The extremely cold wind in the United States triggered the "Texas Crisis". What impact did it have on local residents?

Affected by the Arctic cold wave, millions of households in Texas were forced to cut off power in turns, and electricity prices in Texas soared to US$9,000 per megawatt. In addition, disasters such as frozen water pipes and icy roads also brought serious consequences to Texas residents. This brings great troubles in life and travel. The plight of Texas residents

On the night of February 14, Texas in the southern United States was affected by a winter storm, causing power outages, frozen water pipes, icy roads, and sudden drops in room temperature. Currently, the Texas government has adopted rotating power supply as an initial solution to this crisis. However, for the more than three million trapped Texas residents, they not only have to face only one hour of power supply every day, but also face up to 9,000 people. Electricity costs in U.S. dollars per megawatt. In addition, the blizzard also caused water outages caused by frozen water pipes. And with the failure of electric heating equipment, facing the cold wind of minus 20 degrees outside, Texas residents can only rely on burning wood to keep warm. There have been many cases of carbon monoxide poisoning caused by incomplete combustion of wood, and some residents even died because of Tragedy of burning wood in a home causing a house fire and killing a family member. According to reports, 23 people have died in the disaster. The Texas government's solution

The Texas government was clearly ill-prepared to face this disaster. The current solution provided by the Texas government is only one hour of power supply per round, which is only a drop in the bucket for most Texas people who use electric heating equipment for heating. In addition, in order to evade federal regulation, the Texas power grid is independent from the federal government and electricity is market-oriented. Therefore, electricity prices were extremely expensive during this snowstorm disaster. For example, the power company's electricity price during the disaster is $450 per day, while in normal times, the price per quarter is $33. ?Causes of the Texas crisis

The sources of the Texas crisis include both natural and man-made factors. In terms of natural factors, compared with China's topography, the United States does not have large mountains running east-west to resist the cold current, but mostly mountains running north-south. Therefore, the Arctic blizzard drove straight into Texas, causing this crisis. However, the cause of this crisis is mainly the lack of preparation by the Texas government. The Texas government did not prepare a complete emergency plan to deal with disasters. In the face of power failure, the Texas government was not prepared. Very sufficient backup power.

In this crisis in Texas, the United States, because the Texas government failed to come up with a complete solution when facing disasters, more than four million Texas residents faced power and water outages, and were unable to contact the outside world. There are many difficulties in communication, and even life-threatening disasters such as carbon monoxide poisoning and fires.