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Originally Posted by kscherer
But, rights come with responsibilities, and one of those responsibilities is to be prepared for power outages. They aren't, so they're cold.
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Originally Posted by Kickaha
Apparently nobody bothered to ever contemplate freezing weather, and it all came to a grinding halt at once.
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Oh, I bet they contemplated it. They just chose to spend their money on big TV's rather than emergency planning. Corporation and consumer alike are not that far removed from each other in that regard. The corporations chose fancy jets over weather-proofing, and consumers chose ATV's over a couple weeks of food, water, and alternative heat. Now they're all uncomfortable, except that the corporation managers can get on their fancy jets and fly to the Bahamas to ride it out.
The point of my earlier comment is that consumers have just as much responsibility to plan for the possibility of the power going out, and to make those plans with the worst-case scenario in mind. "What will it be like in the middle of February when the 100-year storm comes along and knocks the power out for two weeks? Let's plan for that possibility."
Then, after the storm is over and the power is back on, you can kick butt at higher levels and pay-grades knowing that you did your part.