When he talks about all those Californians fleeing Texas and going back to California, he makes it sound like it's a bad thang.
It ain't.
People Who Moved To Texas From California Finally Feeling At Home Now That Power Is Out
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When he talks about all those Californians fleeing Texas and going back to California, he makes it sound like it's a bad thang.
It ain't.
Didn't know that Gas stations in Texas were out of gas because of the weather situation and poor driving conditions because of the weather.
Simply, people can't even drive out of the state to get away...they literally are trapped there.
Strange situation...looks like Texas doesn't even have equipment to plow their roads via this scene of a road shared by Texas / Arkansas. One side not plowed is the Texas side...the other side that's plowed is Arkansas side.
Classic example of a state not able to pay for infrastructure.
I think Texas should start a GoFund me webpage to raise money to buy plow trucks and rescue crew to get their street maintenance people to work. Seriously, currently Texas has about 18 billion dollars of damage just from burst pipes, roof collapse alone.
Snow removal or street maintenance is very big business here in Canada. I know people that make 40k - 100k each year as independent contractors...working about 4 months per year.
If you own your own snow removal business...they typically pay people their employees $20 - $40 dollars per hour during the winter.
They even clear the sidewalks too...its the most efficient snow removal I've ever seen while living in cities or skiing in cities that get heavy snow / freezing weather every winter. Tip: Don't leave your car parked on the street...park it in your driveway or garage.
By the way, those sidewalk snow removal machines...central heat. Usually will see the operator wearing just a jacket or sweater. I see these sidewalk snow removal machines at least 2x per week or every time after a snow fall of just a few inches...they do it like that to prevent accumulation of snow.
One year, the snow in my front yard was 8 feet tall...kids were practicing snow boarding. The backyard...snow when up to the roof of the shed...we built an igloo...usually every winter.
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Something needs to be said here.
Your ongoing "real Canadian" rhetoric is racism of the worst kind particularly when you say things like "parked their camel". The is a great example of the kind of subtle undercurrent of racism with many dumb Americans ( and some Canadians no doubt ) that has to be confronted. And let me be clear, this very real Canadian would deal with you rather directly if you ever spoke to me this way in person. A piece of shit like you needs to be sent a clear message.
I was born in England but moved to Canada before I was even school age. I have lived my full life in Canada. I am Canadian in every way and damn proud of it. I was educated in Canada, worked my whole life in Canada, played numerous sports in Canada, even seen my kids represent their country in competition. I am actually fairly typical Canadian, part of the European immigrant wave of the 1960s, and people of English descent are a huge demographic in Canada. Most Canadians love their country with a passion. We won't be swayed by American idiots on this.
The idea that I am somehow a "fake" Canadian is as ridiculous as it is racist.
Almost nobody in Canada thinks you have to have ancestors in the 1800s to be a "real Canadians". In fact, we embrace a society that includes immigrants of all types even recent ones. Now I don't know what kind of shitty back water place that raised you to be the ignorant, racist slug that you are now, but your kind of hatred is not welcome in Canada. It shouldn't be welcome in the US either, but the US has apparently moved more slowly then Canada on this and accepts your kind of talk far too easily. Not me. I see you for exactly what you are, too dumb to even know why you should feel shame expressing these ideas.
I'm going to be very clear with you. Shut the fuck up. Canada is a great country and we won't be silenced by dumb Americans. If I want to scream from the top of the hills about Canada I will. There is something obviously wrong with you if the mere mention of Canada bothers you. I was on topic, the power out was real, and it was the fault of a power company located in the US. We had no power for days because of some idiot Americans running a mediocre company with a lack of government oversight. Again, 100% on topic.
So run along and find some other idiots to complain about Canada, like the racist TreeFrogTrader. Maybe he's more your speed. Put me on block if you like, I really wouldn't miss you.
It's been obvious for the last 12 years if not longer that the US system is broken in some ways particularly in terms of social systems ( eg health care ) and dealing with natural disasters. Every time the coastal areas get flooded there still seems to be thousands of Americans and their government surprised by the event and sheer chaos or worse ensues. It's a signal that private for profit companies can not be trusted to take care of some things to the extent that they are in the US. The forest fires in California are another ongoing example. I shudder at what would occur if the next earthquake hits in the coast. Covid ran rampant through the US and broke the American medical system in some states far worse then in Canada.
Waving an American flag and dealing with each event after it occurs is not effective government.
I have read the last stupid word written by you I will ever read. On ignore Canada-boy.
Lives in Canada. Worries about forest fires in California because the daughter lives and works in California.
Just on temporary humanitarian assignment there to help the Americans who cannot find any IT talent in Silicon Valley,
giggle.
Just on temporary humanitarian assignment there to help the Americans who cannot find any IT talent in Silicon Valley,
giggle.
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@gwb-trading Well, it is clear that what you purported to be facts were in fact not facts at all. Your facts have turned out to be simply political propaganda that had a specific motive and was misinformation.
@UsualName @Here4money @Frederick Foresight
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/c...d-power-was-chief-culprit-texas-grid-collapse
Cascend: Data Shows Wind-Power Was Chief Culprit Of Texas Grid Collapse
Some more detail from Cascend which lays out the events of this week in sequence:
The folly of chasing renewable energy as a means of mitigating “climate change” is making itself abundantly clear today in Texas. When will politicians wake up and realize that renewable energy almost always equates to unreliable energy?
@UsualName @Here4money @Frederick Foresight
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/c...d-power-was-chief-culprit-texas-grid-collapse
Cascend: Data Shows Wind-Power Was Chief Culprit Of Texas Grid Collapse
- Wind failed as “Ice storms knocked out nearly half the wind-power generating capacity of Texas on Sunday as a massive deep freeze across the state locked up wind turbine generators, creating an electricity generation crisis."
- Natural gas made up the difference for a while
- But then everything else followed down
Some more detail from Cascend which lays out the events of this week in sequence:
- A massive cold snap drove demand for electricity well beyond normal levels
- Wind power failed to deliver it’s expected power – almost 40% of expected power – in part due to lack of winterized wind turbines
The folly of chasing renewable energy as a means of mitigating “climate change” is making itself abundantly clear today in Texas. When will politicians wake up and realize that renewable energy almost always equates to unreliable energy?
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