Texas

and it is still deep red. We bore the brunt of this after Matagorda & Galveston. The command center for Centerpointless (tm - some random graffiti artist who sure called it) is now set up in one of our local high schools.

That should have happened LAST week, and the "auxiliary partners" should've been on their way here, not called on Monday after they woke up and said "oh crap - it's really a hurricane".

eta - It's not simply incompetence - it is lack of preparation due to not spending money on infrastructure. If MAGA's actually had brains they would be poring over Project 2025 for the paragraphs where social security, veterans benefits, etc are all cut. And things like this storm show that when the electric goes down we lose cell connection too - which enables the owners to do whatever the heck they'd like because there is no one to call them on their lies until they are back online.