trusted experts. guaranteed accurate books. intuit quickbooks live. solar got to shut down and they were collectively more than 10% of the power grid and that threats to texas and was situation lacking power in a statewide basis. texas governor greg abbott demanding an investigation after a deadly winter storm left millions without power for several days. they are blaming green energy for the rolling blackouts. without getting too much in the weeds, what really went on?
thank you. stay with us if you can. i think we will try to get more questions in in a little bit. no power, no heat, no running water. that s what millions of people in texas are dealing with this morning. many of them for the fourth day in a row. how they are coping and how things got so bad. what are you doing? art class. it s abstract expressionism. when you start with a better hot dog from oscar mayer, you can do no wrong. it s all for the love of hot dogs. riders, the lone wolves of the great highway. you can do no wrong. all they need is a bike and a full tank of gas. their only friend? the open road. i have friends. [ chuckles ] well, he may have friends, but he rides alone. that s jeremy, right there! we re literally riding together. he gets touchy when you talk about his lack of friends.
reporter: the winter storm bringing dangerous travel conditions. in washington state, more than a dozen crashes cut down a major interstate. this is days after a massive pileup of more than 100 vehicles left at least six dead and dozens more injured in fort worth, texas. i never thought i would ever be in a situation like this. things happen and car accidents happen every day. but this one i a 100 car pileup, that s hard. reporter: the bitter weather is especially rare for the south. texas governor greg abbott issued a disaster decoration in declaration in all counties, ordered texans to conserve energy. the houston area hasn t seen temperatures this cold for more than three decades. for most of the state, it s colder than it s been since 1989. reporter: more winter weather could be on the way. another blast is expected to hit the southern plains and move through the northeast later this
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snow covering the highway. the storm left more than 2 million without power. casey stegall live for us. i ve had a lot of subs have never seen something like that there. i was going to say, sandra, you don t see this around these parts, and the people are not really used to driving on it either. president biden, though, has declared a federal disaster for the state of texas because what is crazy about this is every single state is being impacted by this historic winter storm. the majority of the power outage is now approaching nearly 3 million, actually intentional. running that texas electrical grid, says that it was forced to order rotating controlled blackouts early this morning, since demand is far outweighing the supply. officials say that the outages could last for hours at a time, through tonight, and into tomorrow. the storm is extremely far-reaching, by the way. check this out.