I wonder how many Texas survivalists have three years worth of beef jerky...

[Silent3]

...and enough guns and ammo to form a small army, but don't have jack shit to keep themselves warm.

[sfstaxprep]

1. But They Need The Guns & Ammo To Protect The Beef Jerky nt

[Submariner]

2. I bet GENETEC emergency generators sell big in Texas this year

They’re always advertising those backup natural gas/propane generators. This storm could be a goldmine for them.

[Cirque du So-What]

4. Natural gas distribution is on its ass in Texas presently

[uponit7771]

10. +1, my understanding is low temps caused a big pressure drop over distances cause they didn't weathe

... weather proof the end to end process.

The NG is the biggest reason why there are issues with electricity in TX

[Silent3]

5. We bought one for ourselves here in NH several years ago...

...after two years in a row when we had ice storms that brought down power lines. I was worried that was going to be a weather trend. One of those storms knocked out power for a day for our house, and over a week just across the street from us in a neighborhood where we used to live.

The ice storms fortunately weren't a trend, and we've only gotten the benefit of the generator a handful of times, for a few hours at a time max. It makes the cost of power cost for those few scattered hours very expensive!

Still, however, it's a nice feeling of security to be prepared, so I don't regret the purchase.

[Submariner]

6. New England is overdue for a 'Nor'easter meets the Blizzard of '78'

type of snow/ice storm disaster, so feel sure you’ll be glad you have that power security when that storm eventually hits.

[Silent3]

7. It's funny what a difference moving just half a mile has made

Power is much more reliable where we live now than where we lived before, which is perhaps a lower priority in the local power grid.

In our old neighborhood it seemed like at least once per year the power would go out, you'd hear a distant, muffled "boom!", and the power would stay out for a few hours because a transformer blew up somewhere.

I used to joke that they should replace the transformers with the non-exploding kind.

[Miguelito Loveless]

8. Which only operate if there is a fuel source

Whereas my house receives a daily delivery of electricity from the neighborhood fusion reactor, a scant 93 million miles away (only 8 minutes by photon) generating heat, lights, and "fuel" for my car.

They can't live their RW prepper lifestyle, without hippy tech.

[Hugin]

3. Let's hope they have plenty of thawed water to drink with that beef jerky...

Only cheese will bind one up worse.

[Kaleva]

9. Guns and ammo are about the last things on the list for stocking up & preparing for emergency's.

Most of us can go

3 minutes w/o air

3 days w/o water

3 weeks w/o food

A lifetime w/o guns and ammo

Make sure one has the first 3 taken care of before spending bucks on the last one.