Why extreme weather kills older adults and how to keep loved ones safe Lois M. Collins © Jay Janner, Austin American-Statesman via Associated Press Maria Pineda warms up in her car outside her home on Garden Street in East Austin, Texas, on Tuesday Feb. 16, 2021, during a power outage caused by a winter storm.
The man was found dead in his recliner and his wife was rushed to the hospital, barely alive. After a crippling arctic blast ripped through a good portion of the nation in February, hitting even their usually sunny section of Texas, the inside of their home in Abilene was as cold as the weather outside their door. Officials told KTXS news they’d been without power for three days.
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Maria Pineda watches a video of her 11-years-old son play in the snow for the first time in Conroe, Texas. He died of suspected hypothermia on Feb. 16.Gustavo Huerta, MBO / Associated Press
Texans can be thankful that the heartless mayor of Colorado City proved to be the outrageous exception rather than the rule during the deadly Lone Star deep freeze. While he was ranting in an unhinged Facebook screed that neither elected officials nor neighbors owed anybody anything during the most dangerous and debilitating snow and ice storm in decades, the (now former) mayor’s West Texas neighbors were helping each other.