Reporting from Texas in North Austin Comrades. Hot take: shit is bad. I expected rolling blackouts and had myself relatively stocked for a week long haul just by myself with canned goods. Dripped my pipes and all the right things.
Did not expect to go nearly 48 hours without power or a cell signal. Spent all of monday reading and sleeping. Eventually I realized I wasn't going to be able to make due covering myself in every blanket in my house when I saw a layer of frost covering my phone and I made a blind trip further south out of desperation to my mothers. Skidded on the ice twice. Fell into a ditch once...managed to get out. Saw people walking to Heb. Saw birds fallen from the sky like icecicles....
Got to my moms eventually...she was so happy I thought she was going to start crying. Have had limited cell and internet over the past few days. Seems like I have a problem with toe circulation...had to sit by the fire for a good hour but color eventually came back. Power only came in 15 minute increments....but it was warm here....and there is coffee.
Today is thursday....power and internet have been consistent since last night. Checking from the cloud and my house is still down. Not sure where I'd be if I had stayed it out.
To all my comrades in Texas: stay warm and safe. Please. We need you.
I've gone back to work today after two days without power. We still don't have heat or clean water. We're being told to work 9 days in a row to make up for lost time, even though everyone's exhausted and cold. One of my coworkers said boiling water makes you a pussy. Another one blamed the power outages on socialists.