Editor s note: Austin Mutual Aid founder Bobby Cooper s claim that the city of Austin left people to die is unsubstantiated. Austin spokesperson Andy Tate denies the city left anyone to die. The county medical examiner is investigating 86 deaths that occurred during the February storms. The American-Statesman continues its own investigations into the fallout from the storms and the government response.
Adam Cartwright spent the days leading up to the Texas freeze making sure most people living in an encampment under Interstate 35 across the street from the Austin Police Department s headquarters had a plan to shelter from the extreme winter weather.
Two weeks after Texas freeze, Austin area homeowners still reeling
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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.
The last year has been isolating for Vietnam veteran Dennis Williams.
The 75-year-old used to travel 50 miles from his home in Burnet to the Cedar Park Community Based Outpatient Clinic for medical services and to catch up with friends he’d made over the years.
“They call us the dirty dozen,” he said of the 12 men who share stories over coffee and snacks and have become a support system for one another.
The new coronavirus pandemic forced Williams, who is diabetic and at greater risk of becoming severely ill from the virus, to mostly stay home where he lives by himself. Then this month’s snowstorm kept him locked in his house for roughly 10 days.