Texans used mutual aid to help their communities through a devastating winter storm Marissa Martinez, The Texas Tribune Feb. 23, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail A hostess takes the order of the Baltazar family at Buenos Aires Café in East Austin on Friday. The cafe had two menu items for customers to choose from for a free meal.Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune When the massive winter storm hit Texas last week, University of Texas at Austin student Sam Miles noticed that there seemed to be a lot of need expressed on social media that got lost “in the void” because there wasn’t a centralized system for keeping track of requests.