"I thought COVID was bad," one resident said. Author: Shandel Menezes Updated: 4:32 AM CST February 19, 2021 TYLER, Texas — There’s bad weather, and then there’s this week's weather in Texas. "I pride myself on actually being pretty mentally strong and this just about brought me to tears,” Katie Martin, a Tyler resident, said. This week, Texas felt record low temperatures that forced many into survival mode. “You have to keep a positive front because your kids are only gonna do as well as you do," Martin said. On day two without power, Azalea District resident Hayley Cox realized her situation wasn’t going to get any better any time soon.