More A/C Please: What's the Deal With the Texas Power Grid?
ERCOT asked Texans to conserve electricity over the weekend during an early heat wave. Six power plants went offline while social media called out the governor.
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ERCOT asked Texans to conserve electricity over the weekend during an early heat wave. Six power plants went offline while social media called out the governor.
At the soil, that's all it is. there's absolutely no way these people can make a living out of farming, and that's why they come here, desperate for food. there are five categories in a food crisis. this area is the second highest, level four. four is actually . emergency level. that is one step. before starvation. you're an afghan, you come from this area. what do you feel about the situation here? i feel terrible for my people. it's so sad to see how- dependent people are and how desperate people are. so it's not... it's not something... well, it's...
Translation: the previous drought was a tough one, i but this is worse, with water being harder to find. we don't have food, and our livestock are dying. people have died of this drought and will continue to die if we don't get help soon. we depend on our livestock and our crops, which in two consecutive years have been decimated by desert locusts. translation: our kids have not been to school for some time now. it's impossible for us to send the children to school without food and water. also, we don't have any money to pay the school fees. somalia has experienced three major drought crises s...
Consecutive years have been decimated by desert locusts. translation: our kids have not been to school for some time now. - it's impossible for us to send the children to school without food and water. also, we don't have any money to pay the school fees. somalia has experienced three major drought crises since 2011. this year, latest food security projections suggest that 4.6 million somalis will face crisis to emergency level food insecurity in the next few months. we were focused for a below average march—to—may season. _ we're extremely concerned. it is uncertain how people will surviv...
ERCOT says our power supply in Texas is fine. The main concern in Central Texas right now? The possibility of local outages. Here's how to check the power grid to get some peace of mind.