ERCOT Needs To Better Winterize Power Grid & Add Capacity, SMU Energy Expert Says
The record-cold snap in Texas continues to leave between two and three million residents without power.
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The record-cold snap in Texas continues to leave between two and three million residents without power.
It happened in the 5300 block of Wooten Drive near Wedgway Drive around 3:30 p.m.
Arlington area plumber David Crow said the first sign of a burst pipe is the sound of running water.
"This is not a rolling blackout, this is a blackout," says Stephanie Randall. "I don't know where rolling came from because there's no rolling over here."
Retired Navy Seal Lt. Jason Redman has trained in extreme weather survival techniques and says even without utilities, home is still the safest place to be during these harsh freezes.
A Beacon Hill barber is lucky to be alive after he accidentally stabbed himself in the chest with his own pair of shears.
Sugar Land Fire and EMS spokesman Doug Adolph said that when firefighters arrived after the call at about 2 a.m., the house was fully engulfed.
Atmos Energy called on customers on Tuesday, to conserve as much as possible as "demand for natural gas continues to be at unprecedented levels."
Commissioner Miller called on Gov. Abbott to designate agriculture producers and processors as critical infrastructure that must be provided gas and electricity to continue operations.
Karen Hudson-Samuels' career in broadcast journalism spanned over four decades in Detroit.
The NBA announced Tuesday, Feb. 16 that Wednesday's Dallas Mavericks game against the Detroit Pistons was postponed.
The NWS Wind Chill Temperature index uses advances in science, technology, and computer modeling to provide an accurate, understandable, and useful formula for calculating the dangers from winter winds and freezing temperatures.
The city's fire chief says that there have been over 60 calls in the last 24 hours due to carbon monoxide poisoning from residents trying to stay warm in cars or by using generators.
Doctors at Cook Children's Hospital are warning people about how they're heating their homes after at least one parent died, and ten children suffered carbon monoxide poisoning.
In declaring this item an emergency, Gov. Abbott is calling on the legislature to investigate ERCOT and ensure Texans never again experience power outages on the scale they have seen over the past several days.
