a compound called MD-20 on major roadways during icy conditions.",
">\n\nI’ve never seen them use that down here and I’m not even sure we have the trucks for that. We would have to bring them down from north Texas.",
">\n\nMaybe we’re just getting mixed up on what we’re calling central Texas, because I’m saying Dallas/FW. I always think of north Texas as like Amarillo.",
">\n\nWe call that the panhandle. Central Texas is like Austin area. But once you get to San Antonio and below, it’s south Texas.",
">\n\nDid anyone get stuck with thousands of dollars of electric bills like last year?",
">\n\nOoh Ted Cruz better book a trip somewhere warm and sunny!",
">\n\nTexas ice storm has happened 3 years in a row. Shouldn’t they be better prepared?",
">\n\nIce storms happen every year in parts of the state. Especially in West and North areas. Difference is that they don't last long and it's over soon",
">\n\nI got stuck in DFW for 2 days because of like 1/4 in of ice. That whole fucking city shuts down when some ice hits the ground. Way less than what’s pictured here.",
">\n\nIts because that 1/4\" of ice is sheet ice, smooth as glass, and we have overpasses at every freeway intersection.\nI don't care what you drive (tanks included), I don't care how good of a driver you are, when you are driving on sheet ice, you are not in control. Its easier to drive in a foot of snow over .5\" of sheet ice (aka black ice).\nIt may not *look* as bad as a blizzard up north, but the roads are WAY worse. Also, we don't have anything but dirt to throw on the roads to help. No salt, no plows, not enough days in the year for it to be worth it."
] |
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Texas Ice Storm sounds like the name of a snow cone chain. They offer really big snow cones. But only in one color, because they don’t want to support the gays and transes. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look.",
">\n\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\n\nRight, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant. \n\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\n\nBut that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point.",
">\n\nLines can be buried. Transformers can be upgraded. Outside looking in, doesn't look like much work is being done to retrofit and harden said system against such conditions. I'm one of the west coast heathens that everyone hates and it takes alot harder of a storm to knock us out.",
">\n\nIs this another one of those \"once in a lifetime\" storms?",
">\n\nThis one is nothing like the 2021 storm. I drove from Houston to Dallas today, and while it wasn’t pleasant, the road wasn’t a solid sheet of ice like it was in 2021. I haven’t experienced any power outages either.",
">\n\nThere's lots of power outages, mostly due to tree branches falling on lines. I've lost about 8 or 9 large branches just in my yard alone",
">\n\nIt's a shame America doesn't have decent high speed railway network.",
">\n\nWith all the advanced weather forecasting technology available today (satellites, computer generated models, etc), airlines should be much better at proactively shutting down flights due to expected weather events. But that never seems to happen. \nI wonder if this is due, in part, to the fact that the airlines can blame these cancellations on an \"act of God\" and not get any heat from the public. Yet at the same time the airlines are pocketing all the money already paid by their customers. So the weather event turns into a short-term interest free loan of millions of dollars for the company. \nOf course many of those delayed passengers will be shifted to later flights where the ticket money will be eventually used. But some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money. \nThis poses the obvious question - are the airlines routinely using these severe weather events to fleece customers and pad their short term and long term profits ?",
">\n\n\nBut some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money.\n\nThey usually do announce a few days before the expected weather event that people can rebook to different flights for free, to encourage that. \nThere are lots of places in the country where even day of it's not clear how much, if any, snow accumulation there might be. DC has its famous \"snow hole\" that makes it incredibly difficult to predict how much snow we'll get when a storm is predicted. Literally they estimate .5 inches to 10 inches as predicted ranges, sometimes. \nAnd we don't know until after it starts where we'll land. \nSo cancelling flights out of DC, for example, just would inconvenience too many people for what often turns out to be nothing.",
">\n\nNice dusting today, tho. Just enough to be pretty, not enough to snarl traffic.",
">\n\nDid any infamous Texas politicians run away to Mexico again this year?",
">\n\nCanadian here. My drive to work is about 45km. Usually takes me about 30ish mins to get to work. Last week we had freezing rain, snow, and 70km/hr winds. I still was expected to show up for work. Took me just under 2 hours to get there going 30km/hr",
">\n\nThe difference is they don't clear or salt the roads at all so it just turns into a thick sheet of ice that doesn't go away until the temps rise. Also almost nobody has snow tires. It has happened for years but they never care to address it, people just live with the city shutting down for a few days.",
">\n\nThey do salt, you can’t clear ice also snow tires don’t help with ice. Even if those worked it makes no sense to purchase snow tires or create infrastructure for one week out of the year. Everyone just hunkers inside and eats some chili.",
">\n\nWe don’t salt in central or south Texas.",
">\n\nThey don’t actually use salt since it’s highly corrosive on roads, but they do “salt” and use a compound called MD-20 on major roadways during icy conditions.",
">\n\nI’ve never seen them use that down here and I’m not even sure we have the trucks for that. We would have to bring them down from north Texas.",
">\n\nMaybe we’re just getting mixed up on what we’re calling central Texas, because I’m saying Dallas/FW. I always think of north Texas as like Amarillo.",
">\n\nWe call that the panhandle. Central Texas is like Austin area. But once you get to San Antonio and below, it’s south Texas.",
">\n\nDid anyone get stuck with thousands of dollars of electric bills like last year?",
">\n\nOoh Ted Cruz better book a trip somewhere warm and sunny!",
">\n\nTexas ice storm has happened 3 years in a row. Shouldn’t they be better prepared?",
">\n\nIce storms happen every year in parts of the state. Especially in West and North areas. Difference is that they don't last long and it's over soon",
">\n\nI got stuck in DFW for 2 days because of like 1/4 in of ice. That whole fucking city shuts down when some ice hits the ground. Way less than what’s pictured here.",
">\n\nIts because that 1/4\" of ice is sheet ice, smooth as glass, and we have overpasses at every freeway intersection.\nI don't care what you drive (tanks included), I don't care how good of a driver you are, when you are driving on sheet ice, you are not in control. Its easier to drive in a foot of snow over .5\" of sheet ice (aka black ice).\nIt may not *look* as bad as a blizzard up north, but the roads are WAY worse. Also, we don't have anything but dirt to throw on the roads to help. No salt, no plows, not enough days in the year for it to be worth it.",
">\n\nOh no. How is Ted Cruz going to make it to Mexico."
