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Another #TX Ranger fired over #Uvalde school shooting response. https://www.texastribune.org/2023/01/06/texas-ranger-uvalde-shooting-criminal-cases-kindell/ [www texastribune org]
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#USGS reports M5.3 #earthquake in western #Texas. Date & time: 2022-12-16 23:35:29 UTC / 2022-12-16 17:35:29 US-Central. Location: 32.176N 102.130W, 20.4km/ 12.6mi NNW of Midland #TX, 42.9km/26.6mi NNE of Odessa TX
Pager is green for both economic damage (<$1M) and estimated fatalities (0).
Inland, so no #tsunami. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/ https://tsunami.gov/
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https://news.yahoo.com/tornado-warning-live-news-40-062509889.html [news yahoo com]
Two people killed in #AL as #tornadoes rip through Southern states #LA #MS AL #AR #TX #TN #KY were under watches last night.
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AMBER Alert in #TX. I can't tell from the wording whether the 59 year old who abducted the child is a relative. Most of the time these alerts are about parents in a child custody dispute.
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#USGS reports M 5.3 #earthquake in western #Texas. 2022-11-16 21:32:44 UTC.
It looks like 40-50 miles SSE of Carlsbad #NM and 60-70 miles W of Odessa #TX. No pager information (probably too small to be worth damage estimation).
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/
Not near water, so no #tsunami danger. https://tsunami.gov/
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Denton County #TX HOA bans Section 8, other public subsidy rentals. https://nu.federati.net/url/286707 [www nbcdfw com]
The laws that established USHUD should (but may not, I am not versed in the law) prevent this. They should work with USDOJ and sue the homeowners' association.
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Gunman killed after opening fire at #TX children’s camp; no staff or children hurt. https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/13/us/texas-duncanville-summer-camp-shooting-fieldhouse/index.html [www cnn com]
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https://nu.federati.net/url/286317 [medium com]
A group in Austin #TX is trying to use #blockchain to help agencies better serve homeless.
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Storm and extreme cold causing #outage s in #TX (50-75K customers without power), #AR (22K), #MS (12K), #TN (136K; 118K in and around Memphis), #KY (10K), #OH (20K).
For most of those, these are not particularly high numbers, but if you see them on a map, you see a diagonal line across the country.
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https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article257360862.html [www star-telegram com]
Hostage situation at #TX synagogue.
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NWS sent 20 alerts within about half an hour. See https://nu.federati.net/notice/3389312 for more details. It sounds like it could wind up being a repeat of the weather that caused the #TX power grid to fail and led to people freezing to death in their homes, mobile homes, and apartments.
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https://abc13.com/seabrook-beating-man-beaten-elliot-reed-collin-fries-assault-arrest/11191800/ [abc13 com]
25 year old #TX man beats bicyclist unconscious for being Black.
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Oh, boy, here we go. https://www.govtech.com/news/public-health-records-exposed-in-denton-county-texas-breach [www govtech com]
Denton County #TX public health records and others exposed by app.
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https://nu.federati.net/url/280816 [www cnbc com]
New #COVID-19 variant discovered in #TX; shows signs of antibody resistance.
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I was talking to one of my brothers and the subject of the #TX electrical failure came up. I said that we are too smug in #CA, when
(1) Our homes are not heavily insulated, so if below zero temperatures came, we’d be dependent on utilities not failing.
(2) The fires in NorCal a few years back revealed that our state Public Utilities Commission is under the control of the utility companies, just like Texas’ privately-owned grid operator. Californians generally use natural gas for heating, instead of electricity, but some of our natural gas utilities have reputations for skimping on maintenance.
(3) Every time a power company has a “public safety power shutoff”, that’s a reminder that their lack of infrastructure investment threatens the homes and lives of Californians.
In short, a version of that could happen in #California. I’m not saying it is likely, but remember that Texas’ experience wasn’t likely until it happened.
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Got the account codes for reimbursing the expenses flying to #TX and spending a night there before turning around and flying back to #SoCal the next day.
Travel reimbursement may not get filed tonight (very tired and itchy tonight ... I probably should take some diphenhydramine, but I don’t have any here).
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Heard from #Papaya, a nephew who currently lives in #TX. Power is back. It was only out 12 hours in his town. They have a boil water notice, but pipes are still frozen, so they cannot use water yet.
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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/texas-blackouts-wind-turbines_n_602c4e16c5b62767c0aaa263 #TX blackouts are failures of all energy sources, not just wind and solar.
Article’s point is not supported by data, neither is the pollies’ point.
According to an #NPR broadcast last night, 40% of failed generation capacity was solar and wind and 60% was gas / oil / coal / nuclear ... but renewables are less than 40% of the total capacity. That means renewable sources failed at a higher proportion than other sources.
But either way, *every* generation source had its own failures, and this doesn’t even count the inevitable downed power transmission lines due to ice.
#Texas needs to take this opportunity to focus their attention on making their generation and transmission grid more reliable in every area.
(And frankly, I think #California could also benefit from learning this and responding appropriately, as our homes are also thinly insulated, and Cal-ISO already struggles during high demand days.)
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It was cool seeing the clouds ☁️ over #TX today. They had waves and ripples like the ocean ?, but with curvy shapes one does not see on the sea.
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Cold weather in places that aren't used to it. 100 vehicle pile-up in #TX. 5 killed. https://news.yahoo.com/5-dead-mass-casualty-incident-162840364.html