Express Briefing: As ice bore down, homes went up in flames
Feb. 23, 2021
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When the ice storm knocked out power to San Juana and Anthony Leahman’s Northwest Side home last week, they lit their gas fireplace to stay warm.
That Monday night, San Juana, 65, slept on a couch under blankets and beside the fireplace with her rescue dogs, including five Chihuahuas, helping to keep her warm. The next day, her daughter showed up and sounded the alarm.
Express Briefing: San Antonians endure without heat during a winter storm
Feb. 17, 2021
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Herminia Rodriguez, 85, uses a wheelchair and suffers from lung disease. The power failure meant she couldn’t use her oxygen tanks. Meanwhile, ice covering the roads blocked anyone she knew from coming to her aid.
Express Briefing: Frozen pipes? S.A. plumber gives some advice
Feb. 16, 2021
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Even among San Antonians who’d heeded plumbers’ warnings trickling faucets overnight to prevent pipes from freezing the record-shattering cold meant that many residents still awoke to frozen pipes.
It was a first for many San Antonians: Low temperatures in the single digits, a blanket of ankle-deep snow, icy and impassable roads. Residents filled social media with rare photographs of snow covering trees, homes and cars then flooded those same online forums with questions about plumbing problems that arose overnight.
Express Briefing: Why do so many River Walk visitors go maskless?
Feb. 12, 2021
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About one out of every four visitors to the River Walk isn’t complying with safety rules requiring masks, according to the San Antonio Police Department, the San Antonio River Walk Association and restaurant owners.