] |
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I remember moving to Houston on my own 2 years ago and having a snowstorm the second day. Still can't comprehend how the grid aint made for that | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look.",
">\n\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\n\nRight, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant. \n\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\n\nBut that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point.",
">\n\nLines can be buried. Transformers can be upgraded. Outside looking in, doesn't look like much work is being done to retrofit and harden said system against such conditions. I'm one of the west coast heathens that everyone hates and it takes alot harder of a storm to knock us out.",
">\n\nIs this another one of those \"once in a lifetime\" storms?",
">\n\nThis one is nothing like the 2021 storm. I drove from Houston to Dallas today, and while it wasn’t pleasant, the road wasn’t a solid sheet of ice like it was in 2021. I haven’t experienced any power outages either.",
">\n\nThere's lots of power outages, mostly due to tree branches falling on lines. I've lost about 8 or 9 large branches just in my yard alone",
">\n\nIt's a shame America doesn't have decent high speed railway network.",
">\n\nWith all the advanced weather forecasting technology available today (satellites, computer generated models, etc), airlines should be much better at proactively shutting down flights due to expected weather events. But that never seems to happen. \nI wonder if this is due, in part, to the fact that the airlines can blame these cancellations on an \"act of God\" and not get any heat from the public. Yet at the same time the airlines are pocketing all the money already paid by their customers. So the weather event turns into a short-term interest free loan of millions of dollars for the company. \nOf course many of those delayed passengers will be shifted to later flights where the ticket money will be eventually used. But some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money. \nThis poses the obvious question - are the airlines routinely using these severe weather events to fleece customers and pad their short term and long term profits ?",
">\n\n\nBut some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money.\n\nThey usually do announce a few days before the expected weather event that people can rebook to different flights for free, to encourage that. \nThere are lots of places in the country where even day of it's not clear how much, if any, snow accumulation there might be. DC has its famous \"snow hole\" that makes it incredibly difficult to predict how much snow we'll get when a storm is predicted. Literally they estimate .5 inches to 10 inches as predicted ranges, sometimes. \nAnd we don't know until after it starts where we'll land. \nSo cancelling flights out of DC, for example, just would inconvenience too many people for what often turns out to be nothing.",
">\n\nNice dusting today, tho. Just enough to be pretty, not enough to snarl traffic.",
">\n\nDid any infamous Texas politicians run away to Mexico again this year?",
">\n\nCanadian here. My drive to work is about 45km. Usually takes me about 30ish mins to get to work. Last week we had freezing rain, snow, and 70km/hr winds. I still was expected to show up for work. Took me just under 2 hours to get there going 30km/hr",
">\n\nThe difference is they don't clear or salt the roads at all so it just turns into a thick sheet of ice that doesn't go away until the temps rise. Also almost nobody has snow tires. It has happened for years but they never care to address it, people just live with the city shutting down for a few days.",
">\n\nThey do salt, you can’t clear ice also snow tires don’t help with ice. Even if those worked it makes no sense to purchase snow tires or create infrastructure for one week out of the year. Everyone just hunkers inside and eats some chili.",
">\n\nWe don’t salt in central or south Texas.",
">\n\nThey don’t actually use salt since it’s highly corrosive on roads, but they do “salt” and use a compound called MD-20 on major roadways during icy conditions.",
">\n\nI’ve never seen them use that down here and I’m not even sure we have the trucks for that. We would have to bring them down from north Texas.",
">\n\nMaybe we’re just getting mixed up on what we’re calling central Texas, because I’m saying Dallas/FW. I always think of north Texas as like Amarillo.",
">\n\nWe call that the panhandle. Central Texas is like Austin area. But once you get to San Antonio and below, it’s south Texas.",
">\n\nDid anyone get stuck with thousands of dollars of electric bills like last year?",
">\n\nOoh Ted Cruz better book a trip somewhere warm and sunny!",
">\n\nTexas ice storm has happened 3 years in a row. Shouldn’t they be better prepared?",
">\n\nIce storms happen every year in parts of the state. Especially in West and North areas. Difference is that they don't last long and it's over soon",
">\n\nI got stuck in DFW for 2 days because of like 1/4 in of ice. That whole fucking city shuts down when some ice hits the ground. Way less than what’s pictured here.",
">\n\nIts because that 1/4\" of ice is sheet ice, smooth as glass, and we have overpasses at every freeway intersection.\nI don't care what you drive (tanks included), I don't care how good of a driver you are, when you are driving on sheet ice, you are not in control. Its easier to drive in a foot of snow over .5\" of sheet ice (aka black ice).\nIt may not *look* as bad as a blizzard up north, but the roads are WAY worse. Also, we don't have anything but dirt to throw on the roads to help. No salt, no plows, not enough days in the year for it to be worth it.",
">\n\nOh no. How is Ted Cruz going to make it to Mexico.",
">\n\nTexas Ice Storm sounds like the name of a snow cone chain. They offer really big snow cones. But only in one color, because they don’t want to support the gays and transes."
] |
>
Oh so it’s about that time of year for Cruz and Abbott to go on vacation to the Caribbean | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look.",
">\n\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\n\nRight, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant. \n\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\n\nBut that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point.",
">\n\nLines can be buried. Transformers can be upgraded. Outside looking in, doesn't look like much work is being done to retrofit and harden said system against such conditions. I'm one of the west coast heathens that everyone hates and it takes alot harder of a storm to knock us out.",
">\n\nIs this another one of those \"once in a lifetime\" storms?",
">\n\nThis one is nothing like the 2021 storm. I drove from Houston to Dallas today, and while it wasn’t pleasant, the road wasn’t a solid sheet of ice like it was in 2021. I haven’t experienced any power outages either.",
">\n\nThere's lots of power outages, mostly due to tree branches falling on lines. I've lost about 8 or 9 large branches just in my yard alone",
">\n\nIt's a shame America doesn't have decent high speed railway network.",
">\n\nWith all the advanced weather forecasting technology available today (satellites, computer generated models, etc), airlines should be much better at proactively shutting down flights due to expected weather events. But that never seems to happen. \nI wonder if this is due, in part, to the fact that the airlines can blame these cancellations on an \"act of God\" and not get any heat from the public. Yet at the same time the airlines are pocketing all the money already paid by their customers. So the weather event turns into a short-term interest free loan of millions of dollars for the company. \nOf course many of those delayed passengers will be shifted to later flights where the ticket money will be eventually used. But some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money. \nThis poses the obvious question - are the airlines routinely using these severe weather events to fleece customers and pad their short term and long term profits ?",
">\n\n\nBut some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money.\n\nThey usually do announce a few days before the expected weather event that people can rebook to different flights for free, to encourage that. \nThere are lots of places in the country where even day of it's not clear how much, if any, snow accumulation there might be. DC has its famous \"snow hole\" that makes it incredibly difficult to predict how much snow we'll get when a storm is predicted. Literally they estimate .5 inches to 10 inches as predicted ranges, sometimes. \nAnd we don't know until after it starts where we'll land. \nSo cancelling flights out of DC, for example, just would inconvenience too many people for what often turns out to be nothing.",
">\n\nNice dusting today, tho. Just enough to be pretty, not enough to snarl traffic.",
">\n\nDid any infamous Texas politicians run away to Mexico again this year?",
">\n\nCanadian here. My drive to work is about 45km. Usually takes me about 30ish mins to get to work. Last week we had freezing rain, snow, and 70km/hr winds. I still was expected to show up for work. Took me just under 2 hours to get there going 30km/hr",
">\n\nThe difference is they don't clear or salt the roads at all so it just turns into a thick sheet of ice that doesn't go away until the temps rise. Also almost nobody has snow tires. It has happened for years but they never care to address it, people just live with the city shutting down for a few days.",
">\n\nThey do salt, you can’t clear ice also snow tires don’t help with ice. Even if those worked it makes no sense to purchase snow tires or create infrastructure for one week out of the year. Everyone just hunkers inside and eats some chili.",
">\n\nWe don’t salt in central or south Texas.",
">\n\nThey don’t actually use salt since it’s highly corrosive on roads, but they do “salt” and use a compound called MD-20 on major roadways during icy conditions.",
">\n\nI’ve never seen them use that down here and I’m not even sure we have the trucks for that. We would have to bring them down from north Texas.",
">\n\nMaybe we’re just getting mixed up on what we’re calling central Texas, because I’m saying Dallas/FW. I always think of north Texas as like Amarillo.",
">\n\nWe call that the panhandle. Central Texas is like Austin area. But once you get to San Antonio and below, it’s south Texas.",
">\n\nDid anyone get stuck with thousands of dollars of electric bills like last year?",
">\n\nOoh Ted Cruz better book a trip somewhere warm and sunny!",
">\n\nTexas ice storm has happened 3 years in a row. Shouldn’t they be better prepared?",
">\n\nIce storms happen every year in parts of the state. Especially in West and North areas. Difference is that they don't last long and it's over soon",
">\n\nI got stuck in DFW for 2 days because of like 1/4 in of ice. That whole fucking city shuts down when some ice hits the ground. Way less than what’s pictured here.",
">\n\nIts because that 1/4\" of ice is sheet ice, smooth as glass, and we have overpasses at every freeway intersection.\nI don't care what you drive (tanks included), I don't care how good of a driver you are, when you are driving on sheet ice, you are not in control. Its easier to drive in a foot of snow over .5\" of sheet ice (aka black ice).\nIt may not *look* as bad as a blizzard up north, but the roads are WAY worse. Also, we don't have anything but dirt to throw on the roads to help. No salt, no plows, not enough days in the year for it to be worth it.",
">\n\nOh no. How is Ted Cruz going to make it to Mexico.",
">\n\nTexas Ice Storm sounds like the name of a snow cone chain. They offer really big snow cones. But only in one color, because they don’t want to support the gays and transes.",
">\n\nI remember moving to Houston on my own 2 years ago and having a snowstorm the second day. Still can't comprehend how the grid aint made for that"
] |
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More importantly, is the power still on? Has Texas political leadership gone to Cancun? | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look.",
