[HN Gopher] Texas power outage is a nation wide problem
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       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]
        
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