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Houston Police and the Better Business Bureau are warning about scammers who've started taking advantage of people's desperate need for power and heat.
Calling the ongoing situation "unacceptable," Governor Greg Abbott is calling on lawmakers to investigate what happened, and said he is asking President Joe Biden to make a major disaster declaration to allow individual Texans to apply to FEMA for assistance.
Calling the ongoing situation "unacceptable," Governor Greg Abbott is calling on lawmakers to investigate what happened, and said he is asking President Joe Biden to make a major disaster declaration to allow individual Texans to apply to FEMA for assistance.
Why is it taking so long for power to be restored to Texas?
No, frozen wind turbines aren t to blame
and last updated 2021-02-18 08:49:49-05
For nearly three full days earlier this week, millions of Texans went without electricity amid the coldest temperatures the state has seen in decades.
According to PowerOutages.us, more than 3 million homes and businesses in Texas were experiencing power outages Wednesday â several days after widespread outages began Sunday night.
The Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ECROT) put the state in a Level 3 Alert â the stateâs highest emergency level â and said that it is attempting to rotate blackouts from region to region to preserve energy.