>"Texas experienced more power outages than any other state over the past 20 yea...

MerelyMortal · on Aug 7, 2023

Per capita, it seems like Texas is doing a lot better than other states.

> Of the 1,542 weather-related outages documented in the U.S. over the study's 20-year analysis, 180 were in Texas. Michigan ranked second with 132 and California third with 129.

FrustratedMonky · on Aug 7, 2023

Did you calculate it per-capita?

I took from the study that, the rate of outages is going up for the entire country. The total is trending up.

But we can't really pile on Texas for being worse. Its just that Texas is also increasing, but at same rate as everyone else.

We can't pile on Texas for getting worse faster, they are getting worse in line with everyone else.

MerelyMortal · on Aug 7, 2023

Not then, but I will now:

Texas population: 29.53 million

Michigan population: 10.05 million

California population: 39.24 million

180 / 29.53 = 6.09 events per million people

132 / 10.05 = 13.1 events per million people

129 / 39.24 = 3.29 events per million people

It could be worse for other states, but I'm not going to dig for the numbers on my phone. If you do, please post your calculations.