They just up their premiums in high risk areas and fight paying out after events. Just another broken part of the system.

Citation needed

Yup this is the city and Centerpoint that should be on the hook for this

I agree. I’d fucking love that.

Although being disconnected from the national grid is a problem. This isn’t the problem this time.

This was poor preparation and response by the city and power company. We haven’t had proper tree trimming around power lines and there weren’t repair crews staged for this. Not to mention trees dying off from extreme heat/cold then being blown down.

A buried explosive will still have a non-zero chance of detonating.

Would you walk through a field of “self-disarmed” land mines?

Lock out, tag out