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President Joe Biden approved an emergency declaration for Texas after a winter storm began wreaking havoc, and held a call with its governor as the state experienced power outages. But Facebook posts misleadingly claim there has not been “one word” on the emergency from Biden.
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On Feb. 14, President Joe Biden approved an emergency declaration for Texas following the start of a severe winter storm that crippled the state.
Yet thousands of Facebook users have shared posts implying that Biden has ignored the matter.
“4 million freezing Texans without power…not one word from Joe!” one Feb. 17 post, shared more than 4,000 times, reads. Another post from the same day, shared by more than 3,000 users, similarly says: “4 million without power and not a peep from Joe. Anyone surprised?”
COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Longview rescheduled due to winter weather FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2021 file photo, Dr. Yomaris Pena, Internal Medicine Physician with Somos Community Care extracts the last bit of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine out of a vial so as not to waste it at a vaccination site at the Corsi Houses in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York. (Source: AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) By Rachael Thomas | February 17, 2021 at 5:23 PM CST - Updated February 17 at 5:23 PM
LONGVIEW, Texas (KSLA) - The CHRISTUS Good Shepherd COVID-19 Vaccination Hub Clinic originally scheduled for FEb. 20 and 21 has been rescheduled due to ongoing severe winter weather.
Around 1,500 homes in Caddo Parish without water during severe winter weather (Source: AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) By Rachael Thomas | February 16, 2021 at 4:00 PM CST - Updated February 17 at 12:39 PM
CADDO PARISH, La. (KSLA) - About 1,500 homes in Caddo Parish are without water Tuesday afternoon (Feb. 16) due to the severe winter weather.
The maintenance superintendent for Pine Hill Water Works, Greg Wilson, says customers could be without water at least for the rest of Tuesday night, and possibly longer. Wilson says there are exposed, frozen pipes at the Knob Hill storage site and the Winter Garden Booster Station interrupting service.
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Crews are trying to cover the pipes and apply some heat to them in order to loosen the ice inside, Wilson says.