Texas was warned to weatherize power plants.
Why didn’t they?
During the biggest crisis in Texas in decades:
— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) February 18, 2021
Governor Abbott: Went on Fox to (wrongly) blame green energy.
Lt. Gov. Patrick & AG Paxton: Unusually quiet compared to the press releases that usually accompany their culture wars.
Senator Cruz: Ran away to Cancun.#Leadership.
No power for 2 days.
— Alex Stuckey \U0001f418 (@alexdstuckey) February 17, 2021
No water since yesterday.
Smelled gas inside and outside the house so called 9-1-1 \u2014 they never came.
Sat outside for three hours with three dogs until we finally reached center point emergency line.
Technicians come out \u2014 major gas leak
Government #coronavirus science advisor Dr David Halpern tells me of plans to \u2018cocoon\u2019 vulnerable groups. pic.twitter.com/dhECJNbmnI
— Mark Easton (@BBCMarkEaston) March 11, 2020
Here are the heatmaps for Covid detected cases, positivity, hospitalizations, and ICU admissions. This is for the week to 3 January 2021.
— Dr Duncan Robertson (@Dr_D_Robertson) January 7, 2021
I have marked a line on 21 September, when SAGE recommended a circuit breaker, so you can see how the situation has deteriorated since then. pic.twitter.com/SEEVgUVK4j
One thing civil servants learn is to write things down. Here is @acadmedsci's 14 July report commissioned by @uksciencechief. For the record.
— Dr Duncan Robertson (@Dr_D_Robertson) September 17, 2020