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I know multiple people who have told me that the local HEB they went to was sold out of eggs, water, toilet paper, and something else I can't remember.
Texas is so unprepared. Texans are so unprepared. It's supposed to get to 33f/1c Sunday for about five hrs, then down to 28f/-2c and back above freezing overnight Monday night. People are panic buying like it was the freeze of 2021, regardless of whether it happens or not.
It's also going to hit 50/10 on Sunday, and 47/8 on Monday. So I dunno. Whatever.
-2 lol. A slightly frosty morning is -2
The issue is that the infrastructure is not built for it. Very few are worried that they're going to freeze to death because it's -2 celsius for a few hours (Although it will suck for the unhoused), what people worry is that the power grid will go down and the pipes will freeze.
It's going to be -8F where I live on monday and in case Europeans need to be made aware that's -22C
yeah lower than -5C would be pretty catastrophic in the UK too. Wishing you safety and warmth.
Excuse me just a couple degrees below freezing for a few hours? Put a coat on. Boil a hot water bottle.
the panic is that the power grid in texas is completely distinct from the rest of the US system (aka the Texas Interconnect).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Interconnection
it never adopted the standards laid out by the central government as part of the New Deal over a century ago.
it is also run entirely for corporate interests and has a captive commission that allows extreme price gouging.
as a result, it is less resilient to disruption and more expensive for users than the power grids of many undeveloped countries.
the last cold weather event in 2021 killed about 1000 people after days of no power or water (also due to widespread loss of power)
Yeah it's completely understandable for people to be scared. The last cold weather event was really, really bad.