">\n\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\n\nRight, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant. \n\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\n\nBut that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point.",
">\n\nLines can be buried. Transformers can be upgraded. Outside looking in, doesn't look like much work is being done to retrofit and harden said system against such conditions. I'm one of the west coast heathens that everyone hates and it takes alot harder of a storm to knock us out.",
">\n\nIs this another one of those \"once in a lifetime\" storms?",
">\n\nThis one is nothing like the 2021 storm. I drove from Houston to Dallas today, and while it wasn’t pleasant, the road wasn’t a solid sheet of ice like it was in 2021. I haven’t experienced any power outages either.",
">\n\nThere's lots of power outages, mostly due to tree branches falling on lines. I've lost about 8 or 9 large branches just in my yard alone",
">\n\nIt's a shame America doesn't have decent high speed railway network.",
">\n\nWith all the advanced weather forecasting technology available today (satellites, computer generated models, etc), airlines should be much better at proactively shutting down flights due to expected weather events. But that never seems to happen. \nI wonder if this is due, in part, to the fact that the airlines can blame these cancellations on an \"act of God\" and not get any heat from the public. Yet at the same time the airlines are pocketing all the money already paid by their customers. So the weather event turns into a short-term interest free loan of millions of dollars for the company. \nOf course many of those delayed passengers will be shifted to later flights where the ticket money will be eventually used. But some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money. \nThis poses the obvious question - are the airlines routinely using these severe weather events to fleece customers and pad their short term and long term profits ?",
">\n\n\nBut some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money.\n\nThey usually do announce a few days before the expected weather event that people can rebook to different flights for free, to encourage that. \nThere are lots of places in the country where even day of it's not clear how much, if any, snow accumulation there might be. DC has its famous \"snow hole\" that makes it incredibly difficult to predict how much snow we'll get when a storm is predicted. Literally they estimate .5 inches to 10 inches as predicted ranges, sometimes. \nAnd we don't know until after it starts where we'll land. \nSo cancelling flights out of DC, for example, just would inconvenience too many people for what often turns out to be nothing.",
">\n\nNice dusting today, tho. Just enough to be pretty, not enough to snarl traffic.",
">\n\nDid any infamous Texas politicians run away to Mexico again this year?",
">\n\nCanadian here. My drive to work is about 45km. Usually takes me about 30ish mins to get to work. Last week we had freezing rain, snow, and 70km/hr winds. I still was expected to show up for work. Took me just under 2 hours to get there going 30km/hr",
">\n\nThe difference is they don't clear or salt the roads at all so it just turns into a thick sheet of ice that doesn't go away until the temps rise. Also almost nobody has snow tires. It has happened for years but they never care to address it, people just live with the city shutting down for a few days.",
">\n\nThey do salt, you can’t clear ice also snow tires don’t help with ice. Even if those worked it makes no sense to purchase snow tires or create infrastructure for one week out of the year. Everyone just hunkers inside and eats some chili.",
">\n\nWe don’t salt in central or south Texas.",
">\n\nThey don’t actually use salt since it’s highly corrosive on roads, but they do “salt” and use a compound called MD-20 on major roadways during icy conditions.",
">\n\nI’ve never seen them use that down here and I’m not even sure we have the trucks for that. We would have to bring them down from north Texas.",
">\n\nMaybe we’re just getting mixed up on what we’re calling central Texas, because I’m saying Dallas/FW. I always think of north Texas as like Amarillo.",
">\n\nWe call that the panhandle. Central Texas is like Austin area. But once you get to San Antonio and below, it’s south Texas.",
">\n\nDid anyone get stuck with thousands of dollars of electric bills like last year?",
">\n\nOoh Ted Cruz better book a trip somewhere warm and sunny!",
">\n\nTexas ice storm has happened 3 years in a row. Shouldn’t they be better prepared?",
">\n\nIce storms happen every year in parts of the state. Especially in West and North areas. Difference is that they don't last long and it's over soon",
">\n\nI got stuck in DFW for 2 days because of like 1/4 in of ice. That whole fucking city shuts down when some ice hits the ground. Way less than what’s pictured here.",
">\n\nIts because that 1/4\" of ice is sheet ice, smooth as glass, and we have overpasses at every freeway intersection.\nI don't care what you drive (tanks included), I don't care how good of a driver you are, when you are driving on sheet ice, you are not in control. Its easier to drive in a foot of snow over .5\" of sheet ice (aka black ice).\nIt may not *look* as bad as a blizzard up north, but the roads are WAY worse. Also, we don't have anything but dirt to throw on the roads to help. No salt, no plows, not enough days in the year for it to be worth it.",
">\n\nOh no. How is Ted Cruz going to make it to Mexico.",
">\n\nTexas Ice Storm sounds like the name of a snow cone chain. They offer really big snow cones. But only in one color, because they don’t want to support the gays and transes.",
">\n\nI remember moving to Houston on my own 2 years ago and having a snowstorm the second day. Still can't comprehend how the grid aint made for that",
">\n\nOh so it’s about that time of year for Cruz and Abbott to go on vacation to the Caribbean"
] |
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OMG! Was Ted able to get to Cancun before the airport was closed? I'm so worried. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look.",
">\n\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\n\nRight, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant. \n\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\n\nBut that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point.",
">\n\nLines can be buried. Transformers can be upgraded. Outside looking in, doesn't look like much work is being done to retrofit and harden said system against such conditions. I'm one of the west coast heathens that everyone hates and it takes alot harder of a storm to knock us out.",
">\n\nIs this another one of those \"once in a lifetime\" storms?",
">\n\nThis one is nothing like the 2021 storm. I drove from Houston to Dallas today, and while it wasn’t pleasant, the road wasn’t a solid sheet of ice like it was in 2021. I haven’t experienced any power outages either.",
">\n\nThere's lots of power outages, mostly due to tree branches falling on lines. I've lost about 8 or 9 large branches just in my yard alone",
">\n\nIt's a shame America doesn't have decent high speed railway network.",
">\n\nWith all the advanced weather forecasting technology available today (satellites, computer generated models, etc), airlines should be much better at proactively shutting down flights due to expected weather events. But that never seems to happen. \nI wonder if this is due, in part, to the fact that the airlines can blame these cancellations on an \"act of God\" and not get any heat from the public. Yet at the same time the airlines are pocketing all the money already paid by their customers. So the weather event turns into a short-term interest free loan of millions of dollars for the company. \nOf course many of those delayed passengers will be shifted to later flights where the ticket money will be eventually used. But some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money. \nThis poses the obvious question - are the airlines routinely using these severe weather events to fleece customers and pad their short term and long term profits ?",
">\n\n\nBut some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money.\n\nThey usually do announce a few days before the expected weather event that people can rebook to different flights for free, to encourage that. \nThere are lots of places in the country where even day of it's not clear how much, if any, snow accumulation there might be. DC has its famous \"snow hole\" that makes it incredibly difficult to predict how much snow we'll get when a storm is predicted. Literally they estimate .5 inches to 10 inches as predicted ranges, sometimes. \nAnd we don't know until after it starts where we'll land. \nSo cancelling flights out of DC, for example, just would inconvenience too many people for what often turns out to be nothing.",
">\n\nNice dusting today, tho. Just enough to be pretty, not enough to snarl traffic.",
">\n\nDid any infamous Texas politicians run away to Mexico again this year?",
">\n\nCanadian here. My drive to work is about 45km. Usually takes me about 30ish mins to get to work. Last week we had freezing rain, snow, and 70km/hr winds. I still was expected to show up for work. Took me just under 2 hours to get there going 30km/hr",
">\n\nThe difference is they don't clear or salt the roads at all so it just turns into a thick sheet of ice that doesn't go away until the temps rise. Also almost nobody has snow tires. It has happened for years but they never care to address it, people just live with the city shutting down for a few days.",
">\n\nThey do salt, you can’t clear ice also snow tires don’t help with ice. Even if those worked it makes no sense to purchase snow tires or create infrastructure for one week out of the year. Everyone just hunkers inside and eats some chili.",
">\n\nWe don’t salt in central or south Texas.",
">\n\nThey don’t actually use salt since it’s highly corrosive on roads, but they do “salt” and use a compound called MD-20 on major roadways during icy conditions.",
">\n\nI’ve never seen them use that down here and I’m not even sure we have the trucks for that. We would have to bring them down from north Texas.",
">\n\nMaybe we’re just getting mixed up on what we’re calling central Texas, because I’m saying Dallas/FW. I always think of north Texas as like Amarillo.",
">\n\nWe call that the panhandle. Central Texas is like Austin area. But once you get to San Antonio and below, it’s south Texas.",
">\n\nDid anyone get stuck with thousands of dollars of electric bills like last year?",
">\n\nOoh Ted Cruz better book a trip somewhere warm and sunny!",
">\n\nTexas ice storm has happened 3 years in a row. Shouldn’t they be better prepared?",
">\n\nIce storms happen every year in parts of the state. Especially in West and North areas. Difference is that they don't last long and it's over soon",
">\n\nI got stuck in DFW for 2 days because of like 1/4 in of ice. That whole fucking city shuts down when some ice hits the ground. Way less than what’s pictured here.",
">\n\nIts because that 1/4\" of ice is sheet ice, smooth as glass, and we have overpasses at every freeway intersection.\nI don't care what you drive (tanks included), I don't care how good of a driver you are, when you are driving on sheet ice, you are not in control. Its easier to drive in a foot of snow over .5\" of sheet ice (aka black ice).\nIt may not *look* as bad as a blizzard up north, but the roads are WAY worse. Also, we don't have anything but dirt to throw on the roads to help. No salt, no plows, not enough days in the year for it to be worth it.",
">\n\nOh no. How is Ted Cruz going to make it to Mexico.",
">\n\nTexas Ice Storm sounds like the name of a snow cone chain. They offer really big snow cones. But only in one color, because they don’t want to support the gays and transes.",
">\n\nI remember moving to Houston on my own 2 years ago and having a snowstorm the second day. Still can't comprehend how the grid aint made for that",
">\n\nOh so it’s about that time of year for Cruz and Abbott to go on vacation to the Caribbean",
">\n\nMore importantly, is the power still on? Has Texas political leadership gone to Cancun?"
