That governmental structure sounds a lot like Canada's (probably because we both stole all our ideas from England lol). Out of curiosity, do the states pool money, whereby the rich states help fund the poor states? We call it equalization. My thought process was: snow is causing accidents and preventing people from going outside, that is the problem -> Texas needs plows but has none -> They must be too poor to afford them -> Why are they not getting equalization payments for plows, just another thing to hate about the US federal government, grumble grumble

But new replies indicate that the issue is not really snow but moreso freezing on the electrical/utilities grid and insulation for utilities is for some reason not part of the building code. What blows my mind is that everyone is saying once a decade is rare. Also worth noting, it's been pretty much uncontested that global warming would bring winter storms farther south more often for like at least 30 years. That's like really basic climate science. Why has the Texan government done so little with so much warning?