{"id":50368,"date":"2022-02-02T02:39:26","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T02:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=50368"},"modified":"2022-02-02T02:39:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T02:39:26","slug":"storm-makes-me-nervous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=50368","title":{"rendered":"Storm makes me nervous"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I cannot possibly be the only Texas resident who is suffering the nervous jerks as we await the arrival of this winter storm.<\/p>\n

We went through a damn rough period just about a year ago in these parts when the electrical power grid failed. We lost our water supply for a time, too. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the managers of our grid, came under intense criticism over the power failure; so did the Public Utility Commission of Texas. ERCOT’s management team quit or was fired, along with the entire PUC.<\/p>\n

Gov. Greg Abbott vowed to fix the grid. I am not sure it’s been fixed. Neither is anyone else. Abbott said a few weeks ago that “I guarantee the lights will stay on” this winter. Just this week, he walked back that bold assertion; now he said there is no guarantee possible.<\/p>\n

So, yes, I am nervous about the storm that is sweeping into Texas this week. The weather forecasters tell us it won’t be as nasty and as severe as it was this past winter.<\/p>\n

I do hope they’re right.<\/p>\n

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