[Melas]

Why the heck doesn’t Texas have enough power to meet its needs? Is this some third world country? It gets cold every year. They should plan for this. I’d be embarrassed if I were a Texan.

It doesn't get cold like this every year. Freak ice storms don't dump inches of solid ice (not snow) that take out power plants every year. This is the equivalent of a hurricane for Texas. This is the kind of weather you can't plan for.

[dragnet2]

This is the kind of weather you can't plan for.

Why not? California planned for and spent *hundreds of billions* retrofitting freeways, and tens of thousands of buildings in case of a large event.