How is your power and water situation?
My daughter is still housing her boyfriend and his roommate, still no power and water for them but she has both. His parents live in San Antonio and have no water. They have a few bottles of drinking water and are boiling snow for everything else. They are fortunate.
@moonbeam @allyn @ana @blackandwhite
Moonbeam you are right - the racism and hatred of the dems/liberals runs deep in Texas. The brainwashing by the GOP and Faux news has been going on for years. I too was deeply saddened by the amount of Americans who have been supportive of the former Occupier of the White House and the base of the GOP party. T was the "exposer in chief" you might say. It was always there, but he enabled those who hid their feelings to be empowered. I intuitively feel that Texas will actually turn blue, if not in the next presidential election, the one following. I already feel that many Texans voted for Biden, more than we may even realize, since the GOP in Texas was very good at voter suppression and many North Eastern people have been moving to the big cities in Texas (primarily Dallas and Austin lately) due to companies moving there.
I actually (through my job) have spoken to several people on the phone who live in Austin that I didn't even know personally, who were upfront about voting for Biden in this last election. I was surprised how many said it to me. I guess I have hope.
Ana and Allyn, I live in CT in the country (small town). We are better prepared for power outages and snow removal here because we have to have a well for water, there's no natural gas so you have either oil or propane, and septic systems etc. We learned the hard way after losing power so many times over the years that a whole house generator was not just a luxury. I also work from home too, so it was definitely needed. The power outages we've endured were never because of a faulty grid per se, but due to high wind storms and in recent years, including tornadoes. The trees in CT grow very high, they are older and they just either get topped or fall completely down during the last 10 years worth of storms we've had.
I'm praying that our brothers and sisters in Texas will be ok and they will wake up and see the light. I have a feeling Faux news will pay a price in the end too for their lies. Many corporate sponsors are abandoning them. Hopefully more will follow.
thank you for asking, I got my electricity yesterday around 5 pm, still not water though. I'm still luckier than most.
I'm glad your daughter is doing fine. I hope the rest of texas at least starts getting some power soon.
@blackandwhite how horrid. How are you dealing? Melting snow? I can imagine no store has a bottle of water left:s
Sending a big, light hug. ❤️
The bad news- much of the Austin area still has no water and those that do have it need to still boil it.
The good news- 90% of power has been restored to Austin.
The inspiring news- Restaurants who are cooking food for people in need with the help of sponsors. Here is a list cuz it is cool to see what people are doing to help.
- The Well at 440 W 2nd St.: 600 free bowls of pho beginning at noon (sponsored by 2nd St District, Sway Spa and private sponsors). After these sell out, sister restaurant TenTen will serve 200 free chicken rice bowls out of their location on 501 West 6th Street.
- Sip Pho at 512 W 29th St.: 300 bowls of pho (sponsored by Austin Winter Storm Relief Fund)
- Veracruz at The Line Hotel at 111 E. Cesar Chavez St.: 300 free tacos beginning at 5 p.m. (sponsored by Austin Winter Storm Relief Fund)
- Vaquero Taquero at 104 E. 31 St.: 125 meals from 11 a.m. – 3p.m. (sponsored by Red Bull USA)
- Hestia at 607 West 3rd Street #105: 1,200 total meals from 2-5 p.m. (sponsored by Spa Sway, Austin Winter Storm Relief Fund and others)
- Maggiore’s at 1420 Cypress Creek Road #1000: 115 meals starting at 11:30 a.m. (sponsored by Affinipay)
- Tommy Want Wingy at 121 Pickle Road: 125 meals starting at 11 a.m. until it runs out (sponsored by Red Bull USA)
- Dipping Springs Tenders at 979 Springdale Road: 50 meals from 1-5 p.m. (sponsored by Austin East Ciders)
- Thai Fresh Sponsor at 909 W Mary St.: 200 meals beginning at 1:30 p.m. Text curbside 512-200-7423 and mention 365austin for one free meal per person (sponsored by Austin Winter Storm Relief Fund)
- CM Smokehouse @ Bouldin Acres at 2027 South Lamar: 275 meals starting at 3 p.m. (sponsored by Samantha Ushiro)
- Uncle Nicky’s at 1123 East 11th and 4222 Duval Street: 200 meals at each location from 2-6 p.m. (sponsored by Affinipay)
- Flyrite Chicken at 2129 East 7th St.: 150 meals from noon to when it sells out (sponsored by Karbach Brewing and Bev Wine)
- Rebel Cheese at 2200 Aldrich St.: 25 meals starting at noon (sponsored by Austin Eastciders)
SO happy you now have power. Really hope the water issue is resolved for you. Where in Texas are you located? I know San Antonio has also been hit hard by a lack of water,
Really Good News!
Powered By People, a voter registration organization that is founded by Beto O'Rourke just emailed me today. They have organized a Texas volunteer welfare check call in that can be done by anyone in the country. They already have the network in place for making calls and a built in data base. This is fantastic. The calls are going out to seniors who are a high at risk population.
This is wonderful.
What a difference in comparison from the response from Gov. A-Butt. I mean Abbott.
I absolutely love this story about being a good Samaritan during this freeze crisis. It is beautiful.
If Ted Cruz' slipping away to Cancun in the midst of a severe state-wide emergency doesn't broadcast who he really is, then I don't know what could. THANK YOU Ted Cruz for allowing your hypocrisy to shine through! Hopefully this will give some right wingers some food for thought...