Link , Link , Link , Link , [“Climate change and the change in the frequency and severity of natural disasters, from Hurricane Harvey to this cold blast right now … we know this stuff is coming,” O’Rourke said. “What we don’t know is whether our leaders are prepared to make the tough political decisions to prepare us for them.” He also accused the deregulation of the Texas electricity grid of creating an incentive against preparing for weather events like this, “so that some of your plants can be shut down, and you can profit from the spiking prices for energy and electricity.”], Link