] |
>
Who needs regulations? You fucking go #texas | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look.",
">\n\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\n\nRight, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant. \n\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\n\nBut that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point.",
">\n\nLines can be buried. Transformers can be upgraded. Outside looking in, doesn't look like much work is being done to retrofit and harden said system against such conditions. I'm one of the west coast heathens that everyone hates and it takes alot harder of a storm to knock us out.",
">\n\nIs this another one of those \"once in a lifetime\" storms?",
">\n\nThis one is nothing like the 2021 storm. I drove from Houston to Dallas today, and while it wasn’t pleasant, the road wasn’t a solid sheet of ice like it was in 2021. I haven’t experienced any power outages either.",
">\n\nThere's lots of power outages, mostly due to tree branches falling on lines. I've lost about 8 or 9 large branches just in my yard alone",
">\n\nIt's a shame America doesn't have decent high speed railway network.",
">\n\nWith all the advanced weather forecasting technology available today (satellites, computer generated models, etc), airlines should be much better at proactively shutting down flights due to expected weather events. But that never seems to happen. \nI wonder if this is due, in part, to the fact that the airlines can blame these cancellations on an \"act of God\" and not get any heat from the public. Yet at the same time the airlines are pocketing all the money already paid by their customers. So the weather event turns into a short-term interest free loan of millions of dollars for the company. \nOf course many of those delayed passengers will be shifted to later flights where the ticket money will be eventually used. But some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money. \nThis poses the obvious question - are the airlines routinely using these severe weather events to fleece customers and pad their short term and long term profits ?",
">\n\n\nBut some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money.\n\nThey usually do announce a few days before the expected weather event that people can rebook to different flights for free, to encourage that. \nThere are lots of places in the country where even day of it's not clear how much, if any, snow accumulation there might be. DC has its famous \"snow hole\" that makes it incredibly difficult to predict how much snow we'll get when a storm is predicted. Literally they estimate .5 inches to 10 inches as predicted ranges, sometimes. \nAnd we don't know until after it starts where we'll land. \nSo cancelling flights out of DC, for example, just would inconvenience too many people for what often turns out to be nothing.",
">\n\nNice dusting today, tho. Just enough to be pretty, not enough to snarl traffic.",
">\n\nDid any infamous Texas politicians run away to Mexico again this year?",
">\n\nCanadian here. My drive to work is about 45km. Usually takes me about 30ish mins to get to work. Last week we had freezing rain, snow, and 70km/hr winds. I still was expected to show up for work. Took me just under 2 hours to get there going 30km/hr",
">\n\nThe difference is they don't clear or salt the roads at all so it just turns into a thick sheet of ice that doesn't go away until the temps rise. Also almost nobody has snow tires. It has happened for years but they never care to address it, people just live with the city shutting down for a few days.",
">\n\nThey do salt, you can’t clear ice also snow tires don’t help with ice. Even if those worked it makes no sense to purchase snow tires or create infrastructure for one week out of the year. Everyone just hunkers inside and eats some chili.",
">\n\nWe don’t salt in central or south Texas.",
">\n\nThey don’t actually use salt since it’s highly corrosive on roads, but they do “salt” and use a compound called MD-20 on major roadways during icy conditions.",
">\n\nI’ve never seen them use that down here and I’m not even sure we have the trucks for that. We would have to bring them down from north Texas.",
">\n\nMaybe we’re just getting mixed up on what we’re calling central Texas, because I’m saying Dallas/FW. I always think of north Texas as like Amarillo.",
">\n\nWe call that the panhandle. Central Texas is like Austin area. But once you get to San Antonio and below, it’s south Texas.",
">\n\nDid anyone get stuck with thousands of dollars of electric bills like last year?",
">\n\nOoh Ted Cruz better book a trip somewhere warm and sunny!",
">\n\nTexas ice storm has happened 3 years in a row. Shouldn’t they be better prepared?",
">\n\nIce storms happen every year in parts of the state. Especially in West and North areas. Difference is that they don't last long and it's over soon",
">\n\nI got stuck in DFW for 2 days because of like 1/4 in of ice. That whole fucking city shuts down when some ice hits the ground. Way less than what’s pictured here.",
">\n\nIts because that 1/4\" of ice is sheet ice, smooth as glass, and we have overpasses at every freeway intersection.\nI don't care what you drive (tanks included), I don't care how good of a driver you are, when you are driving on sheet ice, you are not in control. Its easier to drive in a foot of snow over .5\" of sheet ice (aka black ice).\nIt may not *look* as bad as a blizzard up north, but the roads are WAY worse. Also, we don't have anything but dirt to throw on the roads to help. No salt, no plows, not enough days in the year for it to be worth it.",
">\n\nOh no. How is Ted Cruz going to make it to Mexico.",
">\n\nTexas Ice Storm sounds like the name of a snow cone chain. They offer really big snow cones. But only in one color, because they don’t want to support the gays and transes.",
">\n\nI remember moving to Houston on my own 2 years ago and having a snowstorm the second day. Still can't comprehend how the grid aint made for that",
">\n\nOh so it’s about that time of year for Cruz and Abbott to go on vacation to the Caribbean",
">\n\nMore importantly, is the power still on? Has Texas political leadership gone to Cancun?",
">\n\nOMG! Was Ted able to get to Cancun before the airport was closed? I'm so worried."
] |
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An ice storm would cripple any northern airport such as O'Hare. I'm not a Texas cheerleader by any means, but this doesn't have anything to do with politics. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look.",
">\n\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\n\nRight, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant. \n\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\n\nBut that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point.",
">\n\nLines can be buried. Transformers can be upgraded. Outside looking in, doesn't look like much work is being done to retrofit and harden said system against such conditions. I'm one of the west coast heathens that everyone hates and it takes alot harder of a storm to knock us out.",
">\n\nIs this another one of those \"once in a lifetime\" storms?",
">\n\nThis one is nothing like the 2021 storm. I drove from Houston to Dallas today, and while it wasn’t pleasant, the road wasn’t a solid sheet of ice like it was in 2021. I haven’t experienced any power outages either.",
">\n\nThere's lots of power outages, mostly due to tree branches falling on lines. I've lost about 8 or 9 large branches just in my yard alone",
">\n\nIt's a shame America doesn't have decent high speed railway network.",
">\n\nWith all the advanced weather forecasting technology available today (satellites, computer generated models, etc), airlines should be much better at proactively shutting down flights due to expected weather events. But that never seems to happen. \nI wonder if this is due, in part, to the fact that the airlines can blame these cancellations on an \"act of God\" and not get any heat from the public. Yet at the same time the airlines are pocketing all the money already paid by their customers. So the weather event turns into a short-term interest free loan of millions of dollars for the company. \nOf course many of those delayed passengers will be shifted to later flights where the ticket money will be eventually used. But some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money. \nThis poses the obvious question - are the airlines routinely using these severe weather events to fleece customers and pad their short term and long term profits ?",
">\n\n\nBut some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money.\n\nThey usually do announce a few days before the expected weather event that people can rebook to different flights for free, to encourage that. \nThere are lots of places in the country where even day of it's not clear how much, if any, snow accumulation there might be. DC has its famous \"snow hole\" that makes it incredibly difficult to predict how much snow we'll get when a storm is predicted. Literally they estimate .5 inches to 10 inches as predicted ranges, sometimes. \nAnd we don't know until after it starts where we'll land. \nSo cancelling flights out of DC, for example, just would inconvenience too many people for what often turns out to be nothing.",
">\n\nNice dusting today, tho. Just enough to be pretty, not enough to snarl traffic.",
">\n\nDid any infamous Texas politicians run away to Mexico again this year?",
">\n\nCanadian here. My drive to work is about 45km. Usually takes me about 30ish mins to get to work. Last week we had freezing rain, snow, and 70km/hr winds. I still was expected to show up for work. Took me just under 2 hours to get there going 30km/hr",
