*ERCOT `WELL PREPARED' FOR WINTER CONDITIONS, ABBOTT SAYS

*TEXAS HAS 15,000 MW OF EXCESS POWER AVAILABLE, ABBOTT SAYS

*TEXAS ROADS COULD BECOME TREACHEROUS OVER COMING DAYS: ABBOTT

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 1, 2022

One of the few ways the GOP could screw up their path in Texas is a repeat of last year's power issues. Most can accept that it was a one time event and folks were caught off guard but people expect it to be corrected. I hope it has been.

This one seems like a slam dunk for his campaign. Have an event that isn't near as stressful to the grid and call it a win when things aren't that terrible.

Pretty sure we'll be in at least the 40s during the day during these freeze nights too, which won't give a sustained freeze to cause issues

rangerdanger said:

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sleepybeagle said:

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Last years freeze was a once in a century event.

This years freeze is normal winter weather.

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I'm not fooled. He needs to be booted in the primary.

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OK. But that's not happening. So vote for him in the general election then?

Way to jinx it Abbott!

I Have Spoken said:

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This one seems like a slam dunk for his campaign. Have an event that isn't near as stressful to the grid and call it a win when things aren't that terrible.

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Disagree. Abbott won't win anything from the voters if power stays on. But he will. get blamed for any outages.

So I didnt need to buy bleach and duct tape?

aginlakeway said:

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sleepybeagle said:

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Last years freeze was a once in a century event.

This years freeze is normal winter weather.

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Yep. Last year likely won't happen again in our lifetimes.

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Seems like we say that every couple years in Houston and then the rains come and say "hold my beer"

cmag said:

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aginlakeway said:

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sleepybeagle said:

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Last years freeze was a once in a century event.

This years freeze is normal winter weather.

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Yep. Last year likely won't happen again in our lifetimes.

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Seems like we say that every couple years in Houston and then the rains come and say "hold my beer"

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It rains in Houston??

Salute CornPops Message said:

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So I didnt need to buy bleach and duct tape?

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Sounds like a sip frat night.

sleepybeagle said:

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Last years freeze was a once in a century event.

This years freeze is normal winter weather.

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And yet he's making it seem like he's done something great, when at best he's just doing his job.

waitwhat? said:

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cmag said:

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aginlakeway said:

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sleepybeagle said:

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Last years freeze was a once in a century event.

This years freeze is normal winter weather.

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Yep. Last year likely won't happen again in our lifetimes.

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Seems like we say that every couple years in Houston and then the rains come and say "hold my beer"

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It rains in Houston??

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It does! Sometimes like 56 inches apparently.

We are supposed to get around 9 inches of snow.

Personally, I think five.

Hopefully they plow the cul de sac tomorrow so someone can go to school.

cmag said:

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aginlakeway said:

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sleepybeagle said:

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Last years freeze was a once in a century event.

This years freeze is normal winter weather.

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Yep. Last year likely won't happen again in our lifetimes.

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Seems like we say that every couple years in Houston and then the rains come and say "hold my beer"

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OK. But Texas will very likely not get another week like we had last February in our lifetimes. The odds are very high.

Salute CornPops Message said:

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So I didnt need to buy bleach and duct tape?

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Don't forget to wrap your pipes!

aginlakeway said:

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cmag said:

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aginlakeway said:

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sleepybeagle said:

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Last years freeze was a once in a century event.

This years freeze is normal winter weather.

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Yep. Last year likely won't happen again in our lifetimes.

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Seems like we say that every couple years in Houston and then the rains come and say "hold my beer"

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OK. But Texas will very likely not get another week like we had last February in our lifetimes. The odds are very high.

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I'm only 42ish and I wouldn't bet any amount of money on that. How many times have you heard someone say that in your lifetime? I know most people here have shifted the goal posts from "climate change doesn't exist" to either it's no big deal or people didn't do it, but I've had a lot of once-in-a-lifetimes in my lifetime.

To keep this on topic: this is a non-event, Abbott's a w****

He's going to claim that - because of his leadership - this year was so much better. Nevermind this is a meh winter storm.

Gigem314 said:

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GTdad said:

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I wasn't the least bit worried about it until Abbott said that everything was FINE.

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Texans to Abbott after watching DeSantis:

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aginlakeway said:

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cmag said:

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aginlakeway said:

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sleepybeagle said:

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Last years freeze was a once in a century event.

This years freeze is normal winter weather.

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Yep. Last year likely won't happen again in our lifetimes.

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Seems like we say that every couple years in Houston and then the rains come and say "hold my beer"

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OK. But Texas will very likely not get another week like we had last February in our lifetimes. The odds are very high.

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The only event that was close was when we had the big snow in the '80s. Lived in San Antonio and it snowed 11 inches and the previous 100 year record was 3. So it will happen again sometime but probably not for a couple decades at least, it really takes a perfect confluence of events for it to occur South of Waco, especially in San Antonio or Houston.

The rain/flooding issue is going to be ongoing as long as we have so many people living in an area with that type of ground near the coast. Wildfires are also going to continue to be a problem with population growth and strain on water resources, I expect we will see another Bastrop fire type issue again when we have our next nasty drought, . Lots we can and are doing to prepare but in the end having 10's of millions of people with so many continuing to move here causes problems that are hard to forsee.

God

What a hero Abbott is

Give that man another wind award

cmag said:

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aginlakeway said:

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cmag said:

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aginlakeway said:

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sleepybeagle said:

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Last years freeze was a once in a century event.

