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Surviving the Texas Storm: Grocery Store Panic and Ted Cruz to Mexico

from #240 - Kendall v. Woody | The Tim Dillon Show · #240

2 min

Tim recounts the day-by-day decline of the storm, empty grocery shelves, people hoarding frozen food while produce sat untouched, boiling their own water, and Ted Cruz's infamous trip to Cancun.

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  • Tim describes the progression of the Texas winter storm: day one felt like a snow day, day two seemed wacky, day three became a real problem.
  • Gas stations, fast food, and most businesses stayed closed; Whataburger had an hour-and-a-half line when it finally opened on day two.
  • People in the area had no water and no electricity to boil it, while Ted Cruz went to Mexico.
  • When shopping during a blizzard, nobody wants a salad—Tim and Dan went hard at the grocery store instead.
  • Frozen food sold out completely even though by day three everyone knew the weather would break the next day.
  • Tim mocks shoppers panic-buying Red Baron pizzas and White Castle sliders despite knowing the storm was ending, refusing to do a cleanse.
  • In the grocery store as the sun melted the snow, people still filled buckets of food—Tim notes the panic had become detached from actual emergency conditions.
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