A man in Pflugerville, Texas, walks to his friend s house Feb. 15 in a neighborhood that had no electricity. (CNS/USA Today Network via Reuters/Austin American-Statesman/Bronte Wittpenn)
On Thursday morning, Bob Fleming put out a call to his network of faith-based organizations, asking how people in the Houston area were coping with the record-breaking winter storm that has gripped much of Texas this week. For those asking, it s four days later and I still don t have power. I ve been looking for a hotel since day two. We got power for maybe 20 minutes yesterday and then it went back out. It s devastating for me and my two children, said one woman.