">\n\nThe difference is they don't clear or salt the roads at all so it just turns into a thick sheet of ice that doesn't go away until the temps rise. Also almost nobody has snow tires. It has happened for years but they never care to address it, people just live with the city shutting down for a few days.",
">\n\nThey do salt, you can’t clear ice also snow tires don’t help with ice. Even if those worked it makes no sense to purchase snow tires or create infrastructure for one week out of the year. Everyone just hunkers inside and eats some chili.",
">\n\nWe don’t salt in central or south Texas.",
">\n\nThey don’t actually use salt since it’s highly corrosive on roads, but they do “salt” and use a compound called MD-20 on major roadways during icy conditions.",
">\n\nI’ve never seen them use that down here and I’m not even sure we have the trucks for that. We would have to bring them down from north Texas.",
">\n\nMaybe we’re just getting mixed up on what we’re calling central Texas, because I’m saying Dallas/FW. I always think of north Texas as like Amarillo.",
">\n\nWe call that the panhandle. Central Texas is like Austin area. But once you get to San Antonio and below, it’s south Texas.",
">\n\nDid anyone get stuck with thousands of dollars of electric bills like last year?",
">\n\nOoh Ted Cruz better book a trip somewhere warm and sunny!",
">\n\nTexas ice storm has happened 3 years in a row. Shouldn’t they be better prepared?",
">\n\nIce storms happen every year in parts of the state. Especially in West and North areas. Difference is that they don't last long and it's over soon",
">\n\nI got stuck in DFW for 2 days because of like 1/4 in of ice. That whole fucking city shuts down when some ice hits the ground. Way less than what’s pictured here.",
">\n\nIts because that 1/4\" of ice is sheet ice, smooth as glass, and we have overpasses at every freeway intersection.\nI don't care what you drive (tanks included), I don't care how good of a driver you are, when you are driving on sheet ice, you are not in control. Its easier to drive in a foot of snow over .5\" of sheet ice (aka black ice).\nIt may not *look* as bad as a blizzard up north, but the roads are WAY worse. Also, we don't have anything but dirt to throw on the roads to help. No salt, no plows, not enough days in the year for it to be worth it.",
">\n\nOh no. How is Ted Cruz going to make it to Mexico.",
">\n\nTexas Ice Storm sounds like the name of a snow cone chain. They offer really big snow cones. But only in one color, because they don’t want to support the gays and transes.",
">\n\nI remember moving to Houston on my own 2 years ago and having a snowstorm the second day. Still can't comprehend how the grid aint made for that",
">\n\nOh so it’s about that time of year for Cruz and Abbott to go on vacation to the Caribbean",
">\n\nMore importantly, is the power still on? Has Texas political leadership gone to Cancun?",
">\n\nOMG! Was Ted able to get to Cancun before the airport was closed? I'm so worried.",
">\n\nWho needs regulations? You fucking go #texas"
] |
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I have a flight to Dallas on Friday. This is going to be interesting. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look.",
">\n\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\n\nRight, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant. \n\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\n\nBut that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point.",
">\n\nLines can be buried. Transformers can be upgraded. Outside looking in, doesn't look like much work is being done to retrofit and harden said system against such conditions. I'm one of the west coast heathens that everyone hates and it takes alot harder of a storm to knock us out.",
">\n\nIs this another one of those \"once in a lifetime\" storms?",
">\n\nThis one is nothing like the 2021 storm. I drove from Houston to Dallas today, and while it wasn’t pleasant, the road wasn’t a solid sheet of ice like it was in 2021. I haven’t experienced any power outages either.",
">\n\nThere's lots of power outages, mostly due to tree branches falling on lines. I've lost about 8 or 9 large branches just in my yard alone",
">\n\nIt's a shame America doesn't have decent high speed railway network.",
">\n\nWith all the advanced weather forecasting technology available today (satellites, computer generated models, etc), airlines should be much better at proactively shutting down flights due to expected weather events. But that never seems to happen. \nI wonder if this is due, in part, to the fact that the airlines can blame these cancellations on an \"act of God\" and not get any heat from the public. Yet at the same time the airlines are pocketing all the money already paid by their customers. So the weather event turns into a short-term interest free loan of millions of dollars for the company. \nOf course many of those delayed passengers will be shifted to later flights where the ticket money will be eventually used. But some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money. \nThis poses the obvious question - are the airlines routinely using these severe weather events to fleece customers and pad their short term and long term profits ?",
">\n\n\nBut some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money.\n\nThey usually do announce a few days before the expected weather event that people can rebook to different flights for free, to encourage that. \nThere are lots of places in the country where even day of it's not clear how much, if any, snow accumulation there might be. DC has its famous \"snow hole\" that makes it incredibly difficult to predict how much snow we'll get when a storm is predicted. Literally they estimate .5 inches to 10 inches as predicted ranges, sometimes. \nAnd we don't know until after it starts where we'll land. \nSo cancelling flights out of DC, for example, just would inconvenience too many people for what often turns out to be nothing.",
">\n\nNice dusting today, tho. Just enough to be pretty, not enough to snarl traffic.",
">\n\nDid any infamous Texas politicians run away to Mexico again this year?",
">\n\nCanadian here. My drive to work is about 45km. Usually takes me about 30ish mins to get to work. Last week we had freezing rain, snow, and 70km/hr winds. I still was expected to show up for work. Took me just under 2 hours to get there going 30km/hr",
">\n\nThe difference is they don't clear or salt the roads at all so it just turns into a thick sheet of ice that doesn't go away until the temps rise. Also almost nobody has snow tires. It has happened for years but they never care to address it, people just live with the city shutting down for a few days.",
">\n\nThey do salt, you can’t clear ice also snow tires don’t help with ice. Even if those worked it makes no sense to purchase snow tires or create infrastructure for one week out of the year. Everyone just hunkers inside and eats some chili.",
">\n\nWe don’t salt in central or south Texas.",
">\n\nThey don’t actually use salt since it’s highly corrosive on roads, but they do “salt” and use a compound called MD-20 on major roadways during icy conditions.",
">\n\nI’ve never seen them use that down here and I’m not even sure we have the trucks for that. We would have to bring them down from north Texas.",
">\n\nMaybe we’re just getting mixed up on what we’re calling central Texas, because I’m saying Dallas/FW. I always think of north Texas as like Amarillo.",
">\n\nWe call that the panhandle. Central Texas is like Austin area. But once you get to San Antonio and below, it’s south Texas.",
">\n\nDid anyone get stuck with thousands of dollars of electric bills like last year?",
">\n\nOoh Ted Cruz better book a trip somewhere warm and sunny!",
">\n\nTexas ice storm has happened 3 years in a row. Shouldn’t they be better prepared?",
">\n\nIce storms happen every year in parts of the state. Especially in West and North areas. Difference is that they don't last long and it's over soon",
">\n\nI got stuck in DFW for 2 days because of like 1/4 in of ice. That whole fucking city shuts down when some ice hits the ground. Way less than what’s pictured here.",
">\n\nIts because that 1/4\" of ice is sheet ice, smooth as glass, and we have overpasses at every freeway intersection.\nI don't care what you drive (tanks included), I don't care how good of a driver you are, when you are driving on sheet ice, you are not in control. Its easier to drive in a foot of snow over .5\" of sheet ice (aka black ice).\nIt may not *look* as bad as a blizzard up north, but the roads are WAY worse. Also, we don't have anything but dirt to throw on the roads to help. No salt, no plows, not enough days in the year for it to be worth it.",
">\n\nOh no. How is Ted Cruz going to make it to Mexico.",
">\n\nTexas Ice Storm sounds like the name of a snow cone chain. They offer really big snow cones. But only in one color, because they don’t want to support the gays and transes.",
">\n\nI remember moving to Houston on my own 2 years ago and having a snowstorm the second day. Still can't comprehend how the grid aint made for that",
">\n\nOh so it’s about that time of year for Cruz and Abbott to go on vacation to the Caribbean",
">\n\nMore importantly, is the power still on? Has Texas political leadership gone to Cancun?",
">\n\nOMG! Was Ted able to get to Cancun before the airport was closed? I'm so worried.",
">\n\nWho needs regulations? You fucking go #texas",
">\n\nAn ice storm would cripple any northern airport such as O'Hare. I'm not a Texas cheerleader by any means, but this doesn't have anything to do with politics."
