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| FEMA Sends Wind and Solar‐No, Wait, It's Sending Diesel Generators‐to the Texas Winter Storm Zone |
| 2021-02-22 |
[PJ] Here’s just a little note about what works best when things are at their worst.HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — FEMA is working with the Texas Division of Emergency Management and is sending 60 generators after frigid temperatures forced the closure of at least 30 federally supported COVID-19 vaccine sites on Wednesday. They’re diesel generators. FEMA has supplied generators to Texas and is preparing to move diesel into the state to ensure the continued availability of backup power, which of course is a major issue on the ground to key critical infrastructure including communications, hospitals, and water. I don’t even want to play "If a Republican had been president..." but the fact is, a Republican president would have been pilloried for not uttering a word several full days into a major crisis. CNN, which helped puff up Gov. Cuomo even after his nursing home policy likely sent thousands to COVID death, would have led the way. You’d have had to pry Shepard Smith away from a camera with a crowbar. We’re now probably past the storm’s worst—before FEMA gear is making its way in. Central Texas finally gets above freezing today. It’s possible that Texas didn’t ask FEMA for support, and it’s likely that said support couldn’t have even gotten to most of the state. In case you missed the big headline, the entire state froze. The whole gigantic thing. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #2 Maybe FEMA can mobilize the US Plumber's "Crack" division of para-plumbers, to be air-dropped over the regions of Texas with the highest incidence of frozen/fractured water pipes. |
| Posted by: Knuckles Fluper5134 2021-02-22 14:00 |
| #1 We need the generators to power the air conditioners... it's in the 70s today... |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2021-02-22 10:34 |