General North Texas is getting lake effect snow.
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Are you referring to canada? Washington DC? Puerto Rico? Or one of the best drugs out there?
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Y'all are just trying to have one win over us.Canadians seen things just a bit different
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Hospitals confront water shortages in winter storm aftermath
HOUSTON (AP) — Hospitals across the South grappled with water shortages Sunday in the wake of a devastating winter storm as the region carried on with recovery efforts and the weather offered a balmy respite — temperatures as high as the mid-60s.
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I've spent so much time talking to Texans on here in recent years that I honestly can't tell if this is serious or satire.
The handful times I’ve seen it snow here are pretty much just like that hah. Which is probably why nobody paid attention to this storm. Usually It rolls in, and then it’s in the 60s or 70s a couple days later so Nobody was prepared for or expected a week of shutdown. Panic set in for many.
we got 8-10 inches here (giggity) which is far beyond what many people knew how to handle. A lot of people don’t even have proper winter clothing. It’s stunning how clueless many were and had no idea what to do. There are some really, really sad stories. I don’t want to make fun or light of people that died, but it is just plain shocking at how unprepared many were and how too many people needlessly died - things that could have been avoided. Horrible stories - kids outside without jackets playing in the snow until hypothermic, kids freezing not having enough blankets, toddlers drowning in bathtubs that were filled up for storage as the water went out, people trying to drive when they shouldn’t, people dying of carbon monoxide from using charcoal in their fireplace, an old man dying in his driveway trying to get his backup oxygen tank out of his truck. It goes on and on. It’s really sad stuff, but I have to admit that it confuses me that some of these things happened. Some of them really bother me, like kids that weren’t looked after better by parents.
moving forward, many people need to learn from this because there was too much death for what this storm was. Sure, this was a big event for what Texans are used to, but it wasn’t so bad that this many people had to die.
I’ve always chuckled at some of the shotty construction practices I’ve observed since being in Tx, but this really puts the icing on the cake for me and instead of chuckling, now I’m just disappointed.
AOC, Beto O'Rourke Raise $5 Million for Texas Relief
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You hit on something we were very concerned about. We have a VERY mobile toddler and filled up a tub of water. We watched him like a damn hawk and made sure the doors to that room were almost always closed.
My parents just left and they told me about the little boy who died, very very sad. I couldn't imagine losing my son.
We are more prepared than others but we can do better.
That one really bothers me. In the end, and all tragedy aside, I really hope people learn from this, and stay more prepared both with their house and supplies.
Agreed. I'll be adding a generator and a few more weeks of food and water to our emergency supply. Probably going to add rain water collection as well. That'll mainly be used to water the garden but also works as a non potable water source for emergencies.
One of my buddies says he ordered one of these:
waterBOB® - Emergency Drinking Water Storage | Keeps Water Fresh and Clean
The waterBOB® is a water containment system that holds up to 100 gallons of fresh drinking water in any standard bathtub in the event of an emergency.
Would also prevent toddlers from getting into a filled tub...
Wow that's really cool!One of my buddies says he ordered one of these:
waterBOB® - Emergency Drinking Water Storage | Keeps Water Fresh and Clean
The waterBOB® is a water containment system that holds up to 100 gallons of fresh drinking water in any standard bathtub in the event of an emergency.waterbob.com
Would also prevent toddlers from getting into a filled tub...
Just goes to show that ignorance is bliss.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
If anything, this event has brought us closer together, and they say that laughter is the best medicine
So far Abbott, who seems to be to blame for this whole not winterizing thing, had put an order into effect that prevents service disconnects for non payment and electric companies can't send out invoices until they figure this shit show out.