Why did extreme weather trigger blackouts in major U.S. energy states? What warnings are given to people?

The United States is facing an extreme cold wave that has not been seen in a century. In the low temperature weather that lasts for many days, the government and people of the United States are undergoing unprecedented tests. Texas, a famous energy state in the United States, has become the most severely affected area. Such a living example has to make people think deeply about how fragile human beings who think they can control everything are in front of nature and the earth.

The continuous cold wave and extreme weather are invading various regions of the United States. However, for the states in the United States, the most severely affected by this extreme weather is not the northernmost states, but the relatively southerly states. of Texas. Texas is a major energy-producing region in the United States. It is rich in underground oil deposits and has tens of thousands of wind power equipment on the ground. It is unimaginable that such an energy hub has become a disaster-stricken state due to the continued effects of the cold wave. the most serious areas. Perhaps this is what the district government thinks it is, which is why disaster prevention measures are not in place, and ordinary people become victims of the government's ineffective measures in the face of disasters.

In the face of the cold wave, oil extraction work had to be stopped, and the blades of wind power generation equipment were frozen due to the extremely cold weather and were unable to generate electricity, causing Texas to instantly lose its two major sources of energy supply. Without electricity supply, basic life for thousands of households has become the biggest difficulty. People have to go to the streets and pick up wood to burn to provide heat. The power supply is insufficient, and the supply of tap water has become an unguaranteed factor. The water supply is intermittent. Since Texas is located in the south, anti-freeze factors are not considered in the construction of water pipe facilities, and the water in the water pipes becomes larger due to freezing. It directly broke the water supply facilities, causing local residents to suffer from water and power outages.

Texas in the United States has become the area most severely affected by the cold wave this time, which is a very profound lesson for the United States and even the world. Human beings think that they can easily control various natural conditions through the science and technology they have mastered, but nature simply uses a cold wave to turn the most economically developed country in the world into a disaster area. In the face of nature's means, human power is far from insignificant, and if we cannot fully consider anti-disaster measures in peacetime and take timely measures to deal with disasters, then the lessons of nature may befall us next time on the head.