[HN Gopher] Texas power outage is a nation wide problem ___________________________________________________________________ Texas power outage is a nation wide problem Author : gwoplock Score : 20 points Date : 2021-02-18 22:26 UTC (33 minutes ago) (HTM) web link (garrettbattaglia.com) (TXT) w3m dump (garrettbattaglia.com) | mrfusion wrote: | "Region struggles from weather it's not used to". That's enough | news for me. | wnevets wrote: | Its only a national problem from the point of view there are | millions of people who want that kind of leadership at the | national level. | ptcrash wrote: | What this really helps point out is how frequently people voice | their opinions on matters online without fully assessing the | situation. | | As a Texan, I agree that the situation is more nuanced than | what's being presented on the news, social media, and on HN. It's | important to look at the policies in place to fully understand | what could have been done to prevent the current problems. | BitwiseFool wrote: | It's amazing to watch the national brouhaha over this situation | while also being an affected resident of Texas. It's amazing | how people have adopted passionate stances despite not living | here or knowing anything about power grids. Heck, even friends | of mine who are affected take whatever stance they already | agree with. Deregulation is good! It's the GOP's fault! It's | the windmills. No, its not the windmills! | | I'm starting to internalize the idea that the news and the | popular talk on social media is heavily distorted and based on | what we are already biased to believe. | ptcrash wrote: | I've wondered about how much of outsiders' responses have | been driven by their own prejudice against Texas and our | current political representatives. | | Which really isn't fair since Texas has a massive number of | democratic voters. We have multiple large metropolitan areas | but we also have massive rural regions that tend to outweigh | when it comes time to vote. | spacemanmatt wrote: | It's too bad we can't hear from more Texans on this, right now. | [edit: I am Texan; 28% of my city was still without power or | water just earlier today] ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-02-18 23:00 UTC)