Opinion: 'I didn't recognize my country' - Readers share how they weathered the winter storm FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Annabeth Golden, 12, with mom Heather Golden, finally gets a cup of hot chocolate Friday. Instead of a typically toasty home, the arctic blast left her family in the dark, “desolate, lonely and cold.”Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 2of3 Houston Chronicle reader Bill Pond holds a photo of his parents, Minnie and Bill, in the home he has lived in since he was a child Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, in Humble. Pond said that during the frigid cold he could hear the beams expand and creak.Steve Gonzales, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less