Texas: Where'd All The Power Go?

 The Recent Snow storms that been raging across the entire united states have been a travesty to all amercian's with over 73% of America Covered in snow at one point . I went home for the weekend on valentines to spend time with my girlfriend and still havent been able to return to campus due to my hometown getting 8+ inches of snow fortunately for me. we never had the power go out however the big state of Texas there was power outages all over the state when me and one of my friends from the big state were playing games and his power went out. there have been multiple videos on my twitter feed showing homes without heat and i remember watching a video talking about the mayor of colorado city texas telling the citizens not to expect a handout ,but isnt it the governents job to provide how can the common families control whether or not they have heat due to the weather? texas wasnt prepared for this at all and it shows i want to know where all of the energy went whenever the people needed it the most  



 


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  1. HunterC22February 19, 2021 at 11:32 AM

    https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/texas-power-outages-winter-storm-devastation/

    forgot to add link to blog i saw in my original post

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  2. Jordan McalesterFebruary 20, 2021 at 11:23 AM

    It is very crazy and unfortunate that this happened to the state of Texas because they never get hit with anything like that. I have also seen videos and pictures of people having no water, power, or resources to survive this winter storm. It is very sad and I wonder where all the energy too. Great post !

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  3. Ashley RitterFebruary 20, 2021 at 2:01 PM

    I really enjoyed reading your post. Its sad to see how this weather and the storms are effecting people everywhere. Since Texas has never really had issues with this I think its crazy to see how the power going out water supplies are low and no one has any heat. The effect the storm had is crazy and no one was really prepared for it to do so much damage.

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  4. Briann BeyerFebruary 21, 2021 at 10:47 PM

    I was hoping someone would do this top since we are experiencing it at the moment lol. I hope you've made it back to campus by now! Crazy what's going on in Texas though. Good post!

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