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Abbott wants power companies to winterize. Texas track record won t make that easy. Abbott wants power companies to winterize. Texas track record won t make that easy. Erin Douglas, The Texas Tribune Feb. 20, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Winterize. That’s the directive Gov. Greg Abbott gave to power companies and lawmakers Thursday when he called for a law and funding to better prepare Texas’ essential power infrastructure for the kind of extreme winter weather that created multiple crises this week. Energy experts said that in some cases, retrofitting plants to withstand cold could be extremely difficult and expensive in Texas. Many of those plants already skimped on such upgrades due to the infrequency of prolonged and widespread subfreezing temperatures in the state. That’s despite a 2011 winter storm that also caused power outages. ....
Darien nurse beats COVID-19, returns to treating pandemic patients Susan Shultz FacebookTwitterEmail 1of8 Darien native and Post 53 alumni Emily Fawcett has been treating COVID-19 patients for nearly a year at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. She tested positive for COVID-19 on Dec. 16, the day she had an appointment to get the vaccine. She was home recovering for 14 days.Contributed. /Show MoreShow Less 2of8 Like her daughter Emily who works at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, Darien resident Sharon Fawcett is a COVID-19 nurse at Norwalk Hospital. She received her vaccine on Dec. 26, which she said was one of the happiest days of her life.Contributed. /Show MoreShow Less ....