Derry man caught in Texas storm describes power outages, lack of heat
Man says basic supplies difficult to find Share Updated: 6:58 PM EST Feb 18, 2021
Man says basic supplies difficult to find Share Updated: 6:58 PM EST Feb 18, 2021
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Show Transcript FOR THAT PART OF THE COUNTRY, IT WAS ENOUGH TO CREATE HAVOC. NATHANIEL WHITE THOUGHT HE WAS GETTING AWAY FROM THE COLD AND SNOW WHEN HE WENT TO VISIT HIS PARENTS IN TEXAS LAST SATURDAY. BUT HE FLEW STRAIGHT INTO STORM THAT PARALYZED MUCH OF THE LONE STAR STATE AND LEFT MILLIONS WITHOUT POWER WE LOST POWER ON SUNDAY MORNIN AT 1:30. THE FIRST POWER OUTAGE WAS FOR 90 MINUTES. WHITE SAYS THEY’VE BEEN SUBJECT TO ROLLING POWER OUTAGES UP UNTIL TODAY. MAJOR ROADS AROUND WHERE HE’S STAYING IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS NEAR DALLAS ARE PASSABLE, BUT SECONDARY ROADS AREN’T. AND WHILE TRAVEL IS AN ISSUE, HE SAYS THE COLD IS THE REAL PROBLEM FOR MOST. RIGHT NOW, WE ONLY AROUND 30 20, SORRY. 223
It s pretty damn scary : Former fire chief describes surviving serious case of COVID-19
EMT sons drive longtime firefighter to hospital after he collapses Share Updated: 11:36 AM EST Jan 30, 2021 Andy Hershberger
EMT sons drive longtime firefighter to hospital after he collapses Share Updated: 11:36 AM EST Jan 30, 2021
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Show Transcript CHIEF TOM SCHOFIELD SAYS HE WAS NOT SURE HE WAS EVER GOING TO WALK OUT OF THE HOSPITAL, AND HE CREDITS THE PEOPLE WHO WORK THERE FOR SAVING HIS LIFE. TOM SCHOFIELD SAYS HE WAS SI WITH COVID-19 FOR SEVERAL DAYS, BUT ON JANUARY 10, HE TOOK A DRASTIC TURN FOR THE WORSE. TOM: I STOOD UP FROM THE COUCH, AND I LITERALLY FELL OVER INTO THE CHRISTMAS TREE AND KNOCKED IT OVER, SO, AT THAT POINT, I GUESS, I WAS PRETTY WEAK ANDY: SCHOFIELD HAD BEEN A FIREFIGHTER FOR 30 YEARS AND WAS CHIEF IN LITCHFIELD UNTIL 2011. TWO OF HIS SONS ARE LONDONDERRY EMT’S, AND THEY CAME BY AMBULANCE TO TAKE HIM TO