It s Day 3 of the brutal Winter Storms hitting the Greater Houston area.
The arctic blast is nearing its end, but we re not out of the woods weather-wise yet. Temperatures have been ticking up today, but will fall to freezing levels again tonight in some areas.
On top of that, the massive power outage continues. And today, a boil water notice was announced for the City of Houston and much of Harris County. You should assume you are under a boil water notice unless you’ve heard differently from your local authorities.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and officials from the County and State level join us with updates and life-saving tips, along with Houston Public Media reporters.
Water outage forces Crockett officials to move warming shelter to Grapeland Event Center City of Crockett logo (Source: City of Crockett Facebook page) By Gary Bass | February 17, 2021 at 9:24 PM CST - Updated February 17 at 9:55 PM
HOUSTON COUNTY, Texas (KTRE) - Because of a water outage at the Crockett Civic Center, the townâs leadership has moved everyone out of the warming shelter that had been set up there, according to a post on the City of Crockettâs Facebook page.
âAt this time, we have moved everyone out of the Civic Center to the Grapeland Event Center,â the Facebook post stated. âThis is due to the loss of water at the Civic Center used for sanitary purposes. The Civic Center is still available in a worst-case scenario for those that need heat.â
In a Thursday update on Houston’s winter storm response, Mayor Sylvester Turner celebrated that most city residents finally have electricity again, but warned that locals may still have to boil their water for safe consumption through this weekend or into next week. He also warned about the one last hard freeze set for Thursday night and cautioned folks to take precautions to prevent busted pipes that could damage homes and further set-back the city water pressure issues.
Most of the city of Houston has been under a boil water notice since Wednesday morning, when the city water system’s pressure fell below the state’s 20 psi threshold for safe drinking water. Thanks to ongoing repairs and getting a bunch of new generators up and running to warm-up chilly pipes overnight, Turner said the pressure situation is slowly but steadily improving.
During the devastating winter storm of February 2021, the Central Fire Department sent help to their counterparts in the Shreveport/Bossier City area upon learning they were experiencing water issues.