UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER #6: In parts of hard-hit Texas, snow is still falling. HOROWITZ-GHAZI: And that is what they did. They have to cut power or risk frying the entire system. And the state grid operators kind of face this dire choice. And so this creates a huge imbalance on the state grid. The real story was what happened to the power grid.īUCHELE: So power plants start freezing up and breaking down right when everyone is turning up their heaters. HOROWITZ-GHAZI: And the storm was just the beginning. UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER #5: For the first time in Texas, all 254 counties are under a winter storm warning. We're going to begin with breaking news tonight on the severe weather disaster that. UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER #4: Good evening and thank you for joining us. Like, everyone who knows about the Texas energy system knows that this could cause some serious problems. You know, you never see snow like that in Austin, but there was also this sense of foreboding. Temperature in Dallas already colder than in Anchorage, Alaska.īUCHELE: At first it was kind of exciting. Temperature's at 18 degrees here in Corpus Christi. UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER #1: Here in Houston in southeast Texas, tonight it's record cold. ![]() ![]() It was Valentine's Day, and it was just freezing cold. And, Mose Buchele, you are KUT's energy and climate correspondent based in Austin, which is where you were when the first snowflakes started falling. ![]() There were ice storms, single-digit temperatures, power lines got knocked down all over the place. SYLVIE DOUGLIS, BYLINE: This is PLANET MONEY from NPR.įebruary of 2021 was brutal for the state of Texas.
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