Texas Situation was Overblown

Bidet needs to be impeached over this fiasco he made.

unless u were there , u should not say anything


it was bad
no water no electricity for 3 days
temps below freezing for 100 hrs
scraping and melting snow to flush toilet
eating dog food
freezing my ass off in south texas


this never happened
its equivalent of hurricane cat 5 hitting Washington state

how many of them have had trees thru their roofs n no water since the storm happened.Dallas is far from the only city in Texas that was affected.theres smaller towns.And over 55 ppls froze to death.

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So is texass.

If there was fucking ice forming along the Gulf towns, then it was not overblown. SHIT WAS FUCKED

there were some neighborhoods around critical infrastructure like police stations, hospitals, etc. if you were sitting on legs of the grid to those infrastructure, you never lost power.

however, most of dallas lost power in some form or fashion. there were some neighborhoods that lost power for up to 2 days, no power at all. while my neighborhood, the longest stretch was around 8 hours. other than that 8 hours, we had 30 minutes of power every 2-3 hours. temps in my house constantly were below 60 degrees because 30 minutes of power every 3 hours cannot heat up a home. you just scrambled to make hot food when you had power.

the stores around me were fine. some things were in short supply or gone (like bread) but nobody was starving. gas stations were hit or miss. most of them shut down some or all of their pumps, but you could find gas if you were willing to drive around.

most people in dfw are not prepared for no power for days. that's why it was so bad. we aren't prepared for this kind of cold in texas like the people further up north. i was better off than most since i prep but some of my friends literally ate cold food for 2 days in the dark. i drove to one of my friends to give him my camping butane grill - he has young children. that was the first hot food they ate in 2 days since his neighborhood was one of the ones with no power for 3 days straight.

My sister’s electricity was out for 3 days... I can’t tell you how many friends had pipes break and evidence showing on social media along w pics of grocery shelves empty from friends... it really was that bad.

personally i think DFW got it better than cities further south like austin, houston. the reason is that DFW got all snow. it was literally just powder. no ice at all.

in austin and houston, it was a freezing mix or sleet and snow, that made travel impossible. there was very little ice on the roads in DFW. i was driving on day 1 of the storm to the store. it was fine if you have any experience driving in snow.

but my friends in austin in houston could not drive anywhere because it was literally 4" sheet of ice on the roads. cars in texas arent prepared for that, even trucks with 4x4.

I never lost power & only our hot water line froze. No busted pipes. However, I know a lot of people who did experience these things. That said, I do think the media did go overboard with the situation. Most of us have moved on from the experience. We are Texans, it’s what we do. Most of us don’t like handouts so we help one another.

WRONG -- he wasn't in office long enough to do anything ...

However ...

Ted Cruz needs to resign, for abandoning his fellow Texans in their time of need

Chicoms dumped fake snow all over the state, this is unprecedented!

These are the kind of people who move to places like Texas and fugk everything up...

like Joe Rogan

Whats Alex saying

Must live in a hospital zone

They were the only ones that didn't lose power

He is our representative to federal government, not state government

He flew his daughters to Mexico and returned the next morning

He was in touch with his office the whole time.

Completely manufactured BS (and I don't even like him)

I’m north of Dallas by 20 miles. Good for them. I’ve lost over 20 50 year old trees. Filled two 30 gallon bags with all the dead critters. Gas pumps froze so no generators after second day. The best part, we didn’t lose or have power. They turned it on for 45 minutes every 2 hours for 72 straight hours. Personally, I enjoyed the down time to read. But I’m a glper and am a prepper. Still doesn’t help much with worry when knowing everyone else was suffering.

It was a big deal as the SUBTROPICS aren’t exactly known for being below freezing 5 straight days. Now it’s 70 and raining with a cold front of 50 moving in. Btw, the coldest day on average in Dallas happens mid January. That average lowest cold is 55 degrees.