This is a “snownado”.

This is in Texas—where it’s getting dumped with another snow storms, with frigid temps that it’s causing rolling blackouts because gas pipelines have frozen up & people left freezing in homes.

Welcome to 2021 climate change.
2) Key word: polar vortex. It’s caused by weak jet stream caused by climate change. https://twitter.com/unfccc/status/1361355803949756416
3) When then allows some places to get much colder while other places much hotter. Overall, it’s net hotter this winter.
4) here is the current map of the polar vortex hitting Texas. -24 degrees C below normal. https://twitter.com/remotelongitude/status/1361272103207657472
5) Kansas reporter @davidcondos has some fun with turning boiling water instantly into snow in the #PolarVortex
6) “welcome to climate dystopia” says @C_Stroop https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/14/us/winter-storm-snow-ice.html
At Least 120 Million Americans Are Bracing for Coast-to-Coast Storm

From Oregon to the Southeast, Americans were facing heavy snow, perilous ice and dangerously low temperatures across much of the country.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/14/us/winter-storm-snow-ice.html
7) Polar vortex meets vaccine crisis. https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1361453151094718466
8) And don’t blame the wind turbines @ERCOT_ISO. Your providers failed to cold weather insulate your turbines. They work fine atop the Alps. https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1361626388550279169
9) Maybe Texas should rejoin America’s power grid.
10) Sharing is caring. https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1361680242939752458
11) For any Texans who need help with food, shelter, or mental health problems, please dial 2-1-1 or visit http://211texas.org  for help. ❤️
2-1-1 Texas | Texas Health And Human Services Commission

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http://211texas.org
12) Texas sized incompetence https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2021/02/15/391519/why-does-texas-have-its-own-power-grid/
Why Does Texas Have Its Own Power Grid? | Houston Public Media

Basically, Texas has its own grid to avoid dealing with — you guessed it — the feds. But grid independence has been violated a few times over the years.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2021/02/15/391519/why-does-texas-have-its-own-power-grid/
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