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(Yahoo)   Governor Abbot says Texas is ready for repeat of last year's cold. Presumably this means his trip to Cancun is booked and Minnesota will be bailing them out with socialized gas again   (finance.yahoo.com) divider line
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    More: Followup, Power outage, state's power grid, Thunderstorm, power plants, lack of trust, Precipitation, Electricity generation, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott  
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Exile On Beale Street [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-22 7:36:26 PM  
Wrong asshole.
 
Phil McKraken [OhFark]
2022-12-22 7:38:19 PM  
I bought these Jesus candles and am praying for the Texas grid.
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Chemlight Battery
2022-12-22 7:38:22 PM  
Abbot is the worst senator since Reagan started WW2 after the Gulf of Tonkin incident.
 
Great_Milenko
2022-12-22 7:38:26 PM  
I how they don't have to turn off all those pretty big city lights. Wouldn't want anyone to think Texas isn't as sophisticated as New York City.
 
47 is the new 42
2022-12-22 7:38:40 PM  
Cruz was the, asshole who went to Cancun. Abbott is still an asshole though.
 
rideaurocks
2022-12-22 7:38:59 PM  
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Harry Wagstaff
2022-12-22 7:39:43 PM  

Chemlight Battery: Abbot is the worst senator since Reagan started WW2 after the Gulf of Tonkin incident.


I just feel bad for that Australian fella, Franz.
 
SBinRR [OhFark]
2022-12-22 7:41:24 PM  
Cruz didn't want to go to Cancun, but that's where the Command Center was located, so he was obligated.
 
SecondaryControl [TotalFark]
2022-12-22 7:42:44 PM  
Ready to...beg for more federal aid to support his failing infrastructure?
 
waxbeans [TotalFark]
2022-12-22 7:42:49 PM  
Does it matter?
Keep in mind:
"No one owes you [or] your family anything, nor is it the local government's responsibility to support you during trying times like this," Tim Boyd, the now-former mayor of Colorado City, Texas. Said.

Texas the land of fark head scumbags who vote for scumbags like Tim Boyd.
 
Subtonic
2022-12-22 7:42:50 PM  
"...crippled its power grid in 2021"

*cough*
 
Palined Parenthood [TotalFark]
2022-12-22 7:44:32 PM  
Forget it, everyone. He's rolling
 
etoof
2022-12-22 7:45:37 PM  
They probably just bought a lot of body bags.
 
White_Scarf_Syndrome
2022-12-22 7:45:47 PM  
Lol people here are freaking out.
 
Blahbbs [OhFark]
2022-12-22 7:46:54 PM  
The wind farms are cranking out the juice. Over 23GW right now, which is about a third of the state's demand right now. Noyce!
 
mofa [TotalFark]
2022-12-22 7:49:26 PM  

SBinRR: Cruz didn't want to go to Cancun, but that's where the Command Center was located, so he was obligated.


He tried to blame his daughter for supposedly demanding to go on a vacation. She's the one who recently attempted suicide, causing him to drop everything to go back to comfort her stay in Washington DC.
 
thanksagainandagain
2022-12-22 7:49:38 PM  

waxbeans: Does it matter?
Keep in mind:
"No one owes you [or] your family anything, nor is it the local government's responsibility to support you during trying times like this," Tim Boyd, the now-former mayor of Colorado City, Texas. Said.

Texas the land of fark head scumbags who vote for scumbags like Tim Boyd.


Then he said, "Also, thanks for the revenue that pays my salary, biatch."
 
JammerJim [TotalFark]
2022-12-22 7:52:10 PM  
I don't blame people for worrying, but it's not like we don't get weather like this nearly every winter.
 
sdd2000
2022-12-22 7:52:43 PM  
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minnesotaboy
2022-12-22 7:52:53 PM  
Read my handle! Subby ain't wrong.

Screw Abbot with an ice auger. My Xcel energy bill went up this year thanks to Texas and their "independent grid".

Every time Texas talks about leaving the Union I say GO, and take Florida with you!
 
Bith Set Me Up
2022-12-22 7:53:55 PM  
The Simpsons - Mayor Quimby Is Such A Hypocrite
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WordsnCollision [OhFark]
2022-12-22 7:54:22 PM  

Blahbbs: The wind farms are cranking out the juice. Over 23GW right now, which is about a third of the state's demand right now. Noyce!


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The Irresponsible Captain [TotalFark]
2022-12-22 7:58:03 PM  
I get it, there's so many assholes there they sort of melt together in an überässhe
 
BMFPitt
2022-12-22 7:59:29 PM  

mofa: SBinRR: Cruz didn't want to go to Cancun, but that's where the Command Center was located, so he was obligated.

He tried to blame his daughter for supposedly demanding to go on a vacation. She's the one who recently attempted suicide, causing him to drop everything to go back to comfort her stay in Washington DC.


To be fair, staying the fark away from her was probably in the best interest of her mental health.
 
groppet
2022-12-22 7:59:51 PM  
So we will have to send more emergency boot straps?
 
Exile On Beale Street [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-22 8:02:18 PM  

Great_Milenko: I how they don't have to turn off all those pretty big city lights. Wouldn't want anyone to think Texas isn't as sophisticated as New York City.


THE STARS AT NIGHT
 
Joe USer [recently expired TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-22 8:02:18 PM  
The disconnect podcast explains most of what's wrong with Texas power.
 
Phil McKraken [OhFark]
2022-12-22 8:02:40 PM  

Blahbbs: The wind farms are cranking out the juice. Over 23GW right now, which is about a third of the state's demand right now. Noyce!


THE BIRDS! The birds. birds...
 
