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I have water and power again! My shower is still frozen, but I'm otherwise back to 100%. Running things cool for the next couple of days since the grid is still under strain, but I have my computer back so my shallow online existence can properly resume. In the political sphere I'm annoyed at...

About half of Texas' windmill froze over because they were not sufficiently winterized. The remainder overperformed when the wind was out, but we had a number of completely dead days. Solar has been useless for obvious reasons, one of the nuclear plants went down due to instrument malfunction...

In related news, I haven't had power or running water for three days. I'm sheltering at a relative's house that has electricity, but no water. This has been the worst winter storm in my lifetime.