It’s bound to happen sooner or later: A winter storm blows through and knocks out the power in your neighborhood. That’s what happened in Texas this week when about 3 million people went days without power and/or water after an unusually severe winter storm overwhelmed the region’s power grid. It kills people.”[Hypothermia, carbon monoxide and cold pets: Google searches underscore depth of crisis in Texas]Winter blackouts don’t have to be life-threatening. “Know where your home’s water shut-off valve is in case it’s going to be a long outage,” Wilcox says. “Just this morning, I left an apartment building in Dupont Circle where the power had been out for a couple days.

Source: Washington Post February 19, 2021 16:21 UTC