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Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan
Thank you!
It's pretty awful. Our water went out two days ago, power went out last night. Fortunately, we have a place to go that still has both, so the dogs are learning to live with a cat for the time being. It's not going to get better for at least three to five days, because an ice storm is sweeping across the state right now. We're above freezing today, which should help, but a lot of people are going to die. A lot of property will be damaged (the pipes started bursting this morning), and a lot of already frazzled people are going to be even more disrupted. We don't know how to deal with this. A lot of people don't have winter gear. A lot of people don't know not to use their cars or generators or grills for warmth. Two days ago, there were over 300 cases of carbon monoxide poisoning. I imagine it's more now. People don't know how to drive in this either, so there've been tons of wrecks, some deadly.
My parents are on a ranch halfway between here and Austin. They fortunately never lost power, but they lost water starting Sunday. Got some back today.
This is a major catastrophe, and it's of our own making.
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It sounds just terrible, and I have a sinking feeling that when the power is restored and they start going from house to house, they are going to find a lot of elderly and infirm who had no power, no heat, no cell service, no water, and died in their homes. It seems like just a complete infrastucture collapse. Good to hear you and your parents are somehow managing through it all. Hoping for a warm spell soon and that they somehow find ways to get everybody down there some power and water.
