The Dallas Stars postponed their home game Monday night against the Nashville Predators after a request from city officials not to play because of the impact extreme winter weather had on the area.
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Amid Worst Winter Storm In Texas In Decades, Dallas Mayor Gets Stars To Postpone Game Versus Predators
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North Texas has been hit with some of the coldest temperatures ever experienced in the area, with windchills hitting negative double-digits earlier today. Late last night, the power grid reached a critical point and rolling power outages were enacted to help save an overworked infrastructure.
At first, those rolling outages were supposed to last between 15 and 45 minutes. It only took until the early morning hours of the work day for that to be revised to “it could be several hours” as the power grid continues to suffer outages from a variety of sources, including frozen wind turbines, coal, natural gas, and even nuclear plants.
The disruption of natural gas exports to Mexico, which lies to the south of the US, took power stations offline, leaving more than 4.7 million homes without power.
Critical energy infrastructure including oil and gas, as well as wind, which accounts for 25 per cent of supply in the winter, failed to generate electricity as equipment froze in the Arctic-like temperatures.
Wind turbines stopped rotating as the equipment was not designed to withstand severe climatic conditions such as those witnessed across nearly a third of the US.
The severe weather event could throw a major spanner in the works of the US s ongoing energy transition, the world s largest producer of oil and gas, according to Stephen Innes, chief global market strategist at Axi.
The Trail Blazers (16-10) are currently on a four-game winning streak. The Thunder (11-15) have won the last three games versus the Trail Blazers. One of those streaks will end tonight.After defeating the Mavericks in Dallas to start a three-game trip, the Trail Blazes arrive in an absolutely frigid Oklahoma City to face the Thunder for the second time this season Tuesday