The context of his statements has to do with ice on power lines or trees causing localized power outages. This is a risk every year with freezing rain and has happened many times. He is not predicting the grid going down like last year.
I was gonna evacuate out of Katy but everyone is saying Abbott has the power grid under control so I'm good.
I guess all I can do is hope that my apartment doesn't flood again from burst pipes. I'd rather deal with a heatwave.
This isn't anything like last year -- it's really just a corridor from the coast to CenTX hill country that could have a serious ice storm.
Its reassuring to hear that and I know its not severe, but also... **** I don't ever want to have to deal with what I dealt with last year again.
Ice storms and freezing rain are the worst. Their worse than getting a lot of snow. Stay safe out there. If it makes y'all feel better its -10F this morning here in Minneapolis and last night a USMNT Soccer match was played in 3F in an outdoor stadium. It was so cold that 2 of the Honduran team didn't take the field after halftime.
No matter what the context there is a danger of losing power so people should be prepared for that possibility.
After years of....hurricane (power outage)... floods (power outage)..... winter storm (power outage)... I got a 12,000 watt generator and I've got a connection to my breaker box (along with other configurations). If our grid or neighborhood loses power, I should be in great shape. I don't think we will (this time). But I'm ready if we do.
