Joke Of A State; Texans Relying On Fast Food App To Track Outages Slam Utility Company

[skews13]

After the devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Beryl, millions of Texans were left without power. And once again, residents of the Lone Star State were unable to count on Texas' flagship utility company for either prompt service restoration or even reliable communication.

"The Whataburger app works as a power outage tracker, handy since the electric company doesn't show a map," @BBQBryan wrote in the tweet that has since been viewed more than seven million times. "Still nearly 1.9 million power outages."

That tweet spawned a flurry of angry reactions on social media, with some Texas-based X users using the outage tracker as a jump-off point for a larger conversation about how Texas' GOP-dominated government has failed to provide reliable infrastructure for residents.

Former labor organizer Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez, who is president of the youth activist organization NextGen America, observed that "We’re truly living in a dystopia when a fast-food chain is doing more to track outages during a severe weather event than the f*&king state of Texas.

'Joke of a state': Texans relying on fast food app to track outages slam utility company

After the devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Beryl, millions of Texans were left without power. And once again, residents of the Lone Star State were unable to count on Texas' flagship utility company for either prompt service restoration or even reliable communication.Some Texans...

www.rawstory.com

Any guesses where Ted Cruz and the governor are?

What a shithole that goddman place is. I hear the mega church in town is doing just fine. Hey Texas. What you need is a lot less Jesus. A lot less Republicans. You'll notice your quality of life improves immediately.

 

[excalibur]

OP:
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[Crepitus]

After the devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Beryl, millions of Texans were left without power. And once again, residents of the Lone Star State were unable to count on Texas' flagship utility company for either prompt service restoration or even reliable communication.

"The Whataburger app works as a power outage tracker, handy since the electric company doesn't show a map," @BBQBryan wrote in the tweet that has since been viewed more than seven million times. "Still nearly 1.9 million power outages."

That tweet spawned a flurry of angry reactions on social media, with some Texas-based X users using the outage tracker as a jump-off point for a larger conversation about how Texas' GOP-dominated government has failed to provide reliable infrastructure for residents.

Former labor organizer Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez, who is president of the youth activist organization NextGen America, observed that "We’re truly living in a dystopia when a fast-food chain is doing more to track outages during a severe weather event than the f*&king state of Texas.

'Joke of a state': Texans relying on fast food app to track outages slam utility company

After the devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Beryl, millions of Texans were left without power. And once again, residents of the Lone Star State were unable to count on Texas' flagship utility company for either prompt service restoration or even reliable communication.Some Texans...

www.rawstory.com

Any guesses where Ted Cruz and the governor are?

What a shithole that goddman place is. I hear the mega church in town is doing just fine. Hey Texas. What you need is a lot less Jesus. A lot less Republicans. You'll notice your quality of life improves immediately.

This is what happens when you let republicans run things.

 

[Oddball]

So is this supposed to be evidence of how great gubmint-granted monopolies are?

 

[Harry Dresden]

After the devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Beryl, millions of Texans were left without power. And once again, residents of the Lone Star State were unable to count on Texas' flagship utility company for either prompt service restoration or even reliable communication.

"The Whataburger app works as a power outage tracker, handy since the electric company doesn't show a map," @BBQBryan wrote in the tweet that has since been viewed more than seven million times. "Still nearly 1.9 million power outages."

That tweet spawned a flurry of angry reactions on social media, with some Texas-based X users using the outage tracker as a jump-off point for a larger conversation about how Texas' GOP-dominated government has failed to provide reliable infrastructure for residents.

Former labor organizer Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez, who is president of the youth activist organization NextGen America, observed that "We’re truly living in a dystopia when a fast-food chain is doing more to track outages during a severe weather event than the f*&king state of Texas.

'Joke of a state': Texans relying on fast food app to track outages slam utility company

After the devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Beryl, millions of Texans were left without power. And once again, residents of the Lone Star State were unable to count on Texas' flagship utility company for either prompt service restoration or even reliable communication.Some Texans...

www.rawstory.com

Any guesses where Ted Cruz and the governor are?

What a shithole that goddman place is. I hear the mega church in town is doing just fine. Hey Texas. What you need is a lot less Jesus. A lot less Republicans. You'll notice your quality of life improves immediately.

hey skewy?.....what shithole state do you live in?...or are you to ashamed to say?...

 

[Harry Dresden]

This is what happens when you let republicans run things.

you mean like California who has the same problems?.....

 

[skews13]

This is what happens when you let republicans run things.

Turns out Lt Gov Patrick didn't even call for federal aid until Tuesday, after the Biden admin spent two days trying to get in touch with him. Federal aid was already on the ground in Texas ready to go. Patrick said they had to "assess" the situation first.

WTF?

What was there to assess dipshit. A hurricane was coming ashore in your state. You know, the one that has the shittiest power infrastructure in the country, with a history that leaves dead people behind.

What, you were talking with your donors at Shit Energy of Texas, to get their permission to render aid to your own citizens?

What a fucking shithole that goddamn place is.

 

[WorldWatcher]

Any guesses where Ted Cruz and the governor are?

Maybe he went to Cancun again?

Don't know. Just spit ball'n here.

WW

 

[Crepitus]

Turns out Lt Gov Patrick didn't even call for federal aid until Tuesday, after the Biden admin spent two days trying to get in touch with him. Federal aid was already on the ground in Texas ready to go. Patrick said they had to "assess" the situation first.

