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For Tina Rios, her family and hundreds of other people, shelter from the winter storm that has left much of Houston without power or heat came from an unusual place: a furniture store. Sitting at one of the many tables on display Wednesday inside Gallery Furniture's cavernous showroom, Rios, 32, explained how she “started stressing…
HOUSTON (AP) — For Tina Rios, her family and hundreds of other people, shelter from the winter storm that has left much of Houston without power or heat came
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A grandmother slept in her car. Parents who ran out of firewood burned belongings to keep their children warm. A Richardson resident watched the battery level of her partner’s oxygen machine drain away, and desperately sought help to have it recharged.
Power outages have left millions of Texans desperate for heat and safety during this February winter storm. But residents have also felt sapped of what mental reserves they had left after 11 months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We’re in it alone”: Power outages leave millions of Texans desperate for heat and safety.