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You Need An Expert When The Lights Go Out featuring Craig McCartney

You Need An Expert When The Lights Go Out featuring Craig McCartney

Released Tuesday, 2nd March 2021
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You Need An Expert When The Lights Go Out featuring Craig McCartney

You Need An Expert When The Lights Go Out featuring Craig McCartney

You Need An Expert When The Lights Go Out featuring Craig McCartney

You Need An Expert When The Lights Go Out featuring Craig McCartney

Tuesday, 2nd March 2021
 1 person rated this episode
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Texas has gone off the grid…. LITERALLY! The week of February 14, 2021 the electrical grid in the State of Texas, it’s independent in case you didn’t know, virtually shut down completely. My guest Craig McCartney breaks down the tragedy that caused millions of Texans to remain without power for days causing people to lose the ability to heat their homes.  People died of hypothermia, water pipes busted causing billions in damage, the sewer backed up in the streets, grocery store shelves were completely bare and the so called “rolling blackouts” provided electricity for barely a few.  All the while Senator Ted Cruz, #FledCruz, found it all entirely unbearable and fled the country with his family to Mexico leaving his precious poodle home alone.  But probably the most devastating thing of all to happen was the Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott had to call President Joe Biden and ask for help. In Texas relying on the federal government for anything is looked upon as treason to the Lone Star State.  Fortunately the lights came back on after several days, the weather warmed up and now the Texas State Legislature has to decide should they power forward along the status quo or completely deconstruct the isolationist approach that caused all this in the first place.

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