Exile On Beale Street [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-22 8:03:54 PM  

Blahbbs: The wind farms are cranking out the juice. Over 23GW right now, which is about a third of the state's demand right now. Noyce!


Great Scott!
 
Kalyco Jack
2022-12-22 8:05:55 PM  
BWAHAHAHAHA! Minnesota bailed them out? I was unaware of that detail until just now!
 
neongoats [TotalFark]
2022-12-22 8:08:53 PM  
Careful. A certain farker is milliseconds away from posting Willie Nelson giving the finger because someone said something vaguely unflattering about Texas.
 
Iggie
2022-12-22 8:11:34 PM  

minnesotaboy: Read my handle! Subby ain't wrong.

Screw Abbot with an ice auger. My Xcel energy bill went up this year thanks to Texas and their "independent grid".

Every time Texas talks about leaving the Union I say GO, and take Florida with you!


Centerpoint tacked on surcharges here in MN to cover their losses in Texas as well.
 
Senseless_drivel
2022-12-22 8:14:21 PM  
Minnesota didn't bail anyone out. We got burned by the natural gas market prices skyrocketing because of Texas so we got to add $800M to our bills.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/04/22/minnesota-texas-freeze-centerpoint-energy/

Of course, the company that begged for aid the most was Counterpoint based in... Texas.
 
Chemlight Battery
2022-12-22 8:21:50 PM  

Exile On Beale Street: Wrong asshole.


That's what she said?
 
CrazyCurt
2022-12-22 8:25:49 PM  
Quit whining, you could have PG&E.

/ Burning down the house
// And blowing up neighborhoods.
 
TomDooley
2022-12-22 8:27:56 PM  
"We expect that to hit near 70,000 megawatts. With all the available resources performing as planned, we're forecasting to have near 85,000 megawatts of supply available to meet that demand."

Can you translate that to gallons of gas?
 
Caelistis
2022-12-22 8:40:15 PM  

TomDooley: "We expect that to hit near 70,000 megawatts. With all the available resources performing as planned, we're forecasting to have near 85,000 megawatts of supply available to meet that demand."

Can you translate that to gallons of gas?


85,000 megawatts would roughly equal 2,805,000 gallons of gas.
 
revrendjim [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-22 8:50:39 PM  
If only there was some kind of system where adjacent states could connect their power systems together, so that a shortage in one place could be addressed by sending energy from other states.
 
deadromanoff
2022-12-22 8:56:01 PM  
Wheelchair Jesus doesn't care ... Because it's not his balls frozen to the chair.
 
delysid25
2022-12-22 8:57:19 PM  

Exile On Beale Street: Wrong asshole.


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Dear Jerk
2022-12-22 8:57:29 PM  
Cruz is a RINO unless he doubles down and goes back to Cancun for the duration.
 
Artist
2022-12-22 9:04:26 PM  
This is Texas.

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Fursecution [BareFark]
2022-12-22 9:08:22 PM  

Senseless_drivel: Minnesota didn't bail anyone out. We got burned by the natural gas market prices skyrocketing because of Texas so we got to add $800M to our bills.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/04/22/minnesota-texas-freeze-centerpoint-energy/

Of course, the company that begged for aid the most was Counterpoint based in... Texas.


We (in MN)  were paying a "February Event Surcharge" of like $16, but that "Texas Tax" mysteriously went away after a few months.

/Had heard it was supposed to last years.
 
one of Ripley's Bad Guys
2022-12-22 9:10:55 PM  

waxbeans: Does it matter?
Keep in mind:
"No one owes you [or] your family anything, nor is it the local government's responsibility to support you during trying times like this," Tim Boyd, the now-former mayor of Colorado City, Texas. Said.

Texas the land of fark head scumbags who vote for scumbags like Tim Boyd.


Every Boyd I have known was a raging prick.
 
davebarnes
2022-12-22 9:14:26 PM  
Cacún accents are muy importante
 
AnyName
2022-12-22 9:16:46 PM  
Grid conditions are online so you can masturbate furiously watching it while hoping it fails.

https://www.ercot.com/gridmktinfo/dashboards

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baron von doodle [OhFark]
2022-12-22 9:18:31 PM  

Phil McKraken: I bought these Jesus candles and am praying for the Texas grid.
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If you're buying emergency candles, picking up the Jesus brand can't hurt.
 
433 [TotalFark]
2022-12-22 9:27:27 PM  

waxbeans: Does it matter?
Keep in mind:
"No one owes you [or] your family anything, nor is it the local government's responsibility to support you during trying times like this," Tim Boyd, the now-former mayor of Colorado City, Texas. Said.

Texas the land of fark head scumbags who vote for scumbags like Tim Boyd.


You're characterizing the second largest state by the mayor of a town of 4000 who was kicked the fark out of office for what he said (forced to resign I believe).

There's plenty going down in Texas to frown upon without building significance out of an insignificant person.  I mean, you are aware of how aggressively shiatty the state government is, right?

And also, it's cold.  Everybody stay warm!
 
Phil McKraken [OhFark]
2022-12-22 9:36:17 PM  

baron von doodle: Phil McKraken: I bought these Jesus candles and am praying for the Texas grid.
[Fark user image image 422x750]

If you're buying emergency candles, picking up the Jesus brand can't hurt.


My stepfather asked if they were out of atheist candles. :-)
 
Al Tsheimers
2022-12-22 9:55:05 PM  

one of Ripley's Bad Guys: waxbeans: Does it matter?
Keep in mind:
"No one owes you [or] your family anything, nor is it the local government's responsibility to support you during trying times like this," Tim Boyd, the now-former mayor of Colorado City, Texas. Said.

Texas the land of fark head scumbags who vote for scumbags like Tim Boyd.

Every Boyd I have known was a raging prick.


Except Walton Goggins.
 
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