Photos Show Texans Dealing With Deadly Cold Weather, Power Outages
Residents face burst pipes, boil water advisories and food shortages as below-freezing temperatures and power outages continue across the state.
By Chris McGonigal and Nina Golgowski
02/18/2021 01:10 pm ET
As Texans continue to endure power outages triggered by extreme winter weather, photos show residents sheltering inside cars and local businesses as they face burst pipes, boil water advisories and food shortages. The record-low temperatures have been blamed for nearly two dozen deaths.
“This is in many ways disasters within the disaster,” Judge Lina Hidalgo, the top elected official in Harris County, which encompasses Houston, told Reuters. “The cascading effects are not going to go away.”
A 1-year-old boy was critically wounded as numerous gunshots were fired early Tuesday into a house at 804 S.E. Sherman Ave. in East Topeka, police said. No arrests had been made.
The boy s name being made public. He was a patient late Tuesday afternoon at a Topeka hospital, where his condition was considered critical but stable, said Gretchen Spiker, public relations specialist for the Topeka Police Department.
Numerous cones could be seen standing in the house s yard and on S.E. Sherman Avenue after police put them there to mark places where shell casings were found. We cannot allow this to happen in our community, the Topeka Police Department said on its Facebook page.
Silver’s Selloff Accelerates With Reddit Frenzy Unraveling
Bloomberg 2/2/2021
(Bloomberg) The buying frenzy that sent silver to an eight-year high has stalled out.
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Silver futures in New York fell as much as 10% as traders closed out positions after CME Group hiked margin requirements. Meanwhile, Reddit posters turned their attention to GameStop Corp. losses amid a growing backlash against the silver trade. BlackRock Inc.’s iShares Silver Trust, the short-squeeze target of retail traders on Reddit last week, slumped more than 8%.
The silver market was roiled in the past week after a series of posts on the WallStreetBets forum calling for a “short squeeze.” iShares Silver Trust had a combined net inflow of $1.5 billion on Friday and Monday, silver options trading surged and prices swung dramatically before spiking to the highest since 2013. By Tuesday, plunging shares of GameStop and AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc., two of the popular trades with Redd
Silver’s Selloff Accelerates With Reddit Frenzy Unraveling
Bloomberg 2/2/2021
(Bloomberg) The buying frenzy that sent silver to an eight-year high has stalled out.
Popular Searches
Silver futures in New York fell as much as 10% as traders closed out positions after CME Group hiked margin requirements. Meanwhile, Reddit posters turned their attention to GameStop Corp. losses amid a growing backlash against the silver trade. BlackRock Inc.’s iShares Silver Trust, the short-squeeze target of retail traders on Reddit last week, slumped more than 8%.
The silver market was roiled in the past week after a series of posts on the WallStreetBets forum calling for a “short squeeze.” iShares Silver Trust had a combined net inflow of $1.5 billion on Friday and Monday, silver options trading surged and prices swung dramatically before spiking to the highest since 2013. By Tuesday, plunging shares of GameStop and AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc., two of the popular trades with Redd