in the piney woods of ne texas...monday night was -4...to my understanding possibly breaking records back to late 19th century....certainly never seen anything below +4 in my lifetime (i'm 71).
the deal for us, like the louisiana guys, is the total lack of any infrastructure to address the conditions...little or no salt, no snow handling equipment, just an endless supply of fools who believe they can drive like always...regardless of the conditions.
ERCOT has dropped the ball - big time (Electric Reliability Council Of Texas)...numerous generators were off-line for scheduled rotating maintenance...numerous others could not access fuel stock piles...many fingers wiil be pointed...but i figure problem can be solved by simply removing the R from their acronym...
but, it's an ill wind that blows no good...we're supposed to stay below freezing for 7 - 8 days & nights....plumbers will have a field day.
