{"id":3647,"date":"2023-02-03T03:21:55","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T03:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=3647"},"modified":"2023-02-03T03:21:55","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T03:21:55","slug":"frustrated-texans-endure-winter-storms-without-power-and-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/magazine\/climate\/frustrated-texans-endure-winter-storms-without-power-and-heat\/2023\/02\/03\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Frustrated Texans endure winter storms without power and heat"},"content":{"rendered":"

AUSTIN,<\/span> Texas<\/span> (AP)<\/span> —<\/span> Thousands<\/span> of<\/span> frustrated<\/span> Texans<\/span> shivered<\/span> in<\/span> their<\/span> homes<\/span> on<\/span> Thursday<\/span> after<\/span> the<\/span> power<\/span> went<\/span> out<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> second<\/span> time.<\/span> Mostly<\/span> in<\/span> booming<\/span> Austin,<\/span> hopes<\/span> of<\/span> a<\/span> quick<\/span> fix<\/span> faded<\/span> and<\/span> harrowing<\/span> memories<\/span> of<\/span> deadly<\/span> power<\/span> outages<\/span> after<\/span> the<\/span> freezing<\/span> winter<\/span> storms<\/span> of<\/span> 2021<\/span> were<\/span> revived.<\/span>\u00a0
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\n<\/span>At<\/span> least<\/span> 10<\/span> people<\/span> died<\/span> this<\/span> week<\/span> on<\/span> slippery<\/span> roads<\/span> in<\/span> Texas,<\/span> Arkansas<\/span> and<\/span> Oklahoma,<\/span> alleging<\/span> freezing<\/span> conditions.<\/span> Even<\/span> as<\/span> Texas<\/span> finally<\/span> began<\/span> to<\/span> thaw<\/span> on<\/span> Thursday,<\/span> a<\/span> new<\/span> Arctic<\/span> front<\/span> was<\/span> moving<\/span> from<\/span> Canada<\/span> toward<\/span> the<\/span> northern<\/span> United<\/span> States,<\/span> threatening<\/span> New<\/span> England<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> coldest<\/span> weather<\/span> in<\/span> decades.<\/span> It<\/span> can<\/span> drop<\/span> below<\/span> 50<\/span> degrees<\/span> (minus<\/span> 45<\/span> degrees<\/span> Celsius).<\/span>
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\n<\/span>In<\/span> Austin,<\/span> city<\/span> officials<\/span> likened<\/span> damage<\/span> from<\/span> fallen<\/span> trees<\/span> and<\/span> frozen<\/span> power<\/span> lines<\/span> to<\/span> a<\/span> tornado,<\/span> noting<\/span> growing<\/span> criticism<\/span> of<\/span> delayed<\/span> repairs<\/span> and<\/span> delays<\/span> in<\/span> power<\/span> restoration<\/span> schedules.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Across<\/span> Texas,<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> 280,000<\/span> customers<\/span> were<\/span> without<\/span> power<\/span> as<\/span> of<\/span> Thursday<\/span> night,<\/span> according<\/span> to<\/span> PowerOutage.us.<\/span> In<\/span> Austin,<\/span> where<\/span> the<\/span> blackout<\/span> was<\/span> the<\/span> most<\/span> extensive,<\/span> there<\/span> was<\/span> growing<\/span> impatience<\/span> among<\/span> 150,000<\/span> customers<\/span> almost<\/span> two<\/span> days<\/span> after<\/span> the<\/span> initial<\/span> outage,<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> heat<\/span> was<\/span> not<\/span> even<\/span> filling<\/span> for<\/span> many.<\/span> The<\/span> outage<\/span> affected<\/span> about<\/span> 30%<\/span> of<\/span> customers<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> city<\/span> of<\/span> about<\/span> 1<\/span> million<\/span> people<\/span> at<\/span> any<\/span> point<\/span> since<\/span> Wednesday.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Alison<\/span> Rizzolo,<\/span> who<\/span> lost<\/span> power<\/span> in<\/span> Austin,<\/span> told<\/span> KEYE-TV<\/span> that<\/span> she<\/span> wants<\/span> more<\/span> clarity<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> city<\/span> about<\/span> what<\/span> to<\/span> do<\/span> and<\/span> what<\/span> to<\/span> expect.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>For<\/span> many<\/span> Texans,<\/span> it<\/span> was<\/span> the<\/span> first<\/span> time<\/span> in<\/span> three<\/span> years<\/span> that<\/span> February<\/span> frosts<\/span> (Thursday<\/span> wind<\/span> chill<\/span> and<\/span> temperatures<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> 30s)<\/span> brought<\/span> temperatures<\/span> below<\/span> freezing.<\/span>
