Powerless in the Heat: Texas' Failing Grid and Republican Negligence [View all]

How partisan politics leave Texans in the dark and sweltering heat.

https://www.lonestarleft.com/p/powerless-in-the-heat-texas-failing




While Hurricane Beryl hit Texas as a Category One on Monday, currently, 1.2 million Texans are still without power, and there is no word about when it will come back on. It matters a lot since the Harris County area is under a heat advisory, and temperatures this week have been over 100°.

Yesterday, Spectrum customers in the San Antonio and South Texas area had their phones and internet down for the entire day. Spectrum stated that Hurricane Beryl caused third-party infrastructure issues.

In a first-world country, such as the United States of America, robust and resilient infrastructure should be a given, especially for essential services like electricity and internet connectivity.

Over the last 24-hours, Republicans have bombarded my social media posts about Texas’ failing infrastructure. They were calling me “stupid” because it’s expected to lose power in a hurricane. “It’s not a political issue,” they said.

While it’s true that hurricanes and severe weather events can cause power outages, the frequency and duration of these outages in Texas point to deeper issues in infrastructure resilience.