Strangers who became heroes: The amazing ways people helped each other weather the Texas storm
As snow came down and the power went out, thousands in Texas were left stranded. Here s what some people in Austin did to help.
Krista Johnson, Ryan Poe and Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American-Statesman
Published
10:29 am UTC Mar. 3, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas – Ryan Sivley left his Austin, Texas, home on Feb. 15 to get a Mountain Dew and a pack of cigarettes, as snow began to blanket his city. But as the weather worsened and conditions quickly became dire, the routine errand turned into a grueling four days spent hooking straps and chains to hundreds of stranded vehicles, pulling their passengers to safety.
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Strangers who became heroes: How Austinites helped weather the storm
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Texas was hard hit by a brutal freeze that caused record low temperatures across the US (Credit: Matthew T Rader/CC BY-SA 4.0/Wikipedia Commons)
The deadly winter storm, which swept across 22 states from Texas to Maine the week of February 14, 2021, delivered large amounts of snow and ice, and established numerous low-temperature records. While over 140 million Americans were impacted, Texas was particularly hard hit. The Arctic chill caused about 60 percent of the state s energy sources to go offline and water pipes to freeze and burst, leaving millions without electricity and water.
While the brutal weather tested Texans mettle, it also brought out the best in humanity. Here are a few of the many heartwarming acts of kindness reported throughout the week.