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A comment on Texas Senate passes bill aiming to counter federal subsidies for wind and solar. Parent comment

Re:Texas Senate passes bill aiming to counter federal subsid... by chasd00 on Thursday April 08, 2021 @08:24AM (#26737836)
This is not even close to fair. Everyone is forgetting how exceptional the storm really was. If Miami were hit by a magnitude 7 earthquake would you all be whining about Miami’s building codes?
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Re:Texas Senate passes bill aiming to counter federal subsid... by Tarragon on Thursday April 08, 2021 @12:00PM (#26740393)
Considering that this exact thing also happened ten years ago. How exceptional is this kind of storm?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/02/18/state-...

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Re:Texas Senate passes bill aiming to counter federal subsid... by chasd00 on Thursday April 08, 2021 @01:22PM (#26741422)
i was here for both, what happened then wasn't anywhere near as severe or prolonged.
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