Texas churches assist communities responding to cold-weather crisis sweeping South
By David Paulsen Posted Feb 18, 2021 People push a car free after it spun out in the snow Feb. 15 in Waco, Texas. A winter storm brought snow, ice and plunging temperatures across the southern Plains and caused a power emergency in Texas. Photo: Associated Press [Episcopal News Service] A combination of low temperatures and rare snowstorms have created a winter weather emergency across the South, with Texas facing some of the region’s direst conditions, from widespread power outages to a deadly traffic pile-up. The cold-weather crisis also has disrupted parish life for many Episcopal congre...