Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts

[Ishmael Rufus <sakamura () gmail com>]

Maybe Texas can learn from its Northern neighbors.
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On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 10:19 PM Robert Jacobs <rjacobs () pslightwave com>
wrote:

> How about letting us Texans have more natural gas power plants or even let
> the gas be delivered to the plants we have so they can provide more power
> in an emergency. Did not help that 20% of our power is now wind which of
> course in an ice storm like we are having is shut off... Lots of issues and
> plenty of politics involved here..
>
> Robert Jacobs​
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> From: NANOG <nanog-bounces+rjacobs=pslightwave.com () nanog org> On Behalf
> Of Mark Tinka
> Sent: Monday, February 15, 2021 10:06 PM
> To: nanog () nanog org
> Subject: Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts
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>
> On 2/16/21 04:14, Sean Donelan wrote:
> > Poweroutage.us posted a terrific map, showing the jurisdictional
> > borders of the Texas power outages versus the storm related power
> > outages elsewhere in the country.
> >
> > https://twitter.com/PowerOutage_us/status/1361493394070118402
> >
> >
> > Sometimes infrastructure planning failures are not due to "natural
> > hazards."
>
> I suppose having some kind of home backup solution wouldn't be too bad
> right now, even though you may still not get access to services. But at
> least, you can brew some coffee, and charge your pulse oximetre.
>
> Mark.