This is absurd. He has a family and vacations are a big deal to family. What is he going to do to fix this? Good for him! It’s not like his office is closed or is not helping constituents and now seems like a good time to vacation in Texas vs sitting around in the cold dark.
This whole debacle seems to be the inevitable result of a lack of preparation by utilities that have invested most of their money in “green energy” and did not anticipate a rare weather event and its impact on their infrastructure.
If I can keep my gutters free of ice with electrons in the north, it boggles my mind that a natural gas power plant cannot do the same. I know its more complex than that, but not having power (i.e. heat) at the plant seems goofy to me.
My employer has canceled family vacations for much less.
One time they ordered a guy to leave his honeymoon early because of a major outage.
I have had plans blown up at the last minute by every job I have EVER worked. From farm kid to fry guy at Hardees to plant management. When the emergency happens, you don’t blow it off.
So no, you DON’T go to Cancun if your electorate is starving, freezing, and pooping into plastic bags. You work the problem.
Even deBlasio went back to New York during the ice storm.
So you defense is he's useless anyway?