Meanwhile, the other 48 states, including a tiny island and a giant tundra wasteland larger than Texas have no problem keeping their power on in adverse weather.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/over-1-million-lose-pow...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/death-toll-rise...
https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2020-08-06-isaias-...
Were you really trying to suggest the other 48 states never lose power in extreme weather situations?
> have no problem keeping their power on in adverse weather.
It sure reads like other states have no problem keeping their power on and not other states sometimes do lose power as well but hey at least they're trying. And besides, hurricanes hit the East Coast pretty dang often and yet still hundreds of thousands of people will lose power. Sure sounds like they're not trying hard enough if they should have no problem keeping the power on.
Also, as someone who has lived in Texas for 30 years, this storm was absolutely not a ten year event. It may become one with the changing climate, but I have never experienced an ice storm quite as extreme. The major winter storm that happened ten years before was still not close to the one this year. For the one ten years prior, most pools didn't freeze over. Even with the pumps running on my pool, I had nearly an inch of ice form. I've never seen it get that cold in Texas.
Texas' grid also makes it incredibly easy for you to get your local solar/wind connected to the grid to sell your electricity back, further incentivizing local and renewable energy production.
Finally, when Texas' grid has issues with big events which knocks out power, it captures national headlines for months on end. When California has blackouts, its just California being California.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/06/25/blackouts-loom-in-cal...
Maybe there's more states than just Texas having to deal with the effects of climate change.