My partner lives in North Dallas (Carrollton, to be exact) - she's just round the corner from a hospital and suspects that's the only reason why she hasn't had any power outages at home, but she's been lucky. One of her workmates went without power for 26 hours. I can't believe there won't have been deaths by the time this clears itself up.
She's a vet tech night shift supervisor, and they had to to close down last night, while they've already closed for today and tonight. Most of the people who work there seem to live an hour or more away, and the combination of that and the fact that they couldn't guarantee to be able to do any surgeries seems to have persuaded them. They only had two animals in overnight (it can be up to fifteen or twenty when they're busy), and I think the owners have been summoned to get them - whether they'll be able to get to them or not is a different matter. She hasn't said anything about food shortages to me, but I know she's always well stocked with food so I'm not incredibly worried right now.
"Texas • GDP: $1.6 trillion • Country w/ similar GDP: Russian Federation ($1.7 trillion) • Texas population: 28.3 million (Russian Federation: 144.5 million) • Texas GDP per capita: $57,077 (Russian Federation: $11,441)
The second largest state economy in the country, the GDP of Texas rivals that of world superpower Russia. Similarly, Texas is the top oil and natural gas-producing state in the U.S. Though they have similar GDPs, Texas has a GDP per capita roughly five times that of Russia."
"Texas • GDP: $1.6 trillion • Country w/ similar GDP: Russian Federation ($1.7 trillion) • Texas population: 28.3 million (Russian Federation: 144.5 million) • Texas GDP per capita: $57,077 (Russian Federation: $11,441)
The second largest state economy in the country, the GDP of Texas rivals that of world superpower Russia. Similarly, Texas is the top oil and natural gas-producing state in the U.S. Though they have similar GDPs, Texas has a GDP per capita roughly five times that of Russia."
First world problems...
Eh?
The GDP per capita is not an indication of the wealth of any individual. I would guess Texas beats even Russia as a kleptocratic petrostate
It's warming up in Houston, it was raining today. Good news for our lot as their pipes froze yesterday. They were using water from their swimming pool to flush toilets, and have several bottles of drinking water left over from the last hurricane scare. (All you need to know about life in Southern Texas is pretty much contained in that last sentence.)
The lovely mayor of Colorado City, Tim Boyd, went on a tear and told his constituents that they need to fend for themselves and quit relying on the gubmint for handouts and that socialism had made them weak and they need to stand up and source electricity and water on their own. Yeah. The Mayor. He has since resigned after being taken out of context.
Yeah, Aberdeen made quite an impression. None of them really wanted to leave, especially to return to Houston. And even now my grand-daughter (10) insists that "When I go to university, I'm going to one in Scotland!"
I know people on the Gulf Coast near Corpus Christi and it got down to -7 C there, which is completely bonkers. No power for 50 hours and counting in some parts of the area.
Hey, steady on. I’ll have you know Aberdeen has just won ‘Best Local Authority in the UK’.
I had no idea that was a thing. We regularly win best ‘City in Bloom’ award for floral excellence but ‘Bestest’ is, well, stunning. And surprising. Although there have been a few successes recently I suppose.
The quality of life is good but cost of living is still way too high, even after 5 years of serious recession.
I think I’d certainly prefer it to Texas although, TBF, I haven’t been to Texas. Certainly there is much, much less chance of getting shot in Aberdeen. Unless you’re wandering around a remote hillside dressed like the Q Shaman boy.
The problem is that the fuck knuckle fossil fuel shills now have a myth about windmills that they can feast off for at least a decade and stupid cunts will lap it up with gusto to help the pushback against renewable energy.
Now several cities are saying that people should stop dripping their faucets to prevent freezing because water supplies are dangerously close to running out. Cities are also telling residents to boil their water before using it. Assuming they have the have the ability to boil water, of course.
It's warming up in Houston, it was raining today. Good news for our lot as their pipes froze yesterday. They were using water from their swimming pool to flush toilets, and have several bottles of drinking water left over from the last hurricane scare. (All you need to know about life in Southern Texas is pretty much contained in that last sentence.)
Amor, hope you’re all ok. My wife and I were in Houston in October 2019. My son was in his final year of a soccer scholarship at the University Houston-Victoria - his girlfriend still at UHV and is from Houston. He spent the summer of 2020 in Houston and is now doing a masters and is an assistant coach at NSU in Tahlequah, OK - it was minus 20 Celsius earlier this week.ouch. That’s cold. Visited Houston, Victoria, Austin and my favourite, Galveston. A dad brag to finish , he was voted All American in his final year.
Amor, hope you’re all ok. My wife and I were in Houston in October 2019. My son was in his final year of a soccer scholarship at the University Houston-Victoria - his girlfriend still at UHV and is from Houston. He spent the summer of 2020 in Houston and is now doing a masters and is an assistant coach at NSU in Tahlequah, OK - it was minus 20 Celsius earlier this week.ouch. That’s cold. Visited Houston, Victoria, Austin and my favourite, Galveston. A dad brag to finish , he was voted All American in his final year.
Cheers, They're all fine, but in the five years they've lived there they've survived being flooded out, the tail end of a hurricane, and now rolling power outages. We've visited a couple of times and the city impresses me as somewhere that didn't ought to be where it is. I also really like Galveston, though it too is a kind of monument to disasters, both real and potential
The problem is that the fuck knuckle fossil fuel shills now have a myth about windmills that they can feast off for at least a decade and stupid cunts will lap it up with gusto to help the pushback against renewable energy.
Yeah, we ran into our neighbour across the road an hour ago. He too has drunk the "It's because the windmills froze up" Kool Aid. I despair sometimes, I really do
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