3 days without power? I'm sorry, but every single American should already be prepared for - at the very minimum - a 3-day power outage. (Of course, I'm excluding the elderly and infirm, who should receive emergency aid)
People knew for almost a week that this thing was coming. What did they think was going to happen? The city/state/FedGov was going to swoop in and take care of their every need?
Awhile ago the government had some promotional thing out about being prepared for 3-days (storms, earthquakes, etc.). I THINK they may have expanded the length a bit since it first came out.
Here in the Pacific Northwest I’m fairly prepared for the “Big One” (earthquake) and could last 3 weeks comfortably as long as my house is still standing (it should be).
The government can’t have everything in place to serve the relatively rare instances of an emergency. Of course they can try to do better and have better plans, but it all takes time in a crisis.
All that said, I still think that the EPA regulations against fossil fuel use in Texas and promotion of solar/wind did a lot to make Texas worse off during this cold snap.