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Has TX been Californicated?


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2023 Feb 3, 4:33pm   1,283 views  19 comments

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As the Austin area entered Day 3 of widespread electric outages in the state capital, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson on Friday apologized for the city's response, saying that it was unacceptable and promised change going forward.  
“I accept responsibility on behalf of the city and I apologize that we have let the people down in Austin,” Watson said. “Providing clear, accurate and timely communication to the public is essential in an emergency like this and once again the city hasn’t delivered. This has been a persistent challenge over the past several years and public frustration is absolutely warranted.”

The response has garnered criticism from the community as nearly 115,000 customers were still without power as of 3 p.m. Friday, leaving many in the dark and cold and forcing the closures of businesses and schools. Despite thawing temperatures, some roads remained challenging because of fallen debris and knocked-out traffic signals.

Austin and Travis County officials said they will continue to work on restoring power and clearing debris, but it could still be several more days before things return to normal.

Travis County Judge Andy Brown said the county is still seeking a disaster declaration in conjunction with the city, which could help fund and speed up recovery, but that decision won’t be made until late Friday.

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According to outage map, there are still more than 119,000 customers without power as of noon Friday.  
Jackie Sargent, general manager for Austin Energy, said that crews were still working to restore power throughout the area.  
There was still not update on how soon power could be restored to customers, but Sargent said the more than 100 crews are out addressing each outage to restore power as soon as possible.  
She said a total of 182,159 customers have seen power restored since outages began early Wednesday. Since 7 a.m. Friday, she said more than 49,000 customers have had power restored.  

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1   Ceffer   2023 Feb 3, 4:37pm  

Maybe the Californians will stop wearing surf shorts, hippie sandals and tropical shirts, now.
2   Bd6r   2023 Feb 3, 5:21pm  

Austin has been cailfornicated


3   Blue   2023 Feb 4, 2:01pm  

outages should not be an issue for people who move from CA.
4   stereotomy   2023 Feb 4, 2:06pm  

I lived in Austin from 2002-2007. The motto of Austin used to be "Keep Austin Weird." I was very active in the live music scene - for those who know, I was gigging on 6th Street 2-3 days a week. I lived there to see the death of traditional Austin and the victory of Californication. The City Manager of Austin came from San Francisco - He turned weird Austin into "Castro on the Colorado." Fuck him and that town - it's dead to me.
5   just_passing_through   2023 Feb 4, 2:32pm  

Last time I was in Austin was NYE 1998->99. I've been back in San Antonio for 4 months now and have no inclination to go see the damage that's been done up North. Austin was awesome in the 90s..

Plus I need to get a new ride before I do any road trips. Mine is too damn old.
6   stereotomy   2023 Feb 4, 2:42pm  

just_passing_through says

Last time I was in Austin was NYE 1998->99. I've been back in San Antonio for 4 months now and have no inclination to go see the damage that's been done up North. Austin was awesome in the 90s..

Plus I need to get a new ride before I do any road trips. Mine is too damn old.

I was in a band that (prior to my joining) played Auquafest in the 80's/90's. That truly was the apex of Austin - they would get all glassy-eyed describing how good it was.
7   Bd6r   2023 Feb 4, 7:01pm  

cisTits says


Bd6r says


Austin has been cailfornicated





...beat me too that. San Antonio pretty much has too. Houston?


Houston is as purple as it gets. Even with Harris county mail in ballots Dems win only 51-49
Which is weird as hell given demographics
8   RWSGFY   2023 Mar 18, 8:39am  

cisTits says

Bd6r says


Houston is as purple as it gets. Even with Harris county mail in ballots Dems win only 51-49
Which is weird as hell given demographics


Houston is a port city with ready access to made-in-china mail-in ballots, right?


As if it was hard to bring a container of ballots by truck anywhere in the country....
9   Onvacation   2023 Mar 18, 10:11am  

RWSGFY says

Has TX been Californicated?

Do homeless people live and shit in the park around the capitol?
10   WookieMan   2023 Mar 18, 11:21am  

Just get out of cities. Don't overly worry about the state unless it has high taxes. Rural NY, CA, IL, etc. are great places to live and raise families if you're not in the shit hole.

I have no problem paying my property taxes and income taxes here in IL. Because I like where I live. Will never be love, but I've got a good thing going on.
11   Bd6r   2023 Mar 18, 11:25am  

RWSGFY says

As if it was hard to bring a container of ballots by truck anywhere in the country....

I recall TX legislature put a stop to mail in ballots and various other, TX ruling class not approved election shenanigans a few months ago.
12   Bd6r   2023 Mar 18, 11:25am  

Onvacation says

Do homeless people live and shit in the park around the capitol?

Not around capitol, but Austin has a yuuge number of homeless relative to any other TX city.
13   WookieMan   2023 Mar 18, 11:30am  

Bd6r says

Not around capitol, but Austin has a yuuge number of homeless relative to any other TX city.

Haven't been in 10 years, but Austin had a shit load of homeless from my perspective. Chicago is different because of winter, so I'm biased. But Austin had a shitload of bums and homeless from my visits. I went 9-12 times over a decade for 2 nights a pop for Keller Williams RE conferences. I thought it was a shitty city. Trashy at that time 2003-2012. I can't imagine it's any better.
14   Bd6r   2023 Mar 18, 11:33am  

WookieMan says


I can't imagine it's any better.

Getting worse every year. It was fine in 2005, kind of quirky. After flood of economic refugees from states which are destroying themselves around 2006-08 it changed to the worse drastically.
15   just_passing_through   2023 Mar 18, 11:42am  

During all of the 80s and 90s I think I saw at most one homeless person in Austin.
16   Ceffer   2023 Mar 18, 11:46am  

My wife said one of her gym friends has a relative in Austin and said she didn't see homeless down town. I find that hard to believe.
17   WookieMan   2023 Mar 18, 1:33pm  

Ceffer says

My wife said one of her gym friends has a relative in Austin and said she didn't see homeless down town. I find that hard to believe.

2004(ish) there was most certainly homeless. More than I've ever been used to. Again, I live in a semi-cold climate, so it's less obvious or prevalent here. It was still a stark contrast to what I witness locally when in Chicago. I wouldn't want to live there because of it is all I'll say.
18   Booger   2023 Mar 18, 3:25pm  

Texas has it's own separate electric power grid. If they have issues, they are on their own.
19   Ceffer   2023 Mar 18, 4:59pm  

Well, I had homeless around the office that I had in Fremont all the time. I became a 'homeless watcher' by default. They liked it by my personal office door because there was a water spigot, an electric outlet, a low fenced area with the air conditioners that could be roofed with cardboard (and hide from police cruisers going by), and bushes to stash stuff.

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