Winter weather causes multiple types of outages, not just electrical KXXV and last updated 2021-02-15 23:55:23-05 WACO, TX â Ice and temperatures like what we're seeing in Central Texas don't just affect the electricity. It also affects every corner of our lives. Several cities had water outages due to burst water lines or problems at the plant. Like a lot of Texans, Terri Westmoreland wonders how long she'll have to do without. âDon't know for how long. We don't know if it's a couple hours. We don't know if it's days, if it's weeks. It's almost like 2015 all over again. We will gauge without having water and no one to really help us,â said the Marlin woman..