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[–] whenigrowup356@lemmy.world 47 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Fun fact, there are 3 major power grids in the lower 48 united states': the Eastern Interconnection, Western Interconnection, and Texas.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 29 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Another fun fact: The failure of one of those grids resulted in over 200 people freezing to death. Guess which one!

[–] whenigrowup356@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Yeah that's the irony, Texas wouldn't even need to secede to fuck up its power grid.