This years freeze is normal winter weather.

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Yep. Last year likely won't happen again in our lifetimes.

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Seems like we say that every couple years in Houston and then the rains come and say "hold my beer"

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OK. But Texas will very likely not get another week like we had last February in our lifetimes. The odds are very high.

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I'm only 42ish and I wouldn't bet any amount of money on that. How many times have you heard someone say that in your lifetime? I know most people here have shifted the goal posts from "climate change doesn't exist" to either it's no big deal or people didn't do it, but I've had a lot of once-in-a-lifetimes in my lifetime.

To keep this on topic: this is a non-event, Abbott's a w****

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OK. I'll take that bet. What are the metrics we are using? How about consecutive hours under freezing? The DFW area had 222 straight hours in 2021. The Houston area had 112 straight hours. Both shattered previous records.

aggie93 said:

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aginlakeway said:

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cmag said:

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aginlakeway said:

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sleepybeagle said:

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Last years freeze was a once in a century event.

This years freeze is normal winter weather.

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Yep. Last year likely won't happen again in our lifetimes.

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Seems like we say that every couple years in Houston and then the rains come and say "hold my beer"

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OK. But Texas will very likely not get another week like we had last February in our lifetimes. The odds are very high.

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The only event that was close was when we had the big snow in the '80s. Lived in San Antonio and it snowed 11 inches and the previous 100 year record was 3. So it will happen again sometime but probably not for a couple decades at least, it really takes a perfect confluence of events for it to occur South of Waco, especially in San Antonio or Houston.

The rain/flooding issue is going to be ongoing as long as we have so many people living in an area with that type of ground near the coast. Wildfires are also going to continue to be a problem with population growth and strain on water resources, I expect we will see another Bastrop fire type issue again when we have our next nasty drought, . Lots we can and are doing to prepare but in the end having 10's of millions of people with so many continuing to move here causes problems that are hard to forsee.

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Yep. The Houston area had 112 straight hours under freezing. Dallas had 222 hours. Insane.

aginlakeway said:

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cmag said:

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aginlakeway said:

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cmag said:

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aginlakeway said:

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sleepybeagle said:

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Last years freeze was a once in a century event.

This years freeze is normal winter weather.

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Yep. Last year likely won't happen again in our lifetimes.

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Seems like we say that every couple years in Houston and then the rains come and say "hold my beer"

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OK. But Texas will very likely not get another week like we had last February in our lifetimes. The odds are very high.

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I'm only 42ish and I wouldn't bet any amount of money on that. How many times have you heard someone say that in your lifetime? I know most people here have shifted the goal posts from "climate change doesn't exist" to either it's no big deal or people didn't do it, but I've had a lot of once-in-a-lifetimes in my lifetime.

To keep this on topic: this is a non-event, Abbott's a w****

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OK. I'll take that bet. What are the metrics we are using? How about consecutive hours under freezing? The DFW area had 222 straight hours in 2021. The Houston area had 112 straight hours. Both shattered previous records.

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Sounds good. We'll be generous and say I live to 2050. Bookmarked.

Irish 2.0 said:

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Pretty sure we'll be in at least the 40s during the day during these freeze nights too, which won't give a sustained freeze to cause issues

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Big, Big difference from last year's freeze. So basically a normal freeze for us.

aginlakeway said:

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cmag said:

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aginlakeway said:

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sleepybeagle said:

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Last years freeze was a once in a century event.

This years freeze is normal winter weather.

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Yep. Last year likely won't happen again in our lifetimes.

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Seems like we say that every couple years in Houston and then the rains come and say "hold my beer"

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OK. But Texas will very likely not get another week like we had last February in our lifetimes. The odds are very high.

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True.

I live on N Padre Island and it was below freezing for almost 72 hrs here...That's unheard of...

aggie93 said:

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aginlakeway said:

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cmag said:

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aginlakeway said:

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sleepybeagle said:

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Last years freeze was a once in a century event.

This years freeze is normal winter weather.

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Yep. Last year likely won't happen again in our lifetimes.

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Seems like we say that every couple years in Houston and then the rains come and say "hold my beer"

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OK. But Texas will very likely not get another week like we had last February in our lifetimes. The odds are very high.

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The only event that was close was when we had the big snow in the '80s. Lived in San Antonio and it snowed 11 inches and the previous 100 year record was 3. So it will happen again sometime but probably not for a couple decades at least, it really takes a perfect confluence of events for it to occur South of Waco, especially in San Antonio or Houston.

The rain/flooding issue is going to be ongoing as long as we have so many people living in an area with that type of ground near the coast. Wildfires are also going to continue to be a problem with population growth and strain on water resources, I expect we will see another Bastrop fire type issue again when we have our next nasty drought, . Lots we can and are doing to prepare but in the end having 10's of millions of people with so many continuing to move here causes problems that are hard to forsee.

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I lived in SA for that, too...completely blew the old record away.

Lefitsts are hoping and praying to Molech that the grid completely collapses and we're thrown into a week long blackout with hundreds if not thousands dead.

Irish 2.0 said:

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*ERCOT `WELL PREPARED' FOR WINTER CONDITIONS, ABBOTT SAYS

*TEXAS HAS 15,000 MW OF EXCESS POWER AVAILABLE, ABBOTT SAYS

*TEXAS ROADS COULD BECOME TREACHEROUS OVER COMING DAYS: ABBOTT

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 1, 2022

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I'll tell you that the RRC is an incompetent agency and isnt ready for **** (except the primary election and probably not even that).