Chefs feed cold, hungry Houstonians during devastating winter storm
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Chef Chris Williams (center) and his brother Ben Williams (left) gave meals out to Houstonians struggling during the February 2021 winter storm.Courtesy of Chris WilliamsShow MoreShow Less
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Chef Chris Williams of Lucille s gave meals out to Houstonians struggling during the February 2021 winter storm.Courtesy of Chris WilliamsShow MoreShow Less
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As more than a million Houstonians struggled with no power, no heat and no water in freezing temperatures since Monday s winter storm, chefs stepped up to help the community as they ve done many times before from hurricanes to the coronavirus pandemic.
shelters. this one, the george r brown convention center downtown and one at the and rg arena complex with the houston texans play. i have talked to the red cross about closing all of the shelters and consulting the them. it s got a medical facility, grocery stores, it s a place that can t be duplicated in small settings all around the region. leland: one sign that fema knows though be taken care of people in shelters for many more days, they ve already got 14.6 million meals saved ready to send to harvey s hardest hit areas. in dallas, texas, there s only
provided for them stuck at the airport? you know, both airports, as you noted, are shut down. i saw just a few minutes ago a picture on social media of the runways at hobby, at least one of the runways completely underwater. it looked like a lake. i ve never seen anything like it. just showed it to my daughters who couldn t believe what they were looking at. and it s not clear how long the airports will remain shut down. certainly, as long as we ve got catastrophic flooding. for people who are displaced and those numbers are only growing, there is shelter at the george r. brown convention center downtown that the city has stood up. the red cross is standing up shelters, and a great many people are also just staying with friends. one of the things we see often is friends and family and neighbors taking each other in. i mean, i ll, you know, say heidi and i have been texted by a number of friends of ours saying, okay, our house is dry, is yours okay? and i think you see that a lot,