Things are very very bad in Texas [View all]
Tuesday February 16, 2021 · 10:47 PM CST
First off this isn’t localized or even limited to big or even medium sized cities. There are rural areas that don’t have power either. This is a classic cascade failure. It is worse than a hurricane.
1. It started with ERCOT misprediction of energy demand by about 30%.
2. Sunday demand spiked to new historic winter levels. A full 10 MW higher than the previous Winter peak. Texas runs on electric heat. Virtually no one has fuel oil heaters. Fireplaces are things you have for ambiance.
3. Then it froze. The whole state in one night. That sounds not weird to most people but south of say San Antonio it hardly ever freezes. It barely ever snows. Like once every hundred years. But this was a deep freeze. Our normal once a decade freezes are it goes in the high twenties for a few hours overnight. This was a freeze that lasted two days. Lots of people just don’t have clothing to deal with this either.
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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/2/16/2016516/-Things-are-very-very-bad-in-Texas
Very good read
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