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katakowsj · 1042 days ago · link · · parent · post: ERCOT triggers Texans with another warning on conserving energy
A recent experience with my understanding of Texas' heat was in a conversation I'd had with a high school friend's dad. Mr. Wollam, a very soft-spoken emotionally conservative guy that was our soccer coach in high school. I'd asked him, " So Mr. Wollam, how is it now that you're living near Houston?" His reply, "Jeff, It's too fucking hot and I hate it. If I'm not in an air-conditioned building, it will kill me. If this is a common experience in Texas, there are some folks living life on a precipice. Stuff is gonna fall apart sooner or later.