I blame the wind mills ** -- HokieForever 02/17/2021 6:04PM
To add insult to injury, Austin is now under mandatory water conservation -- TexasGobbler 02/17/2021 3:01PM
This is such a cluster. First of all, there is zero need for this situatio -- ColoVT82 02/17/2021 4:31PM
Nuclear would have survived this just fine... -- MBHokie90 02/18/2021 09:01AM
And yet renewables somehow seem to work in Norway, Sweden, N. Scotland, etc -- SDHokie 02/18/2021 01:21AM
Well if you look to El Paso - They aren't on the Texas Grid. They had -- UTPr0sim 02/17/2021 8:24PM
It's the peripherals around the pipelines that are frozen, not the gas ** -- typed by ben 02/17/2021 5:52PM
Great post - very frustrating here in Fulshear -- ValveHokie 02/17/2021 5:28PM
I am not a big fan of regulation, but in the energy sector -- turkeywinghokie 02/17/2021 4:48PM
Looks like being too cheap to winterize bit Texas in the butt. Maybe have -- reestuart 02/18/2021 08:55AM
Don't they have insulation on any pipeline systems? -- lchoro 02/17/2021 3:50PM
Houston will warm up 40 degrees by next week ** -- lchoro 02/17/2021 4:56PM
Not in Texas. Frozen pipes will be huge. Once it thaws. ** -- Stork 02/17/2021 4:06PM
I think the main issue is probably LOTS of small pipes inside buildings... -- MP4VT2004 02/17/2021 4:04PM
Sprinkling systems, swimming pools that weren't drained. Damages -- Stork 02/17/2021 4:07PM
Underground domestic supply, sewer, etc. could also be in trouble. -- LonghornHokie 02/17/2021 4:19PM
Yep. All of that. ** -- MP4VT2004 02/17/2021 4:16PM
So the price of energy independence finally comes due. Sad for all the -- UTPr0sim 02/17/2021 3:35PM
Yep. TX is the only state with a stand-alone electricity grid -- turkeywinghokie 02/17/2021 4:43PM
So, basically, a bunch of Californians move to Texas -- Tafkam Hokie 02/17/2021 3:04PM
Well, it is Austin ** -- Stork 02/17/2021 4:06PM
It makes them feel "at home" ** -- EDGEMAN 02/17/2021 3:52PM
Lol... They will be talking about High-speed rail soon. ** -- HokieSignGuy 02/17/2021 3:17PM
Ha ha. No shirt! ** -- TexasGobbler 02/17/2021 3:09PM
I thought it would at least take 'em a couple years. ;-)** -- vthokieq 02/17/2021 3:05PM
Keep Austin Weird ** -- Tuckahokie 02/17/2021 3:03PM