] |
>
Friday should be fine, the melt starts tomorrow. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look.",
">\n\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\n\nRight, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant. \n\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\n\nBut that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point.",
">\n\nLines can be buried. Transformers can be upgraded. Outside looking in, doesn't look like much work is being done to retrofit and harden said system against such conditions. I'm one of the west coast heathens that everyone hates and it takes alot harder of a storm to knock us out.",
">\n\nIs this another one of those \"once in a lifetime\" storms?",
">\n\nThis one is nothing like the 2021 storm. I drove from Houston to Dallas today, and while it wasn’t pleasant, the road wasn’t a solid sheet of ice like it was in 2021. I haven’t experienced any power outages either.",
">\n\nThere's lots of power outages, mostly due to tree branches falling on lines. I've lost about 8 or 9 large branches just in my yard alone",
">\n\nIt's a shame America doesn't have decent high speed railway network.",
">\n\nWith all the advanced weather forecasting technology available today (satellites, computer generated models, etc), airlines should be much better at proactively shutting down flights due to expected weather events. But that never seems to happen. \nI wonder if this is due, in part, to the fact that the airlines can blame these cancellations on an \"act of God\" and not get any heat from the public. Yet at the same time the airlines are pocketing all the money already paid by their customers. So the weather event turns into a short-term interest free loan of millions of dollars for the company. \nOf course many of those delayed passengers will be shifted to later flights where the ticket money will be eventually used. But some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money. \nThis poses the obvious question - are the airlines routinely using these severe weather events to fleece customers and pad their short term and long term profits ?",
">\n\n\nBut some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money.\n\nThey usually do announce a few days before the expected weather event that people can rebook to different flights for free, to encourage that. \nThere are lots of places in the country where even day of it's not clear how much, if any, snow accumulation there might be. DC has its famous \"snow hole\" that makes it incredibly difficult to predict how much snow we'll get when a storm is predicted. Literally they estimate .5 inches to 10 inches as predicted ranges, sometimes. \nAnd we don't know until after it starts where we'll land. \nSo cancelling flights out of DC, for example, just would inconvenience too many people for what often turns out to be nothing.",
">\n\nNice dusting today, tho. Just enough to be pretty, not enough to snarl traffic.",
">\n\nDid any infamous Texas politicians run away to Mexico again this year?",
">\n\nCanadian here. My drive to work is about 45km. Usually takes me about 30ish mins to get to work. Last week we had freezing rain, snow, and 70km/hr winds. I still was expected to show up for work. Took me just under 2 hours to get there going 30km/hr",
">\n\nThe difference is they don't clear or salt the roads at all so it just turns into a thick sheet of ice that doesn't go away until the temps rise. Also almost nobody has snow tires. It has happened for years but they never care to address it, people just live with the city shutting down for a few days.",
">\n\nThey do salt, you can’t clear ice also snow tires don’t help with ice. Even if those worked it makes no sense to purchase snow tires or create infrastructure for one week out of the year. Everyone just hunkers inside and eats some chili.",
">\n\nWe don’t salt in central or south Texas.",
">\n\nThey don’t actually use salt since it’s highly corrosive on roads, but they do “salt” and use a compound called MD-20 on major roadways during icy conditions.",
">\n\nI’ve never seen them use that down here and I’m not even sure we have the trucks for that. We would have to bring them down from north Texas.",
">\n\nMaybe we’re just getting mixed up on what we’re calling central Texas, because I’m saying Dallas/FW. I always think of north Texas as like Amarillo.",
">\n\nWe call that the panhandle. Central Texas is like Austin area. But once you get to San Antonio and below, it’s south Texas.",
">\n\nDid anyone get stuck with thousands of dollars of electric bills like last year?",
">\n\nOoh Ted Cruz better book a trip somewhere warm and sunny!",
">\n\nTexas ice storm has happened 3 years in a row. Shouldn’t they be better prepared?",
">\n\nIce storms happen every year in parts of the state. Especially in West and North areas. Difference is that they don't last long and it's over soon",
">\n\nI got stuck in DFW for 2 days because of like 1/4 in of ice. That whole fucking city shuts down when some ice hits the ground. Way less than what’s pictured here.",
">\n\nIts because that 1/4\" of ice is sheet ice, smooth as glass, and we have overpasses at every freeway intersection.\nI don't care what you drive (tanks included), I don't care how good of a driver you are, when you are driving on sheet ice, you are not in control. Its easier to drive in a foot of snow over .5\" of sheet ice (aka black ice).\nIt may not *look* as bad as a blizzard up north, but the roads are WAY worse. Also, we don't have anything but dirt to throw on the roads to help. No salt, no plows, not enough days in the year for it to be worth it.",
">\n\nOh no. How is Ted Cruz going to make it to Mexico.",
">\n\nTexas Ice Storm sounds like the name of a snow cone chain. They offer really big snow cones. But only in one color, because they don’t want to support the gays and transes.",
">\n\nI remember moving to Houston on my own 2 years ago and having a snowstorm the second day. Still can't comprehend how the grid aint made for that",
">\n\nOh so it’s about that time of year for Cruz and Abbott to go on vacation to the Caribbean",
">\n\nMore importantly, is the power still on? Has Texas political leadership gone to Cancun?",
">\n\nOMG! Was Ted able to get to Cancun before the airport was closed? I'm so worried.",
">\n\nWho needs regulations? You fucking go #texas",
">\n\nAn ice storm would cripple any northern airport such as O'Hare. I'm not a Texas cheerleader by any means, but this doesn't have anything to do with politics.",
">\n\nI have a flight to Dallas on Friday. This is going to be interesting."
] |
>
We have a vacation in a little over a week and I'm so anxious about the flights. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look.",
">\n\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\n\nRight, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant. \n\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\n\nBut that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point.",
">\n\nLines can be buried. Transformers can be upgraded. Outside looking in, doesn't look like much work is being done to retrofit and harden said system against such conditions. I'm one of the west coast heathens that everyone hates and it takes alot harder of a storm to knock us out.",
">\n\nIs this another one of those \"once in a lifetime\" storms?",
">\n\nThis one is nothing like the 2021 storm. I drove from Houston to Dallas today, and while it wasn’t pleasant, the road wasn’t a solid sheet of ice like it was in 2021. I haven’t experienced any power outages either.",
">\n\nThere's lots of power outages, mostly due to tree branches falling on lines. I've lost about 8 or 9 large branches just in my yard alone",
">\n\nIt's a shame America doesn't have decent high speed railway network.",
">\n\nWith all the advanced weather forecasting technology available today (satellites, computer generated models, etc), airlines should be much better at proactively shutting down flights due to expected weather events. But that never seems to happen. \nI wonder if this is due, in part, to the fact that the airlines can blame these cancellations on an \"act of God\" and not get any heat from the public. Yet at the same time the airlines are pocketing all the money already paid by their customers. So the weather event turns into a short-term interest free loan of millions of dollars for the company. \nOf course many of those delayed passengers will be shifted to later flights where the ticket money will be eventually used. But some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money. \nThis poses the obvious question - are the airlines routinely using these severe weather events to fleece customers and pad their short term and long term profits ?",
">\n\n\nBut some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money.\n\nThey usually do announce a few days before the expected weather event that people can rebook to different flights for free, to encourage that. \nThere are lots of places in the country where even day of it's not clear how much, if any, snow accumulation there might be. DC has its famous \"snow hole\" that makes it incredibly difficult to predict how much snow we'll get when a storm is predicted. Literally they estimate .5 inches to 10 inches as predicted ranges, sometimes. \nAnd we don't know until after it starts where we'll land. \nSo cancelling flights out of DC, for example, just would inconvenience too many people for what often turns out to be nothing.",
">\n\nNice dusting today, tho. Just enough to be pretty, not enough to snarl traffic.",
">\n\nDid any infamous Texas politicians run away to Mexico again this year?",
">\n\nCanadian here. My drive to work is about 45km. Usually takes me about 30ish mins to get to work. Last week we had freezing rain, snow, and 70km/hr winds. I still was expected to show up for work. Took me just under 2 hours to get there going 30km/hr",
">\n\nThe difference is they don't clear or salt the roads at all so it just turns into a thick sheet of ice that doesn't go away until the temps rise. Also almost nobody has snow tires. It has happened for years but they never care to address it, people just live with the city shutting down for a few days.",
">\n\nThey do salt, you can’t clear ice also snow tires don’t help with ice. Even if those worked it makes no sense to purchase snow tires or create infrastructure for one week out of the year. Everyone just hunkers inside and eats some chili.",
">\n\nWe don’t salt in central or south Texas.",
">\n\nThey don’t actually use salt since it’s highly corrosive on roads, but they do “salt” and use a compound called MD-20 on major roadways during icy conditions.",
">\n\nI’ve never seen them use that down here and I’m not even sure we have the trucks for that. We would have to bring them down from north Texas.",
">\n\nMaybe we’re just getting mixed up on what we’re calling central Texas, because I’m saying Dallas/FW. I always think of north Texas as like Amarillo.",
">\n\nWe call that the panhandle. Central Texas is like Austin area. But once you get to San Antonio and below, it’s south Texas.",
">\n\nDid anyone get stuck with thousands of dollars of electric bills like last year?",
">\n\nOoh Ted Cruz better book a trip somewhere warm and sunny!",
">\n\nTexas ice storm has happened 3 years in a row. Shouldn’t they be better prepared?",
">\n\nIce storms happen every year in parts of the state. Especially in West and North areas. Difference is that they don't last long and it's over soon",
">\n\nI got stuck in DFW for 2 days because of like 1/4 in of ice. That whole fucking city shuts down when some ice hits the ground. Way less than what’s pictured here.",
">\n\nIts because that 1/4\" of ice is sheet ice, smooth as glass, and we have overpasses at every freeway intersection.\nI don't care what you drive (tanks included), I don't care how good of a driver you are, when you are driving on sheet ice, you are not in control. Its easier to drive in a foot of snow over .5\" of sheet ice (aka black ice).\nIt may not *look* as bad as a blizzard up north, but the roads are WAY worse. Also, we don't have anything but dirt to throw on the roads to help. No salt, no plows, not enough days in the year for it to be worth it.",
">\n\nOh no. How is Ted Cruz going to make it to Mexico.",
">\n\nTexas Ice Storm sounds like the name of a snow cone chain. They offer really big snow cones. But only in one color, because they don’t want to support the gays and transes.",
">\n\nI remember moving to Houston on my own 2 years ago and having a snowstorm the second day. Still can't comprehend how the grid aint made for that",
">\n\nOh so it’s about that time of year for Cruz and Abbott to go on vacation to the Caribbean",
">\n\nMore importantly, is the power still on? Has Texas political leadership gone to Cancun?",
">\n\nOMG! Was Ted able to get to Cancun before the airport was closed? I'm so worried.",
">\n\nWho needs regulations? You fucking go #texas",
">\n\nAn ice storm would cripple any northern airport such as O'Hare. I'm not a Texas cheerleader by any means, but this doesn't have anything to do with politics.",
">\n\nI have a flight to Dallas on Friday. This is going to be interesting.",
">\n\nFriday should be fine, the melt starts tomorrow."