WTF?

What was there to assess dipshit. A hurricane was coming ashore in your state. You know, the one that has the shittiest power infrastructure in the country, with a history that leaves dead people behind.

What, you were talking with your donors at Shit Energy of Texas, to get their permission to render aid to your own citizens?

What a fucking shithole that goddamn place is.

Lt governor? Where is the governor himself?

Did he pull a ted cruz and vacate the state?

 

[martybegan]

After the devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Beryl, millions of Texans were left without power. And once again, residents of the Lone Star State were unable to count on Texas' flagship utility company for either prompt service restoration or even reliable communication.

"The Whataburger app works as a power outage tracker, handy since the electric company doesn't show a map," @BBQBryan wrote in the tweet that has since been viewed more than seven million times. "Still nearly 1.9 million power outages."

That tweet spawned a flurry of angry reactions on social media, with some Texas-based X users using the outage tracker as a jump-off point for a larger conversation about how Texas' GOP-dominated government has failed to provide reliable infrastructure for residents.

Former labor organizer Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez, who is president of the youth activist organization NextGen America, observed that "We’re truly living in a dystopia when a fast-food chain is doing more to track outages during a severe weather event than the f*&king state of Texas.

'Joke of a state': Texans relying on fast food app to track outages slam utility company

After the devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Beryl, millions of Texans were left without power. And once again, residents of the Lone Star State were unable to count on Texas' flagship utility company for either prompt service restoration or even reliable communication.Some Texans...

www.rawstory.com

Any guesses where Ted Cruz and the governor are?

What a shithole that goddman place is. I hear the mega church in town is doing just fine. Hey Texas. What you need is a lot less Jesus. A lot less Republicans. You'll notice your quality of life improves immediately.

of course buried at the end of the article...

This isn't the first time restaurants have been used as a means of gauging damage to local infrastructure in the wake of a major storm. The Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) has admitted to using the "Waffle House Index" as a means of determining the impact to a community in the immediate hours after a hurricane or tropical storm makes landfall. The index looks at whether Waffle House — which operates 24-hour restaurants primarily in the Southeastern United States — has locations that are open or closed in a storm zone to determine how hard a major weather event affected an area.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Turns out Lt Gov Patrick didn't even call for federal aid until Tuesday, after the Biden admin spent two days trying to get in touch with him. Federal aid was already on the ground in Texas ready to go. Patrick said they had to "assess" the situation first.

WTF?

What was there to assess dipshit. A hurricane was coming ashore in your state. You know, the one that has the shittiest power infrastructure in the country, with a history that leaves dead people behind.

What, you were talking with your donors at Shit Energy of Texas, to get their permission to render aid to your own citizens?

What a fucking shithole that goddamn place is.

what shithole do you live in skewy?,,,,,

 

[Zincwarrior]

Lt governor? Where is the governor himself?

He was in Taiwan. Still may be.

 

[Crepitus]

He was in Taiwan. Still may be.

I'm sure he still is.

Why?

 

[Zincwarrior]

I'm sure he still is.

Why?

good question.

 

[skews13]

As miserable conditions persist, Houston area residents are growing increasingly frustrated with CenterPoint Energy, the city’s primary utility company that is responsible for restoring the vast majority of outages.

“Almost universally people have lost patience with CenterPoint,” City Councilman Ramirez told CNN over the phone.

But anger is spreading among residents who say that the utility should have been more prepared for the storm.

“CenterPoint can’t seem to tell us how long this is going to last. The first outage we experienced (in May), I was out of power four to five days, and I think that was pretty common,” Ramirez said. “This one, who knows? Could be longer. They’re not telling us.”

Noting the widespread anger, Ramirez also pointed out new street art in Houston – a graffiti tag on Interstate 10 that says “Centerpointle$$.”

Historic Texas power outage begins to have deadly consequences as heat continues — CNN

Frustrations are mounting across southeast Texas as residents enter a fourth day of crippling power outages and heat, a combination that has proven dangerous – and at times deadly.

apple.news

 

[HikerGuy83]

After the devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Beryl, millions of Texans were left without power. And once again, residents of the Lone Star State were unable to count on Texas' flagship utility company for either prompt service restoration or even reliable communication.

"The Whataburger app works as a power outage tracker, handy since the electric company doesn't show a map," @BBQBryan wrote in the tweet that has since been viewed more than seven million times. "Still nearly 1.9 million power outages."

That tweet spawned a flurry of angry reactions on social media, with some Texas-based X users using the outage tracker as a jump-off point for a larger conversation about how Texas' GOP-dominated government has failed to provide reliable infrastructure for residents.

Former labor organizer Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez, who is president of the youth activist organization NextGen America, observed that "We’re truly living in a dystopia when a fast-food chain is doing more to track outages during a severe weather event than the f*&king state of Texas.

'Joke of a state': Texans relying on fast food app to track outages slam utility company

After the devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Beryl, millions of Texans were left without power. And once again, residents of the Lone Star State were unable to count on Texas' flagship utility company for either prompt service restoration or even reliable communication.Some Texans...

www.rawstory.com

Any guesses where Ted Cruz and the governor are?

What a shithole that goddman place is. I hear the mega church in town is doing just fine. Hey Texas. What you need is a lot less Jesus. A lot less Republicans. You'll notice your quality of life improves immediately.

Someone from Washington state dissing on Texas.

How funny.