Nearly 30,000 Central Texans are still in the dark on Thursday
Author: Bary Roy
Updated: 7:36 PM CST February 18, 2021
TEMPLE, Texas — Central Texans have lived through a nightmare that they haven't woken up from as the deadly deep freeze slogs into its seventh day.
"It's kind of been like the apocalypse. We did not prepare to lose power, that's not something we ever thought was going to happen," said Shelby Michalewicz, owner and operator of Tiny Hooves Animal Rescue and Petting Zoo.
In a video posted to the company's TikTok page, Michalewicz talked about the freezing temperatures inside her home, a makeshift barn for exotic animals she and her husband were trying to keep alive.