Former Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke blamed Republican leaders in Texas for what he says was a failure to prepare for widespread power outages resulting from a massive winter storm that swept across the state this week.
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.
<figcaption> A temporary stop sign was placed at the intersection of Greenville and Ross Avenues in Dallas on Tuesday. Several neighborhoods lost power due to a winter storm that hit the state. <cite>Credit: Ben Torres for The Texas Tribune</cite>
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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