Morgan Smith

Mother of two young humans / Sometimes journalist / @TexasTribune ex / @Wellesley alum / I don’t come here often, but when I do, it’s to complain

[Christopher Hooks @cd_hooks]

In 2013, Rep. Herrero added this same amendment on house budget night, to kneecap a voucher bill from then-Senator Dan Patrick, by a vote of 103 to 43. A little movement in 10 years, but not that much! #txlege

[Morgan Smith @MorganSmith]

Not a god damn thing has changed. #txlege

[Morgan Smith @MorganSmith]

From 2017: How hollow rhetoric and a broken child welfare system feed Texas' sex-trafficking underworld #txlege https://t.co/GAGzkCPzPu via @TexasTribune

[Morgan Smith @MorganSmith]

From 2017: How hollow rhetoric and a broken child welfare system feed Texas' sex-trafficking underworld #txlege https://t.co/GAGzkCPzPu via @TexasTribune

[Morgan Smith @MorganSmith]

The largest forced power outage in US history... Tick-tock #txlege

[Morgan Smith @MorganSmith]

I’m not a state elected official or operating a natural gas plant so I guess there’s nothing I can do to help out my fellow suffering Texans. See y’all in Cancun!

[Morgan Smith @MorganSmith]

I sure hope a deeply sourced reporter who is also an exquisite writer is working on a tick-tock about how close Texas was to a statewide blackout this week. #txlege

[Morgan Smith @MorganSmith]

Wow. Total David Dewhurst move.

[Jake Sherman @JakeSherman]

Here’s the upgrade list for this afternoon’s flight from Cancun to Houston.

Looks like ⁦@tedcruz⁩ is on his way back, ⁦@danpfeiffer⁩. He’s just narrowly missing the upgrade list

That’s assuming that “cru, r” is him. And I do.

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Texans’ current chill was caused by rapid heating in the stratosphere, the second-lowest section of the atmosphere, 5-30 miles above the Arctic https://t.co/pM5DaFL50F

[KUT Austin @KUT]

.@AustinWater has issued a citywide boil-water notice as a result of "extreme weather conditions."

[Morgan Smith @MorganSmith]

Sigh.

[Austin Statesman @statesman]

JUST IN: Austin residents are now being urging to reduce their use of gas-powered appliances, such as furnaces, fireplaces and stove ovens https://t.co/0Z3309w0cO

[Morgan Smith @MorganSmith]

@AnnaFarrellSher This is helpful information, thank you.

[Morgan Smith @MorganSmith]

City of Austin now asking residents to stop dripping water to conserve dwindling supply. Won’t this mean our pipes will burst from the freeze, resulting in even more wasted water? & expense, potential loss of shelter bc of damaged homes? Really don’t know responsible thing to do.

[Forrest Wilder @Forrest4Trees]

Hello from 2012, it's me with a story to tell.

Hed: Texas’ Future: Blackouts and Higher Prices?

Dek: Even if the PUC raises power prices, blackouts may be inevitable.

https://t.co/0RBbMwdHEV

[Morgan Smith @MorganSmith]

The Texas grid got crushed because its operators didn’t see the need to prepare for cold weather #txlege https://t.co/ZMT80xvv7H

[Houston Chronicle @HoustonChron]

Texas grid fails to weatherize, repeats mistake feds cited 10 years ago https://t.co/4dQGCnMHxd

[Texas Tribune @TexasTribune]

No, frozen wind turbines are not the main culprit for Texas' power outages. https://t.co/l5qlbfPHBL

[Kate Galbraith @KateGalbraith]

Still confused -- are 3.5 million Texans still blacked out, or 3.5m Texas *accounts* -- corresponding to way more Texans? Who knows the answer? I've been in California for 8 years so I've forgotten my old tricks. @russellgold ?

[Morgan Smith @MorganSmith]

Glad to see @KateGalbraith’s excellent 2011 Texplainer having its time in the sun again #txlege https://t.co/yxmzK9KTuD

[Morgan Smith @MorganSmith]

Curious what businesses / industries qualify as “critical” power infrastructure

[Tony Plohetski @tplohetski]

BREAKING: Austin Energy says there is no more energy that they can turn off at this time. That means that the conservation is having to come from people who do not have power, and those who do, must urgently conserve.

[T.L. Langford @tlangford]

Dayam, @texastribabby. Serious detail only a veteran reporter on top of her beat can deliver. “Find a place to hide or seek cover”: A harrowing day at the U.S. Capitol for Texans in Congress https://t.co/qk6EXNYQA1 via @TexasTribune