by Peter Zeihan on February 8, 2023

Meet Michael Nayebi. He has been an integral part of the sausage-making process at Zeihan On Geopolitics for years and was core at my old world, Stratfor, before that. If my videos seem a little more scatterbrained than normal in recent days, it is because he has been physically unable to keep me out of trouble. Here is why…

On Tuesday, Jan. 31, arctic-like conditions swept across much of central Texas, including the Austin area. The ice storm left the roads impassable and caused trees and limbs to come crashing down, leaving residents across the city without power for days.

As you’ll see/hear in the video, Michael was stuck in the same predicament as countless others – a street riddled with trees, nowhere to go, no power and (the real gen-z deathblow) no internet.

When natural disasters like this occur, it’s essential to consider what/how supply chains and industries are impacted. So from our “boots on the ground,” here’s a look at the geopolitical fallout caused by this ice storm.

*Michael’s power was restored late on Friday, and his internet returned Monday morning. So the videos should be back to their normal levels of scatterbrainedness.