FOG BLOG U.S. WEATHER NEWS LOG: MILLIONS OF TEXANS WITHOUT POWER IN COLD SNAP!

Massive failure': Why are millions of people in Texas still without power? THIS IS WHAT MANY PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW....FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER THE WHOLE STATE OF TEXAS YESTERDAY WAS UNDER A WINTER STORM WARNING AND THE UTILITY IS OVERWHELMED AND WITH THE WEATHER, THERE ARE ROLLING BLACKOUTS ......Power outages across Texas have left millions of people in the dark and bitter cold this week amid an unprecedented winter storm that buried the state in snow and ice and brought single-degree temperatures.

Extreme energy demand and overloaded frozen utility plants are among the factors that led to the power outages, experts said.

"No matter which way you cut it, this is a massive failure for a grid and a state that holds up energy and electricity as a shining example," said Varun Rai, director of the Energy Institute at the University of Texas-Austin.

Nearly 4.5 million customers went without electricity Tuesday, and by Wednesday over 3.3 million Texans still didn't have the lights turned on, according to poweroutage.us.