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'We didn't prepare for this': 1.2M in Houston left without power on coldest day since 1989


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We didn t prepare for this : 1.4M in Houston left without power on coldest day since 1989
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1of153 I m trying not to panic but it s hard, said Alicia Carr as she wraps her sweater around her body Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, at Cuney Homes in Houston.Jon Shapley/Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Kevin Morazan warms his hands after lightning his charcoal grill to cook after losing power due to rolling blackouts following an overnight snowfall in the Greenspoint area Monday, Feb. 15, 2021 in Houston. Temperatures plunged into the teens Monday with light snow and freezing rain. The stove in his apartment is electric.Brett Coomer/Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less ....

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Houston seeks to tighten hazmat rules, including storage loophole cited in Watson explosion


Houston seeks to tighten hazmat rules, including storage loophole cited in Watson explosion
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A warehouse at Watson Grinding & Manufacturing stands damaged in January, just a few hundred feet from a subdivision in Westbranch were many homes were destroyed.Mark Mulligan, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer
City Council this week is set to consider changes to how Houston oversees the storage and use of hazardous materials, the first step of a broader effort to tighten restrictions after the January explosion of the Watson Grinding & Manufacturing plant that killed three people and damaged hundreds of Spring Branch-area homes.
The first batch of changes are on the council’s Wednesday agenda. If approved, they would make adjustments to the city’s “hazardous enterprise” ordinance, called Chapter 28, which dictates the permitting process for nearly 200 Houston businesses and lays out inspection requirements and other rules. ....

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