COPPERAS COVE â Following a lengthy review of the cityâs response to Winter Storm Uri, Copperas Cove staff presented the city council this week with lessons learned from the storm. One of the common themes throughout the presentation was the city being unprepared with staffing rotations for the duration of the storm that lasted from Feb. 14 through Feb. 21. As a result, some staff members, including the emergency management coordinator, the director of communications, the public works director and the city manager worked nonstop without a break. The city also did not have a contingency plan heading into the storm for other staff members to link into the cityâs communications system to answer or return voicemails of people asking questions.