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I think I do live in the best country in the world. When fellow Americans need a helping hand due to events like this, we pitch in in any way we can to help, just like Apple is doing. We are so nice, we even help other places in the world when they are in need, like Europe.
In the context of climate and the frequency of extreme weather events, 10 years is quite a short time.
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So one CAT 5 hurricane hitting the US every 10 years is “regular”? I‘m failing to see your logic. This was defined as a once in a generational weather event. 2011 was no where near this level.
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Yes, it is regular? I mean, let's get real, if you go to live in an area where you know there are CAT 5 hurricanes every 10 years or so, you don't take that into account? Do you think the governments in those areas don't have to take that reality into account?
2011 saw the same issues with power outages due to power generators not being adequately protected against harsh winter climate events, which is the main issue which caused the outages this time around. Texas had identified preventive measures to mitigate the problem years ago but failed to implement them.
It's that simple (cit.).
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my wife was born and raised on a ranch in central Texas. She says the worst snow she has ever seen before this was maybe an inch. Kind of hard to prepare for something like this if it never happens.
I’m from Northern Europe where snow like this is the norm, we deal with it pretty OK, but if we endured the Texas summer heat people would quite literally be dying in their thousands as no one has AC. Does Texas need to fix things? Definitely, but the extreme weather is so unusual I can’t blame them for not being prepared.
Except that Texas was warned in 2011 that they would have these issues. They knew and did nothing.
Let's have a look again at what happened in 2011 in Texas:
Now let's have a look at the Federal report from Summer 2011 about the outages:
Do you live in Texas or are you just armchair quarterbacking it from whatever lake of purity you crawled out of? Do you know that it rarely gets below freezing temperatures in Texas? Do you have flood insurance on your property? It might flood. Why are you not prepared for everything in life you’ve beeb warned about?
If you still don’t get it, HARSH WINTERS and TEXAS don’t really go hand in hand. It’s that simple.
Can’t wait until you preach to California about all their problems.
he just posted evidence that the supposedly rare event was foreseeable because it has happened at regular intervals for decades. How is that preaching?
How ignorant can a person be? It didn't "just snow." Go to a different site, read some actual news, and come back with a better line that's a) on a topic appropriate to joke about, and 2) actually funny. Thanks!
Europe is a continent, not a country. Now that that's out of the way, I'd be careful with that comparison. There are some European countries that are in some pretty poor shape...just saying.
Let's poke the funny man.
Texas weather crisis deepens Chinese belief they're 'on right path', says foreign ministry
China's foreign ministry said on Friday that seeing the plight of Americans suffering in a severe winter storm that hit the state of Texas this week reinforced a belief among Chinese citizens that their country is "on the right path". Foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying made the comments...
Yes, severe cold weather does happen in the south. Lived here all my life, during all of the events you list. I would argue that the severity and breadth of this recent storm is outside of most precedents, but it's not really worth researching low temps and durations to make that point.
I'm not sure what your end argument here is, but the root cause of the calamity in Texas is political and admittedly self-inflicted. Texas will deal with that (hopefully) in the very near future, but for now, any assistance is appreciated, however motivated.
I'm not sure what your end argument here is, but the root cause of the calamity in Texas is political and admittedly self-inflicted. Texas will deal with that (hopefully) in the very near future, but for now, any assistance is appreciated, however motivated.
Ignoring is a thing.Let's poke the funny man.
Texas weather crisis deepens Chinese belief they're 'on right path', says foreign ministry
China's foreign ministry said on Friday that seeing the plight of Americans suffering in a severe winter storm that hit the state of Texas this week reinforced a belief among Chinese citizens that their country is "on the right path". Foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying made the comments...www.yahoo.com
Forgot to answer to that: I have definitely flood insurance.
The way insurance works is that it takes into account the probability of an event and prices the premium accordingly. The lower the probability of an event happening, the lower the price to be insured against it, so the event being very rare is actually not a drawback.
For protection against a rare event which might completely destroy what is likely one of your largest assets, it's a no-brainer to buy the insurance IMHO.
I agree with this. I grew up in California but live in Illinois now. Summers as a kid were always in the 100s. Can't recall too many power outages. Whereas now in Illinois, we've had this monster cold snap the last few weeks and have gotten a TON of snow. Power hasn't gone out or even flickered. It's pretty much business as usual here! Despite all the snow and cold, schools have only been called off once.
California, when it comes to the type of weather I'm dealing with right now...probably wouldn't stand a chance. Illinois, if it was over 100 every single day like it was where I lived in California...even though Illinois is used to hot summers...would undoubtedly struggle. It doesn't get "California hot" here but throw in our humidity and a few 100+ degree days and we struggle a bit. Not total outage in my area, but we flicker and strain a bit.
^ There is truth to this.
https://www.statesman.com/story/new...ns-lacking-reports-have-suggested/6780847002/
Umm OK LOL.. If you can't take it don't dish it.. Again.. It's just snow at the end of the day.Yes, severe cold weather does happen in the south. Lived here all my life, during all of the events you list. I would argue that the severity and breadth of this recent storm is outside of most precedents, but it's not really worth researching low temps and durations to make that point.
I'm not sure what your end argument here is, but the root cause of the calamity in Texas is political and admittedly self-inflicted. Texas will deal with that (hopefully) in the very near future, but for now, any assistance is appreciated, however motivated.
Ignoring is a thing.
Every 10 years is frequently enough to have the safeguards in place to deal with it. If you knew you would get hit by a hurricane every 10 years, you would be damn sure you had a response plan.
In hindsight, I imagine a majority of Texans would pay a little more for a "winterization surcharge" on their utilities in exchange for more reliability. Unfortunately the system hasn't forced it on them or even given them a choice.