It started out as any other Valentines Day in Houston. Little did anyone expect a winter storm would cripple the city for days. The storm dumped snow, ice, and freezing rain on the city and ended up forcing power companies to cut power to millions of residents.
Houston Mayor Slvester Turner is demanding to know why the state's power grid was completely unprepared. Even Governor Abbott is launching an investigation into what went wrong.
My power went out at about 6:30 pm on Monday. I was hoping it wouldn't last long and was just part of the rolling blackouts. Tuesday came and still no power. Wednesday came and by about 2:30, the power was finally back on.
This isn't the first time Houston has been hit with winter weather. It happened in January 2018, but that time, the power grid wasn't under so much strain.
The winter storm that hit this time strained the power system so much due to the entire state of Texas being under a winter weather warning of some kind. This forced the state's energy grid to go into conservation mode due to sub-freezing temperatures throughout Texas.
And the winter weather is not over yet. Another winter storm is projected to hit Thursday, plunging temperatures into the 20's.
Will an investigation into the state's power grid system lead to changes? Many fuming Texans are hoping the answer is yes.
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