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Ep 73 2021 Texas Power Outage
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35 minutes
Released:
Apr 9, 2023
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Description
Engineering News – SmartWatches for Dolphins (1:00)
This week's engineering failure is the 2021 Texas Power Outage (6:10). Deregulation (10:30), amongst many other issues led to blackouts (18:25) throughout Texas during winter storm Uri; having a huge impact on residents (24:05). Despite experiencing similar storms in 1989 & 2011 (30:25), Texas did not learn its lesson.
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This week's engineering failure is the 2021 Texas Power Outage (6:10). Deregulation (10:30), amongst many other issues led to blackouts (18:25) throughout Texas during winter storm Uri; having a huge impact on residents (24:05). Despite experiencing similar storms in 1989 & 2011 (30:25), Texas did not learn its lesson.
Check out our Patreon page for Mini Failure bonus episodes - https://www.patreon.com/failurology
Photos/Sources/Summary from this episode - https://www.failurology.ca/
Ways to get in touch
Twitter - https://twitter.com/failurology
Email - thefailurologypodcast@gmail.com
Linked In - https://www.linkedin.com/company/failurology-podcast
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh1Buq46PYyxKbCDGTqbsDg
Released:
Apr 9, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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