Power Crisis Challenged But Didnât Quash âTexitâ Idea
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Sabra Ayres
Texas
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TEXAS â Last month, the Lone Star Stateâs go-it-alone bravado was challenged when the stateâs independent power grid failed during an unusually cold winter storm, leaving millions without power, heat, and water. More than 70 deaths have been linked to the storm, and tens of thousands of Texans are still without running water, three weeks after the snow melted.
One would think Gov. Greg Abbottâs request for help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency would be enough of a humbling to quash any notion of Texasâ ability to break off from the United States, a call that has now become a nearly annual event.