Thousands in the Hill Country still without power after winter storm
Thousands in the Hill Country still without power after winter storm
Residents in the Texas Hill Country are still without power following last week s winter storm, which knocked out thousands of power lines.
HARPER, Texas - Many cities in the Texas Hill Country continue to struggle with a lack of power following last week s winter storms. Right now it’s not certain when power will return to these areas.
Due to the limited resources out there, FOX 7 Austin has been able to contact residence via email or short phone calls. One resident from Harper says that a lot of her neighboring family is staying at their house and sharing a generator while they wait for power to finally be restored.
COVID vaccine doses allocated to Central Texas counties disproportionately, DSHS explains why
Gillespie County had the largest vaccine allocation, enough to cover 52% of its population, while Lee and Llano counties had the lowest at 6%. Author: Tori Larned (KVUE) Updated: 1:36 PM CST February 26, 2021
CENTRAL, Texas
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As COVID-19 vaccinations continue to roll out across Central Texas and people pile their names onto waitlists in hopes of getting one, some counties are getting their communities vaccinated more quickly than others.
The latest data from the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) shows counties are receiving vaccine doses disproportionately.
When a deadly winter storm ripped through
Francoise Wilson s community in Gillespie County, the 70-year-old was left with busted water pipes. She s had to shower at a neighbor s house. And she s still waiting for her COVID-19 vaccine appointment.
The recovery efforts in rural Texas have been complicated by shortages of piping and plumbers, but Wilson has relied on friends and neighbors to get her through. Host Peter O Dowd speaks with Wilson about her perspective on the recovery from the storm.
A desert willow iced over in Francoise Wilson s driveway. (Francoise Wilson)
This segment aired on February 26, 2021.
Central Texas Electric Cooperative crews work to repair power lines after Winter Storm Uri.
A week after the winter storm struck Texas, rural electric cooperatives are still facing problems that urban cooperatives are not. Unlike their counterparts, rural providers must make electricity available to small numbers of people over huge areas.
Some Hill Country residents have been without power for 10 days or more. The Central Texas Electric Cooperative (CTEC) General Manager Bob Loth said what happened last week was the proverbial perfect storm. Eight days subfreezing temperatures, the roads were closed. We had difficulty getting help in. We ve got crews on the ground now. We started getting them on Saturday, said Loth. We ve got somewhere between 20 and probably closer to 25 crews out working now.