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Still trying to figure out what 2 federal senators can do to the State government of Texas. The Federal government had nothing to do with Texas”s problems. Texas opted out of the national grid. The problem is with the decisions and lack of oversight of State government over many years.
You are absolutely right about where the fault lies, Rick Perry and Greg Abbott for failing to take action when action was clearly required. Now it can't be ignored or put off any further if Abbott hopes to be re elected.

Here is Cornyn speaking to Biden on the Senate Floor regarding his request for Biden to declare Texas a disaster area so federal dollars can be used for repairs and upgrades.

Many, but not all counties in Texas have been subsequently declared a disaster area.

This is how a US Senator brings money to the state, and likely how the Texas electrical grid will be winterized. Notice how he now says this is not a red or blue disaster. That statement I feel is directed to the Texas leadership.

The political tribalism on this site very entertaining to me and quite predictable. It has also been identified by the FBI as the root cause of self made radicalization and the formation of various hate groups, anarchists, and the insurrectionists attack on the Capital. It exists here in plain view, and you should know it's not going unnoticed by L.E.

I was aware of and watched with disdain as this tribalism started when Gingrich was Speaker of the House. He quickly became as toxic as plutonium to the GOP and was booted off the floor by his own party. The Tea Party took up the cause where Newt left off, and it flourished very dramatically more recently under the leadership of a man with a very obvious and severe mental disease, Malignant Narcissism. The constant need for attention and accolades should have been the clue, as well as instantly disowning anyone for a simple slip of the tongue, who previously had been a close ally. Those are classic hallmarks of a narcissist.
 
You are absolutely right about where the fault lies, Rick Perry and Greg Abbott for failing to take action when action was clearly required. Now it can't be ignored or put off any further if Abbott hopes to be re elected.

Here is Cornyn speaking to Biden on the Senate Floor regarding his request for Biden to declare Texas a disaster area so federal dollars can be used for repairs and upgrades.

Many, but not all counties in Texas have been subsequently declared a disaster area.

This is how a US Senator brings money to the state, and likely how the Texas electrical grid will be winterized. Notice how he now says this is not a red or blue disaster. That statement I feel is directed to the Texas leadership.

The political tribalism on this site very entertaining to me and quite predictable. It has also been identified by the FBI as the root cause of self made radicalization and the formation of various hate groups, anarchists, and the insurrectionists attack on the Capital. It exists here in plain view, and you should know it's not going unnoticed by L.E.

I was aware of and watched with disdain as this tribalism started when Gingrich was Speaker of the House. He quickly became as toxic as plutonium to the GOP and was booted off the floor by his own party. The Tea Party took up the cause where Newt left off, and it flourished very dramatically more recently under the leadership of a man with a very obvious and severe mental disease, Malignant Narcissism. The constant need for attention and accolades should have been the clue, as well as instantly disowning anyone for a simple slip of the tongue, who previously had been a close ally. Those are classic hallmarks of a narcissist.


I sure miss Newt!
 
Girls - lets bring this back on track with tales of polar bears and yeti's ... in San Antonio - yep it was a shitty frozen few days, but having watched Alaskan bush people once, I knew what to do - running round the yard with a chain saw in a blizzard trying to get enough firewood, busting the ice on the top of the pool to get water to flush the toilets - and then we had the great unfreeze on Friday, this is where it got really ugly fast - damage report :
1. Backflow preventer decided that it had had enough and bust ... easy one with a hacksaw, pipewrench, thread tape and a 1"cap .
2. Outside faucet in the back yard not a happy camper - easy one remove stub of pipe and put faucet back on
3. Aereator on septic - mmmm well it was on the way out in 2019 so had an exact replacement still in the box , rip it out put new one in ,

All first world problems ,

the real issue is both pool pumps and the DE filter and a bunch of pvc around the pool equip, waiting on the pool monkey right now before the pool goes green and I get gators of something in it .

Hope y'all Texans made out as lightly as me - and we will have great campfirestories for our grandkids regarding the great snovid of 21
 
Our District 9 City Council Representative sent us an email with his plan, it noticeably lacks improving winterizing at utilities which I found disconcerting since our electric power, water & sewer, and natural gas (for those with access) are all municipally owned. I sent a reply noting the lack of that plank, as well as lack of including Texas utility providers under Texas and any local Emergency Anti-Gouging Laws.
 

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Unit 1 at the Bay City Nuclear power facility indeed tripped off due to a bogus instrument signal as the root cause, just as I expected, which in its turn tripped off the cooling water supply pumps, which led to a low reactor water level safety shutdown of the reactor.

Indeed, the want of a horseshoe nail.

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