] |
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Lmao you know ice melts right? | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look.",
">\n\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\n\nRight, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant. \n\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\n\nBut that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point.",
">\n\nLines can be buried. Transformers can be upgraded. Outside looking in, doesn't look like much work is being done to retrofit and harden said system against such conditions. I'm one of the west coast heathens that everyone hates and it takes alot harder of a storm to knock us out.",
">\n\nIs this another one of those \"once in a lifetime\" storms?",
">\n\nThis one is nothing like the 2021 storm. I drove from Houston to Dallas today, and while it wasn’t pleasant, the road wasn’t a solid sheet of ice like it was in 2021. I haven’t experienced any power outages either.",
">\n\nThere's lots of power outages, mostly due to tree branches falling on lines. I've lost about 8 or 9 large branches just in my yard alone",
">\n\nIt's a shame America doesn't have decent high speed railway network.",
">\n\nWith all the advanced weather forecasting technology available today (satellites, computer generated models, etc), airlines should be much better at proactively shutting down flights due to expected weather events. But that never seems to happen. \nI wonder if this is due, in part, to the fact that the airlines can blame these cancellations on an \"act of God\" and not get any heat from the public. Yet at the same time the airlines are pocketing all the money already paid by their customers. So the weather event turns into a short-term interest free loan of millions of dollars for the company. \nOf course many of those delayed passengers will be shifted to later flights where the ticket money will be eventually used. But some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money. \nThis poses the obvious question - are the airlines routinely using these severe weather events to fleece customers and pad their short term and long term profits ?",
">\n\n\nBut some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money.\n\nThey usually do announce a few days before the expected weather event that people can rebook to different flights for free, to encourage that. \nThere are lots of places in the country where even day of it's not clear how much, if any, snow accumulation there might be. DC has its famous \"snow hole\" that makes it incredibly difficult to predict how much snow we'll get when a storm is predicted. Literally they estimate .5 inches to 10 inches as predicted ranges, sometimes. \nAnd we don't know until after it starts where we'll land. \nSo cancelling flights out of DC, for example, just would inconvenience too many people for what often turns out to be nothing.",
">\n\nNice dusting today, tho. Just enough to be pretty, not enough to snarl traffic.",
">\n\nDid any infamous Texas politicians run away to Mexico again this year?",
">\n\nCanadian here. My drive to work is about 45km. Usually takes me about 30ish mins to get to work. Last week we had freezing rain, snow, and 70km/hr winds. I still was expected to show up for work. Took me just under 2 hours to get there going 30km/hr",
">\n\nThe difference is they don't clear or salt the roads at all so it just turns into a thick sheet of ice that doesn't go away until the temps rise. Also almost nobody has snow tires. It has happened for years but they never care to address it, people just live with the city shutting down for a few days.",
">\n\nThey do salt, you can’t clear ice also snow tires don’t help with ice. Even if those worked it makes no sense to purchase snow tires or create infrastructure for one week out of the year. Everyone just hunkers inside and eats some chili.",
">\n\nWe don’t salt in central or south Texas.",
">\n\nThey don’t actually use salt since it’s highly corrosive on roads, but they do “salt” and use a compound called MD-20 on major roadways during icy conditions.",
">\n\nI’ve never seen them use that down here and I’m not even sure we have the trucks for that. We would have to bring them down from north Texas.",
">\n\nMaybe we’re just getting mixed up on what we’re calling central Texas, because I’m saying Dallas/FW. I always think of north Texas as like Amarillo.",
">\n\nWe call that the panhandle. Central Texas is like Austin area. But once you get to San Antonio and below, it’s south Texas.",
">\n\nDid anyone get stuck with thousands of dollars of electric bills like last year?",
">\n\nOoh Ted Cruz better book a trip somewhere warm and sunny!",
">\n\nTexas ice storm has happened 3 years in a row. Shouldn’t they be better prepared?",
">\n\nIce storms happen every year in parts of the state. Especially in West and North areas. Difference is that they don't last long and it's over soon",
">\n\nI got stuck in DFW for 2 days because of like 1/4 in of ice. That whole fucking city shuts down when some ice hits the ground. Way less than what’s pictured here.",
">\n\nIts because that 1/4\" of ice is sheet ice, smooth as glass, and we have overpasses at every freeway intersection.\nI don't care what you drive (tanks included), I don't care how good of a driver you are, when you are driving on sheet ice, you are not in control. Its easier to drive in a foot of snow over .5\" of sheet ice (aka black ice).\nIt may not *look* as bad as a blizzard up north, but the roads are WAY worse. Also, we don't have anything but dirt to throw on the roads to help. No salt, no plows, not enough days in the year for it to be worth it.",
">\n\nOh no. How is Ted Cruz going to make it to Mexico.",
">\n\nTexas Ice Storm sounds like the name of a snow cone chain. They offer really big snow cones. But only in one color, because they don’t want to support the gays and transes.",
">\n\nI remember moving to Houston on my own 2 years ago and having a snowstorm the second day. Still can't comprehend how the grid aint made for that",
">\n\nOh so it’s about that time of year for Cruz and Abbott to go on vacation to the Caribbean",
">\n\nMore importantly, is the power still on? Has Texas political leadership gone to Cancun?",
">\n\nOMG! Was Ted able to get to Cancun before the airport was closed? I'm so worried.",
">\n\nWho needs regulations? You fucking go #texas",
">\n\nAn ice storm would cripple any northern airport such as O'Hare. I'm not a Texas cheerleader by any means, but this doesn't have anything to do with politics.",
">\n\nI have a flight to Dallas on Friday. This is going to be interesting.",
">\n\nFriday should be fine, the melt starts tomorrow.",
">\n\nWe have a vacation in a little over a week and I'm so anxious about the flights."
