Austin Water officials saw warning signs ahead of water crisis statesman.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from statesman.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
At the height of the power crisis, and as faucets ran dry, Travis County officials reached across the border for drinking water.
A half-million bottles arrived in Austin last week from a beverage company 400 miles away in Monterrey, Mexico, and have since been handed out at water stations throughout the county.
The international shipment to Austin came after Travis County Judge Andy Brown received the offer from a friend with ties to the company and as U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, made urgent calls to federal customs officials to ensure the shipment had no trouble crossing the border in Laredo.
In all those years, she s seen and done a lot.
She cleaned clothes for actors like Lesley Warren and Emilio Estevez and politicians like Congresswoman Barbara Jordan and Gov. Ann Richards.
When the Dallas Cowboys did their summer training in Austin, expensive convertibles frequently pulled up and big, big guys would get out with clothes to clean.
One day, a limousine pulled up to the shop and Dolly Parton was in the back, there to pick up some clothes on the way out of town. She s waving at us through the door, Sanchez said. She was waving at us! I ll never forget it.
Austin residents could expect scattered thunderstorms and possibly large hail as a cold front moves into the area.
Isolated showers and some thunderstorms are expected in the afternoon in northern Hill Country, particularly in Burnet and Llano counties, said Monte Oaks, meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
The afternoon is expected to remain humid and mostly cloudy with a slight breeze in the Austin area, Oaks said.
Showers are expected in the late evening as the cold front moves further south with the weather intensifying after midnight.
Heavy rain, thunderstorms, hail and strong dusty winds could hit the Austin area from midnight through at least noon on Monday, he said.
Austin Energy refuses to disclose critical load map after winter storm statesman.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from statesman.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.