\n<\/span>The<\/span> power<\/span> outage<\/span> drags<\/span> on<\/span> and<\/span> you<\/span> never<\/span> know<\/span> when<\/span> the<\/span> lights<\/span> will<\/span> come<\/span> back<\/span> on.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Among<\/span> those<\/span> still<\/span> without<\/span> power<\/span> as<\/span> of<\/span> Thursday<\/span> was<\/span> the<\/span> Central<\/span> Texas<\/span> Food<\/span> Bank,<\/span> according<\/span> to<\/span> Travis<\/span> County<\/span> Judge<\/span> Andy<\/span> Brown,<\/span> Travis<\/span> County’s<\/span> most<\/span> elected<\/span> official.<\/span> School<\/span> systems<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Dallas<\/span> and<\/span> Austin<\/span> areas,<\/span> as<\/span> well<\/span> as<\/span> many<\/span> in<\/span> Arkansas,<\/span> Oklahoma<\/span> and<\/span> Memphis,<\/span> Tennessee,<\/span> were<\/span> closed<\/span> Thursday<\/span> as<\/span> snow,<\/span> sleet<\/span> and<\/span> freezing<\/span> rain<\/span> continued<\/span> to<\/span> percolate.<\/span> In<\/span> Austin,<\/span> schools<\/span> won’t<\/span> open<\/span> until<\/span> next<\/span> week<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> earliest.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Hundreds<\/span> of<\/span> flights<\/span> were<\/span> canceled<\/span> again<\/span> in<\/span> Texas,<\/span> but<\/span> not<\/span> as<\/span> many<\/span> as<\/span> the<\/span> day<\/span> before.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Airport<\/span> crews<\/span> fought<\/span> the<\/span> ice<\/span> to<\/span> keep<\/span> the<\/span> runway<\/span> open.<\/span> As<\/span> of<\/span> Thursday<\/span> morning,<\/span> the<\/span> airline<\/span> has<\/span> canceled<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> 500<\/span> of<\/span> his<\/span> flights<\/span> at<\/span> Dallas-Fort<\/span> Worth<\/span> International<\/span> Airport.<\/span> That’s<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> a<\/span> quarter<\/span> of<\/span> his<\/span> total<\/span> flights<\/span> scheduled<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> day.<\/span> But<\/span> that<\/span> was<\/span> down<\/span> from<\/span> about<\/span> 1,300<\/span> cancellations<\/span> on<\/span> Wednesday<\/span> and<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> 1,000<\/span> on<\/span> Tuesday,<\/span> according<\/span> to<\/span> FlightAware.com.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Dozens<\/span> more<\/span> flights<\/span> were<\/span> canceled<\/span> at<\/span> Dallas<\/span> Love<\/span> Field<\/span> and<\/span> Austin-Bergstrom<\/span> International<\/span> Airport.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Another<\/span> cold<\/span> wave<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States<\/span> looms<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> horizon<\/span> as<\/span> the<\/span> Arctic<\/span> cold<\/span> front<\/span> moves<\/span> from<\/span> Canada<\/span> into<\/span> the<\/span> northern<\/span> plains<\/span> and<\/span> upper<\/span> Midwest<\/span> and<\/span> is<\/span> expected<\/span> to<\/span> move<\/span> northeast<\/span> by<\/span> Friday.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>At<\/span> Thursday’s<\/span> briefing<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> Federal<\/span> Weather<\/span> Prediction<\/span> Center,<\/span> New<\/span> Englanders<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> minus<\/span> 50s<\/span> wind<\/span> chill<\/span> —<\/span> the<\/span> combined<\/span> effect<\/span> of<\/span> wind<\/span> and<\/span> chill<\/span> on<\/span> exposed<\/span> skin<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0could<\/span> be<\/span> the<\/span> coldest<\/span> in<\/span> decades.<\/span>
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Thousands of frustrated Texans shivered in their homes on Thursday after the power went out for the second time. Mostly in booming Austin, hopes of a quick fix faded and harrowing memories of deadly power outages after the freezing winter storms of 2021 were revived.\u00a0 At least 10 people died this […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[714,562],"tags":[955,956,957,958,77,405,594],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/TEXAN.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3647"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3647"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3652,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3647\/revisions\/3652"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}