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Vulnerability can sneak up on even active, healthy older folks
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Maria Pineda warms up in her car outside her home on Garden Street in East Austin, Texas, on Tuesday Feb. 16, 2021, during a power outage caused by a winter storm. Weather extremes too hot or too cold can pose serious health risks, especially to older people.
Jay Janner, Austin American-Statesman via Associated Press
The man was found dead in his recliner and his wife was rushed to the hospital, barely alive. After a crippling arctic blast ripped through a good portion of the nation in February, hitting even their usually sunny section of Texas, the inside of their home in Abilene was as cold as the weather outside their door. Officials told KTXS news they’d been without power for three days.
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