An ill-prepared power grid to deal with extreme cold situations has failed in several places. The biggest problems seem to have arisen in the supply of natural gas, which normally supplies much of the state’s electricity during the winter, because wellheads and pipelines froze. And the problem isn’t just that the lights are gone – people are freezing too...
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The situation in Texas is dire. A state not accustomed to snow and frost sees the number of deaths from the cold increase every day. How is it possible? The technical explanations are coming out these days, for sure it is that up to 3 million people are left without electricity according to data. Running out of electricity in Texas can mean being completely cut off from the world.
The state of Texas has some characteristics that distinguish it from all the others quite markedly. First of all the size, it is among the largest states in the USA and, compared to the European ones, it is the largest compared to the others. This creates a large spatial dimension but also generates inevitable internal
The State of Texas Austin is the capital of Texas, named in honor of Stephen Austin, one of those men who fought for Texas’ independence from Mexico and Spain. Austin is recommended for technology lovers, due to its developed hi-tech industry and for music lovers, so much so that it has been nicknamed “The live
