I live in Panhandle FL and yes, cold is relative. We have had some extremes in the past. In the winter of 78-79 we had a week of lows below ten degrees, one night- 3 degrees. In the late nineties we had long stretches of 100+ summer days. Remembering my youth I feel I prefer the climate in coastal Virginia. The political climate there now is entirely too depressive, though.
I successfully clicked my link and found this excellent and informative Comment.
“The main reason most power plants “froze up” and tripped off line, or failed to start up, can be traced to simple reasons. First, they do not operate their compressed/control air systems properly. They have failed to maintain their air dryer systems to save money, thus their air systems are full of water; when it freezes the control air systems fail, and the unit cannot run. Secondly, their trace heat systems, to keep water pipes from freezing, are also not maintained properly. The pipe heaters do not work, pipe insulation is removed, not replaced, etc. allowing the water in the pipes to freeze.
I know this having worked in Texas power plants. When attempting to fix air dryers, I was always shut down & told that they didn’t want to spend the money.”
WOW! Talk about false economy!