Texas Enabled the Worst Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Catastrophe in Recent U.S. History
They used their car to stay warm when a winter storm brought down the Texas power grid. In a state that doesn t require carbon monoxide alarms in homes, they had no warning they were poisoning themselves. Leland Foster for ProPublica/The Texas Tribune/NBC
They used their car to stay warm when a winter storm brought down the Texas power grid. In a state that doesn t require carbon monoxide alarms in homes, they had no warning they were poisoning themselves. Leland Foster for ProPublica/The Texas Tribune/NBC
by Perla Trevizo, Ren Larson, Lexi Churchill, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune; Mike Hixenbaugh and Suzy Khimm, NBC NewsProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox.HOUSTON When Shalemu Bekele aw.
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They used their car to stay warm when a winter storm brought down the Texas power grid. In a state that doesn t require carbon monoxide alarms in homes, they had no warning they were poisoning themselves.
This article is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. It was also produced in partnership with NBC News.
When Shalemu Bekele awoke on the morning of Feb. 15, the townhouse he shared with his wife and two children was so cold, his fingers felt numb.
After bundling up in extra layers, Bekele looked out a frosted window: A winter storm had swept across Texas, knocking out power to millions of homes, including his own, and blanketing Houston in a thin layer of icy snow.
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Mike Hixenbaugh and Suzy Khimm and Perla Trevizo, ProPublica/The Texas Tribune and Ren Larson, ProPublica/The Texas Tribune and Lexi Churchill, ProPublica/The Texas Tribune
April 29, 2021, 10:00 AM·22 min read
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