Actually, yes—I am in Tennessee.. But I lived in Memphis, Texas in 2007–2009 when working for The Clarendon Enterprise newspaper. The northern part of Texas, with whom I am still in pretty good contact, say they are not suffering the power outages further south in places like Houston, where over one million are without power.
But no one, even in Memphis, Texas—is equipped to handle the snow and ice—salt, snow plows, etc etc or cold temperatures that are actually several degrees below zero.
Frozen wind turbines, which supply about 23% of Texas’ power, are to blame for the power shortages. Although this weather is rare and would not normally be a problem—a gas- and oil rich state like Texas should not have this problem. We are not ready to shut down our gas / oil / coal infrastructure until viable alternatives can be found—and oil should always be available for back-up in times like these.
Frozen turbines and dark winter days with long periods of overcast skies do not make the current green energy sources sufficient by themselves, but they should be used whenever possible,