A friend lives in Houston. During the event I looked at the radar and o.O FZRA.... freezing rain and just below him, just south of his house, pinned on my radar by gps by being there a whole buncha times in the past 15 years, snow.
I lived the exact scenario in Grand Forks ND in 1997, when I was a wx guy there.
Rain, ice, rain, ice, rain.. only I didn't know about the ice. "Airman, where did you chip that piece of clear ice from?" "From the flagpole." *gulp*
Close. It was the decision to not winterize the equipment.
While this freeze is bad, a freeze like this is not "once in a lifetime", but easily seen as about every few years. 2021. 2011. 2008. 2006. 2003. 1989. 1983. This is a fairly common occurrence.
After 2011 there was a commission that identified a bunch of winterizing steps that should be required. The companies agreed to take them as recommendations... And then they ignored them. They claimed that they were the experts, they knew what they were doing,
I like how the governor is now wanting an "investigation" of the problem. That's not what he really wants, he wants an "investigation" to shift the blame to anyone but himself and his ilk.
Politicians want investigations when there's demand for change now and the politician doesn't actually want to change anything. Investigations require time. In fact, a politician can make an investigation stretch out for as long as they need. The politician says they're investigating the issue as long as the public is upset. Once the public has moved on and people aren't as upset, the politician can close the investigation saying "nothing that needs changing" and move on without changing anything.
It was the ice. (Score:5, Interesting)
It was ice.
A friend lives in Houston. During the event I looked at the radar and o.O FZRA.... freezing rain and just below him, just south of his house, pinned on my radar by gps by being there a whole buncha times in the past 15 years, snow.
I lived the exact scenario in Grand Forks ND in 1997, when I was a wx guy there.
Rain, ice, rain, ice, rain.. only I didn't know about the ice. "Airman, where did you chip that piece of clear ice from?" "From the flagpole." *gulp*
THen it snowed. Oh man it snowed, an
Re: It was the ice. (Score:5, Interesting)
Close. It was the decision to not winterize the equipment.
While this freeze is bad, a freeze like this is not "once in a lifetime", but easily seen as about every few years. 2021. 2011. 2008. 2006. 2003. 1989. 1983. This is a fairly common occurrence.
After 2011 there was a commission that identified a bunch of winterizing steps that should be required. The companies agreed to take them as recommendations... And then they ignored them. They claimed that they were the experts, they knew what they were doing,
Re: It was the ice. (Score:3)
I like how the governor is now wanting an "investigation" of the problem. That's not what he really wants, he wants an "investigation" to shift the blame to anyone but himself and his ilk.
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Investi