No ma'am... Pardon the offense, but no. It's the West Virginians that let em. Redneck 101: You make do for yourself. If hillfolk (more than others) can't make do, that's on them.
Of course the West Virginians
let it happen to themselves. They used to be hardworking, independent and self-sufficient. Then FDR came along with the WPA, CCC, and all the other alphabet programs, and Byrd perpetuated it with this nonsense of, "See how much I do for you? I built you this road. I got you food stamps." Residents sat back and let it happen. Yes, it's their fault.
Now - at the risk of overgeneralizing - we have a poorly educated state full of unwed mothers, obese welfare recipients and heroin addicts. If they were freezing to death in their own homes and a warming shelter was erected across the street, they'd still wait for someone else to drive them over there.
We have jobs in search of workers who can actually pass a drug test (not to mention the basic math and English test). Personal responsibility is all but gone, just as FDR, RCB and the Democrat party planned.
Sorry to get off track when the topic is the Texas freeze (feel free to smack my hand, moderators!), but the bottom line is that we're all responsible for our own lives, families and safety to the fullest possible extent. When people truly cannot take care of themselves, the government will do a piss-poor job of it.