Y'all. Y'all Northerners? Please keep this shit in the future. Actually cold winters are terrible, and so is ice and snow.
I don't recall if I've specifically stated it, but I'm in Texas.
Yes. That Texas. The one that is a giant-ass trash fire right now because it's not so much a "great state" as it is "a bunch of Republicans and oil barons stapling the rest of us into one big straightjacket and saying everything is fine."
...I'm a little angry right now...
Anyway. Not in the worst-hit areas; those are farther south than me. We didn't get skipped, but we are far and away not the worst off in this disaster of a state. We had rolling blackouts from late Monday - thankfully one hour on, one hour off for the most part - until midnight last night and are under a boil water notice. But my household is fine, the BOs are fine, the trainer is fine, the horses and the dog are all fine. It's not great for my anxiety that none of my animals will wear clothes when it's fucking freezing, but that's a minor thing. Even my elderly parents are fine, although they didn't have power for 48 hours and will not listen when I tell them not to try and clean their very steep driveway by themselves.
More later; right now I'm just glad to be back online and functional.
I’ve been reading about Texas and it’s heartbreaking. Winter is hard and if you don’t have the infrastructure it can be really bad.
ReplyDeleteIt's *terrible*. We were really, really lucky where I am - but we're also in the northern half of the state, which is at least familiar with temps in the teens (and the occasional upper single-digits) and snow/ice, even if they're not super-common.
DeleteStay safe :( the news is heartbreaking
ReplyDeleteWe've been doing our best. We got a good start on thawing today; roads will be icy in the morning, and then... because it's Texas... 60s by next week.
DeleteAnd the news is godawful. I'm insulting from it somewhat because we *were* really lucky, and I don't want to drown myself in misery... but there's stuff seeping in. We're not gonna know the full toll for a while, and it's gonna be *ugly*.