We're beginning to compare this summer to 2011, but there's one glaring difference: about 20% more population. In 2011 we were threatened with rolling blackouts and water supplies for power plants drying up. Do we have the capacity to get 20% more people through a summer remotely close to 2011?

This is beginning to feel like the days leading up to the 2021 winter storm, when the coming temperatures and ice/snow were casually forecast, but no officials warned of how ill prepared we really were for that storm.

We have millions more people, but no more lakes, and the ones we have are already getting low.

For those in the panhandle they are in much worse shape this year compared to 2011.

I, for one, blame Vladamir Putin.

It's about at the point you can wade across the Brazos and not get your shorts wet.

Maybe the heat will scare some of that 20% to GTFO and move back to CA

We all know what you want us to say and if there's one thing liberals and conservatives can unite with, it's that we aren't going to say it.

The Brazos Kid said:

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It's about at the point you can wade across the Brazos and not get your shorts wet.

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They're gonna be walking from Cuba soon

Irish 2.0 said:

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Maybe the heat will scare some of that 20% to GTFO and move back to CA

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They have less water than we do even though all their people are leaving.

I know that! But they don't have our temperatures! I've already seen the *****ing from the Californians on Twitter nonstop. They hate the heat!

Yeah but we have much more renewable energy now.

Probably pretty hot. This sucks

TomFoolery said:

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Yeah but we have much more renewable energy now.

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If we could create energy from liberal tears we could solve the energy crisis.

Texans been up against much worse.

It is 97 degrees in Como right now.

However, gas dropped 6 cents at Casey's. Now I can afford the extra large fountain drink. I guess that will beat the heat

Wait till they get a load of our floods too.

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Texans been up against much worse.

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Back to the actual point of the thread… I'm not sure that's true. The population is and has been growing at a pace that our infrastructure has struggled to keep up with. I know the grid has been up to task so far this year, but what happens when we start having to choose between water for power plants and water for the people?

Don't get me wrong, I'm not asking this as a negative towards thermal energy. I just think we might be on the verge of a summer like the 2021 winter storm, and officials aren't saying anything because there's nothing we or they can do.

Capt. Augustus McCrae said:

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I, for one, blame Vladamir Putin.

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Lax gun laws in Indiana...

Hot summers & no baby killin'

I guess the libs will packing up any day now

My plan to deal with higher energy and water demands in Texas:

1. Compress the river authorities, of which there are 18, into 6 regional water authorities within Texas. Each of these 6 authorities would build desalinization plants in its zone.
2. Each water authority would be responsible for linking ALL reservoirs in it's zone with other reservoirs in the zone via a system of high volume pumps that carry fresh water from desalinization plants to all reservoirs. This system can be used to keep ALL lakes, even in droughts, at healthy elevation levels.
3. Texas will need new power sources for the desalinization plants, and that will require at least 2-3 new nuclear power plants to be connected to the grid.
4. Texas needs to be able to attach to the 3 neighboring grids in case of disasters like the 2021 cold spell. But TX would retain control over our grid.

Good luck getting the cities, river authorities, the legislature, governor, state supreme court, industry leaders, and US regulatory agencies on board. That's its own animal.

Capt. Augustus McCrae said:

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I, for one, blame Vladamir Putin.

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Trump's fault...[/msm]

For the record, we have connections into neighboring grids, but they don't do much good when those grids are as stressed as ours which is normal during extreme weather events.

We had connections to the eastern interconnect and Mexico in Feb 2021 but they had no power to send our way

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The Brazos Kid said:

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It's about at the point you can wade across the Brazos and not get your shorts wet.

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They're gonna be walking from Cuba soon

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Made me LOL

Everyone just needs to buy an EV!!! /Biden/libtards

Maybe the windmills will work better in the summer!

I practiced football (two a days) in the summer of 1980

Bobaloo said:

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I practiced football (two a days) in the summer of 1980

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With the infrastructure of 1980. My point isn't that people have become wimps that get hot in hot weather. The question is if the water and electric infrastructure can handle this summer.

1980 was brutal.

Tanya 93 said:

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It is 97 degrees in Como right now.

However, gas dropped 6 cents at Casey's. Now I can afford the extra large fountain drink. I guess that will beat the heat

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Don't forget the pizza slice

Did the 1980's cease to be a thing? Record number of days over 100 degrees. I'm old enough to remember - sadly.

It's like history stopped if the past is inconsistent with the current drama narrative.

I think Dallas had over 60 consecutive days over 100 the summer of '80. Plus it didn't rain until Hurricane Allen came into S. Tx.

Matt Hooper said:

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Did the 1980's cease to be a thing? Record number of days over 100 degrees. I'm old enough to remember - sadly.

It's like history stopped if the past is inconsistent with the current drama narrative.

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They didn't cease to exist. But the energy demands and population are very different now than in the 80s. This is what I mean. Some people act like all things are the same, so we must react to the weather the same. But this isn't the 80s and frankly I'm not sure we're prepared to handle this likely summer like we have in the past.

I'm getting the eerie feeling that we aren't quite appreciating what we're up against that I got in the days leading up to 2/21.

Got it. I missed your point.

Infrastructure not keeping pace with population growth and greater power demand per household as the world evolves vs climate change (formerly known as global warming) non-sense.

Hopefully it's windy this summer.

Capt. Augustus McCrae said:

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I, for one, blame Vladamir Putin.

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Dpn't forget Trump. I'm sure they colluded on this.

Our society has become weak.