No utility company in the state came out unscathed after last week’s historic winter storm that resulted in rolling power outages and snowballed into a water crisis for millions of
Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) today announced that it is donating $1 million to the Houston Harris County 2021 Winter Storm Relief Fund and $1 million to the Houston Food Bank following the severe winter
Belfast young people reveal how losing Jobstart internships has hit their mental health
Bronagh Haughey and Calum Orr both feel NI has nothing for them
Bronagh Haughey
Want the biggest politics stories sent to you every week? Simply sign up here and we ll do the restInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later.
Subscribe
When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Stormont researcher gets in a flap after pigeon interrupts finance committee meeting
The pigeon was dragged into a video call by an attendee’s cat. By Stephen McDermott Wednesday 24 Feb 2021, 7:56 PM Feb 24th 2021, 7:56 PM 15,610 Views 11 Comments I ve literally just caught a pigeon.
Zoom call at today s Stormont Finance committee interrupted - after a pet cat brings a pigeon into the official s home. #Zoom
The official was, the appropriately named. Colin Pigeon. pic.twitter.com/HFicbA1iLI Darran Marshall (@DarranMarshall) February 24, 2021
A MEETING OF Stormont’s Finance committee was interrupted this afternoon when a live pigeon was dragged into a video call by an attendee’s pet cat.
Water Trade CEO labels statewide failure of infrastructure after storms a ‘huge wake-up call’ 24 February 2021 - 16:18 Leslie Kaufman and Kim Chipman Larry York collects a case of water at a distribution site after winter weather caused electricity blackouts and water service disruption in Dallas, Texas on February 23 2021. Picture: REUTERS/SHELBY TAUBER At first, Amanda Fuller thought she was one of the lucky ones. Then the water stopped running.
As Texas started dipping into single-digit temperatures overnight on Sunday, power companies began instituting blackouts across the state, but Fuller’s home just outside Austin stayed warm and bright. On Monday, though, as she was fixing a midmorning snack for her two children, ages one and six, the water from the tap suddenly “went to a trickle within a few seconds and was gone”, she said. It turned out the freeze had caused several water mains to break and disrupted power to the city’s primary water t