] |
>
It will be melted by Sunday. It will be in the 70s. | [
"SW been cancelling flights back to TX for 3 days now, probably again until Thursday.",
">\n\nSouthwest cancelled me. So did delta, so my girlfriend and I are gonna find a hotel for one of our layovers.\nGod I wish I could rent a car",
">\n\nRental cars sold out everywhere, I'm assuming?",
">\n\nAge requirements.",
">\n\nMaybe try a Uhaul truck?",
">\n\nY'all have had more winter this year than my part of Iowa.",
">\n\nSeriously, it’s almost 60 in North Carolina today",
">\n\nJust got our first snow that stuck today in NYC",
">\n\n…for 2023, or since last fall??",
">\n\nSince last winter",
">\n\nI wonder if they've winterized their power grid after the last 100 year storm 2 years ago.",
">\n\nNo, they just jacked all of our bills up a ridiculous amount to make sure the private companies got their money and then did jackall to fix the grid.",
">\n\nFreedom! Pew pew, the stars at night, are big and bright [clap clap clap clap] because the Texas grid is down again",
">\n\nFlights being cancelled does not equal the grid being down.",
">\n\nThe article also mentions the power grid being down in parts of TX.",
">\n\nWell I'm in Texas in the middle of this storm.",
">\n\nMy co-workers kids are in San Antonio, and they have no power.\nIt's almost as if Texas is a big place with lots of different people.",
">\n\nYes but this is different than 2021 when the entire state lost power in a complete grid failure. Reddit completly loses all logic when it comes to critizing Texas.",
">\n\nFuck Texas.",
">\n\nFirst things first. Did Ted Cruz make it to Cancun?",
">\n\nThe fact that Texans didn’t burn his fucking house to the ground while he was gone will forever disappoint me",
">\n\nThe fact that they didn't do anything after Cornyn's brisket tells me they don't know how to work a map.",
">\n\nThis is the 2nd day I can't leave my house near Dallas.\nWe had hours of sleet, so everything is simply covered in ice. Not snow ice, but ice that you step on and the wind blows you down.\nIf we had 3 feet of snow, it would be easier to deal with than 1\" of ice. Plus, we don't really have infrastructure for either.",
">\n\nNormally, it's us Okies heading south to avoid the ice storms. I suppose y'all could come north of the Red River. It's hovering around freezing out in the Flat Part, but no precip. Might be rooms at a casino.",
">\n\nAnyone have eyes on Ted Cruz?",
">\n\nSensible approach. If he’s bailing then shit‘s about to hit the fan.",
">\n\nThe Ted Cruz Winter Storm index is about to unseat Waffle House",
">\n\nHow long till they beg Biden for emergency funds again?",
">\n\nIf it gets bad enough, Greg Abbott will declare a state of emergency and get that federal assistance like he always does.",
">\n\nUgh, it's almost as though they don't actually believe their bootstraps thing themselves",
">\n\nYes, the bootstrap BS phrase is just to rile the base.",
">\n\nI'm in Dallas right now. Doesn't seem bad, just a little loose sleet on the roads, but I'm afraid things are about to get really icy. With luck I'm flying home tomorrow.",
">\n\nI'd say to be prepared... DFW has already canceled 200 flights tomorrow and I highly doubt they aren't canceling more.",
">\n\n\nI highly doubt they aren't canceling more.\n\nWeird phrasing, but you're likely right.",
">\n\nTexas: temperature drops slightly below freezing just like it does every winter\nReddit: “THE GRID!!!!”",
">\n\nI mean, I’ve been sitting in Austin without power for 2 hours now. So yeah, it is like that unfortunately.",
">\n\nThat’s not because of the grid though. Probably due to a downed power line or a blown transformer somewhere",
">\n\nAnd this is not apart of the.....grid?",
">\n\nBy “grid” I meant “energy production created by the grid” being able to keep up with energy demand, which is what everyone likes to criticize Texas about every time it gets cold here now because of the 2021 storm. I should’ve clarified that",
">\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\nEither way you want to word it, it's a bad look.",
">\n\n\nWouldnt energy production be defined by the terms energy production or power plant though? Grid indicates a framework. So if a portion of the grid goes down, for this example a transformer, it would still be covered by the term.\n\nRight, which is why I said I should’ve clarified what I meant. \n\nAnd frankly if Texas cannot produce enough electricity for high demand moments, then that indicates to me a faulty system, or grid.\n\nBut that’s not what’s happening here, which was my point.",
">\n\nLines can be buried. Transformers can be upgraded. Outside looking in, doesn't look like much work is being done to retrofit and harden said system against such conditions. I'm one of the west coast heathens that everyone hates and it takes alot harder of a storm to knock us out.",
">\n\nIs this another one of those \"once in a lifetime\" storms?",
">\n\nThis one is nothing like the 2021 storm. I drove from Houston to Dallas today, and while it wasn’t pleasant, the road wasn’t a solid sheet of ice like it was in 2021. I haven’t experienced any power outages either.",
">\n\nThere's lots of power outages, mostly due to tree branches falling on lines. I've lost about 8 or 9 large branches just in my yard alone",
">\n\nIt's a shame America doesn't have decent high speed railway network.",
">\n\nWith all the advanced weather forecasting technology available today (satellites, computer generated models, etc), airlines should be much better at proactively shutting down flights due to expected weather events. But that never seems to happen. \nI wonder if this is due, in part, to the fact that the airlines can blame these cancellations on an \"act of God\" and not get any heat from the public. Yet at the same time the airlines are pocketing all the money already paid by their customers. So the weather event turns into a short-term interest free loan of millions of dollars for the company. \nOf course many of those delayed passengers will be shifted to later flights where the ticket money will be eventually used. But some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money. \nThis poses the obvious question - are the airlines routinely using these severe weather events to fleece customers and pad their short term and long term profits ?",
">\n\n\nBut some portion of these flyers will never rebook due to any number of reasons. So the airlines just gets to keep their money.\n\nThey usually do announce a few days before the expected weather event that people can rebook to different flights for free, to encourage that. \nThere are lots of places in the country where even day of it's not clear how much, if any, snow accumulation there might be. DC has its famous \"snow hole\" that makes it incredibly difficult to predict how much snow we'll get when a storm is predicted. Literally they estimate .5 inches to 10 inches as predicted ranges, sometimes. \nAnd we don't know until after it starts where we'll land. \nSo cancelling flights out of DC, for example, just would inconvenience too many people for what often turns out to be nothing.",
">\n\nNice dusting today, tho. Just enough to be pretty, not enough to snarl traffic.",
">\n\nDid any infamous Texas politicians run away to Mexico again this year?",
">\n\nCanadian here. My drive to work is about 45km. Usually takes me about 30ish mins to get to work. Last week we had freezing rain, snow, and 70km/hr winds. I still was expected to show up for work. Took me just under 2 hours to get there going 30km/hr",
">\n\nThe difference is they don't clear or salt the roads at all so it just turns into a thick sheet of ice that doesn't go away until the temps rise. Also almost nobody has snow tires. It has happened for years but they never care to address it, people just live with the city shutting down for a few days.",
">\n\nThey do salt, you can’t clear ice also snow tires don’t help with ice. Even if those worked it makes no sense to purchase snow tires or create infrastructure for one week out of the year. Everyone just hunkers inside and eats some chili.",
">\n\nWe don’t salt in central or south Texas.",
">\n\nThey don’t actually use salt since it’s highly corrosive on roads, but they do “salt” and use a compound called MD-20 on major roadways during icy conditions.",
">\n\nI’ve never seen them use that down here and I’m not even sure we have the trucks for that. We would have to bring them down from north Texas.",
">\n\nMaybe we’re just getting mixed up on what we’re calling central Texas, because I’m saying Dallas/FW. I always think of north Texas as like Amarillo.",
">\n\nWe call that the panhandle. Central Texas is like Austin area. But once you get to San Antonio and below, it’s south Texas.",
">\n\nDid anyone get stuck with thousands of dollars of electric bills like last year?",
">\n\nOoh Ted Cruz better book a trip somewhere warm and sunny!",
">\n\nTexas ice storm has happened 3 years in a row. Shouldn’t they be better prepared?",
">\n\nIce storms happen every year in parts of the state. Especially in West and North areas. Difference is that they don't last long and it's over soon",
">\n\nI got stuck in DFW for 2 days because of like 1/4 in of ice. That whole fucking city shuts down when some ice hits the ground. Way less than what’s pictured here.",
">\n\nIts because that 1/4\" of ice is sheet ice, smooth as glass, and we have overpasses at every freeway intersection.\nI don't care what you drive (tanks included), I don't care how good of a driver you are, when you are driving on sheet ice, you are not in control. Its easier to drive in a foot of snow over .5\" of sheet ice (aka black ice).\nIt may not *look* as bad as a blizzard up north, but the roads are WAY worse. Also, we don't have anything but dirt to throw on the roads to help. No salt, no plows, not enough days in the year for it to be worth it.",
">\n\nOh no. How is Ted Cruz going to make it to Mexico.",
">\n\nTexas Ice Storm sounds like the name of a snow cone chain. They offer really big snow cones. But only in one color, because they don’t want to support the gays and transes.",
">\n\nI remember moving to Houston on my own 2 years ago and having a snowstorm the second day. Still can't comprehend how the grid aint made for that",
">\n\nOh so it’s about that time of year for Cruz and Abbott to go on vacation to the Caribbean",
">\n\nMore importantly, is the power still on? Has Texas political leadership gone to Cancun?",
">\n\nOMG! Was Ted able to get to Cancun before the airport was closed? I'm so worried.",
">\n\nWho needs regulations? You fucking go #texas",
">\n\nAn ice storm would cripple any northern airport such as O'Hare. I'm not a Texas cheerleader by any means, but this doesn't have anything to do with politics.",
">\n\nI have a flight to Dallas on Friday. This is going to be interesting.",
">\n\nFriday should be fine, the melt starts tomorrow.",
">\n\nWe have a vacation in a little over a week and I'm so anxious about the flights.",
">\n\nLmao you know ice melts right?"
] |
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