The current once-in-a-century deep freeze in Texas is proof positive that a more centralized, compassionate social-democrat approach is needed to handle these situations as opposed to the heartless capitalist cowboy debacle-crisis-quagmire currently underway from Houston to Dallas. All we need to do is look at the most recent comparable crisis in Old Europe:
The 2003 European heat wave led to the hottest summer on record in Europe since at least 1540.[2]France was hit especially hard. The heat wave led to health crises in several countries and combined with drought to create a crop shortfall in parts of Southern Europe. Peer-reviewed analysis places the European death toll at more than 70,000.[3]
(...) In France, 14,802 heat-related deaths (mostly among the elderly) occurred during the heat wave, according to the French National Institute of Health.[4][5] France does not commonly have very hot summers, particularly in the northern areas,[6] but eight consecutive days with temperatures of more than 40 °C (104 °F) were recorded in Auxerre, Yonne in early August 2003.[7] Because of the usually relatively mild summers, most people did not know how to react to very high temperatures (for instance, with respect to rehydration), and most single-family homes and residential facilities built in the last 50 years were not equipped with air conditioning. Furthermore, while contingency plans were made for a variety of natural and man-made catastrophes, high temperatures had rarely been considered a major hazard.
The catastrophe occurred in August, a month in which many people, including government ministers and physicians, are on holiday. Many bodies were not claimed for many weeks because relatives were on holiday. A refrigerated warehouse outside Paris was used by undertakers as they did not have enough space in their own facilities. On 3 September 2003, 57 bodies were still left unclaimed in the Paris area, and were buried.[8]
So you see: There is a better way dear cowboys! And there is absolutely no historical amnesia on the part of those claiming that all you need is more regulation and centralized government to ensure you are immune from disaster!
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