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DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA – FEBRUARY 15: Kevin Harvick, driver of the #4 Busch Light #BUSCHRACETEAM Ford, stands in the garage area during practice for the NASCAR Cup Series 64th Annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 15, 2022 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

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Just ahead of the Christmas festivities, the country was struck by a snowstorm so strong that it left thousands of homes powerless. Many bore the brunt of the blackout as the cold swept in and left them stranded and without heating provisions. Soon, many within the NASCAR community were reaching out to inform them about the power outage.
9 degrees and no power is going to get interesting in a hurry! 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
— Rodney Childers (@RodneyChilders4) December 24, 2022
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Distinguished names such as driver Brad Keselowski, spotter Brett Griffin, and crew chief Rodney Childers were a few of the people who took to social media after the outage. While Keselowski thanked his generator manufacturer for saving the day, Childers complained about the frigid temperatures and how it would create a problem. Meanwhile, Griffin asked his power grid, “Maybe you saw this coming and shoulda warmed us or this was just decided this morning at 7 am?“
NASCAR fans reiterate the power outage problems amid a blizzard

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Vehicles are covered by snow in Murdo, South Dakota, U.S., December 16, 2022, in this screen grab taken from a social media video. Rick Dorion/via REUTERS
According to a CBS News report, the snowstorm left several people across the country stranded at the airport. Several fights were canceled and those that were running saw major delays. The high influx of passengers was due to Christmas being right around the corner.
Meanwhile, the city of Buffalo, which took the brunt of the storm, saw several of its residents leave their homes and scavange for any form of heat source. Emergency services also came to a halt, since the accumulation of snow was rendering them useless. More snowfall was reported to fall overnight, with some places reporting as much as 6ft of snow.
The power grid can't cope with a 3 day cold snap, but they want everybody to convert to electric vehicles?
Makes perfect sense. 🙄
— Dogtown Darren (@DogtownDarren) December 24, 2022
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Picking on one of the contemporaneous ironies of life, a Griffin fan commented, “The power grid can’t cope with a 3 day cold snap, but they want everybody to convert to electric vehicles? Makes perfect sense.” Some of the fans also agreed with Keselowski regarding the installation of generators.
Crazy to me how many people with the means – do not have a generator.
Merry Christmas
— Michael Ribas (@ETC_Coach) December 24, 2022
Yep, It was -1 in Memphis tn yesterday morning. We are having rolling blackouts this morning
— Kevin Duncan (@jkddupont24) December 24, 2022
Sounds like it's time to get a whole house generator installed.
— MSJohannaMS (@MSJohannaMS) December 25, 2022
Same here.. apparently NC power system can’t handle 5 deg 🤨🥶
— Brad Peters (@_Bradpeters5) December 24, 2022
Lost mine at 2:00 am in GA 😭…and my house is about 100 years old.
— 𝚂𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚑 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚎 (@racing_sarah) December 24, 2022
Denver, NC is out too! 🥶
— Aaron Morey (@AaronMorey79) December 24, 2022
Got one smart dog in the house pic.twitter.com/2o46TzgDDZ
— Brett Griffin (@SpotterBrett) December 24, 2022
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Our local meteorologist and I had this conversation yesterday. He said these companies knew it was coming, but didn’t trust the forecast enough to prepare!
— Phillip Sterling (@PSterling9512) December 24, 2022
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It is a little sad that people are having to endure the frigid weather during Christmas while they should have been snuggling each other and singing Christmas carols. Hope the weather relents soon.
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