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karamanolevyesterday at 7:01 PM2 repliesview on HN

I'm not a fan of Texan electrical isolationism, but "people dying every winter from power outages" is stretching it a bit...


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seanmcdirmidtoday at 4:17 AM

Ya, it was just one winter where people actually died, it was recent though.

ceejayozyesterday at 7:03 PM

Every winter is a stretch, yes.

But they did get a big warning shot in 1989 and 2011, and ignored those lessons for cost reasons. A couple hundred people died.

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