I bumped into my neighbor, Mike, loading a massive generator into his truck in the parking lot. He’s usually pretty chill about weather, but he looked stressed. He told me, “You better get ready. They are saying this ice storm is going to be worse than the freeze in ’21.” I thought he was exaggerating, so I opened LocalAll to see what the official word was for Travis County. I found a report quoting a former NOAA chief scientist saying he “doesn’t know how people are going to deal with” this storm moving across Texas. The map shows a massive band of “devastating ice” targeting the Hill Country specifically. I realized I have zero backup power and an electric stove. I’m……