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TEXAS TRIVIA TIME 🧠

How many Texans lost power during the 2021 winter storm?
A) 1 million
B) 2.3 million
C) 4.5 million
D) Over 10 million
Drop your best guess in the comments👇

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Severe storms swept through San Antonio early Thursday, unleashing powerful rains (up to 6+ inches at the airport), lightning, and high winds. As a result, CPS Energy reported:

Over 30,000 customers without power at the storm’s peak

4,500+ customers still in the dark as of this afternoon

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Texans always show up for each other.

Let’s do it again.

Interesting take on power outages this summer from Off The Grid News with their article. "The time to prepare is now… before the heatwaves roll in, the terrorists and protestors roll out and the lights go off."

Preparing for Power-Grid Challenges In The Summer of 2025 - Off The Grid News Bracing for Blackouts As the summer of 2025 approaches, the stability of the U.S. power grid remains a pressing concern. With extreme weather forecasts, an aging infrastructure, increased cyberattack threats, and politically motivated sabotage, the risk of blackouts and brownouts is at an all-time h...

Prepping.com Check out the latest news from Texas Power Grid. The best time to get prepare is now! "serve shortage risks are the highest during the evening hours from Hour Ending 9 p.m. through 10 p.m. Central Daylight Savings Time (CDT). The hour with
the highest EEA risk is Hour Ending 9 p.m." https://www.ercot.com/files/docs/2025/05/02/MORA_July2025.pdf?utm_source=x&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=mora-report&utm_term=july-2025

Hey Baylee Bates looks like Ercot expects to have about a 10% chance of an outage sometime in June and July this summer....They say 9pm is the mostly likely time for the outage to occur!

https://www.ercot.com/files/docs/2025/04/04/MORA_June2025.pdf?utm_source=x&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=mora-report&utm_term=june-2025

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