Four million or more Texans are without power. Outages that were initially called “rolling outages” are now lasting several days. The private non-profit... #environment #naturaldisaster #texas
There’s been next to no communication from the energy company distributor and the “non-profit” that control the grid. So we honestly have no clue, the story’s changed from rolling outages, to power back on Tuesday, to now a answer of nebulous days. I think at this point we just have to wait until the weekend because I’m sure they’re going to be waiting until things thaw instead of doing anything.
No, luckily. The apartment manager sent out an email that they’ve shut water off for the whole complex because some peoples’ pipes burst, but we never tried to use water when we had power for a few hours yesterday so that probably helped
We have big water jugs we filled with water before the storm, but we only got 2/4 filled. Swung by the store this morning and managed to find two small hand jugs of water, so we’re okay with that. No showers or anything though but we washed on Sunday
Just judging off online voices, people are incredibly pissed. While the majority haven’t named or realized capitalism is the issue at hand (most are blaming Republican, calls for voting them out, etc.), there are still threads of radicalization going through commentary. Some are pointing out the issues aren’t based on political party affiliations but the system is the issue.
There’s been next to no communication from the energy company distributor and the “non-profit” that control the grid. So we honestly have no clue, the story’s changed from rolling outages, to power back on Tuesday, to now a answer of nebulous days. I think at this point we just have to wait until the weekend because I’m sure they’re going to be waiting until things thaw instead of doing anything.
OK looks like I commented on your post on /r/communism
No wonder the question sounded so familiar lol. I was gonna type more but I was too tired and my hands too cold.
I got power back early this morning, but guaranteed it’ll go out again very soon
Have your pipes burst?
No, luckily. The apartment manager sent out an email that they’ve shut water off for the whole complex because some peoples’ pipes burst, but we never tried to use water when we had power for a few hours yesterday so that probably helped
So no problems with drinking water, grooming, etc?
We have big water jugs we filled with water before the storm, but we only got 2/4 filled. Swung by the store this morning and managed to find two small hand jugs of water, so we’re okay with that. No showers or anything though but we washed on Sunday
Oh fuck, good to hear. Stay safe comrade.
What about the people there? The general mood in the state?
Just judging off online voices, people are incredibly pissed. While the majority haven’t named or realized capitalism is the issue at hand (most are blaming Republican, calls for voting them out, etc.), there are still threads of radicalization going through commentary. Some are pointing out the issues aren’t based on political party affiliations but the system is the issue.