Lights come back on in Texas as water woes rise in the South

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Nearly 185,000 homes and businesses remained without power in Texas early Friday, down from about 3 million two days earlier. But the crisis is far from over in parts of the South, with many people lacking safe drinking water.

Adding to the misery: The weather jeopardized drinking water systems. Authorities ordered 7 million people — a quarter of the population of the nation’s second-largest state — to boil tap water before drinking it, following the record low temperatures that damaged infrastructure and pipes. In Abilene, a man who died at a health care facility when a lack of water pressure made medical treatment impossible.

Federal emergency officials sent generators to support water treatment plants, hospitals and nursing homes in Texas, along with thousands of blankets and ready-to-eat meals, officials said. The Texas Restaurant Association was coordinating food donations to hospitals. About 260,000 homes and businesses in Tennessee’s largest county, which includes Memphis, were told to boil water after cold temperatures led to water main ruptures and problems at pumping stations. Memphis International Airport canceled all incoming and outgoing passenger flights Friday due to water pressure issues.

“We are dealing with an extreme challenge with getting more water through our distribution system,” Lumumba said.

 

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Don’t worry the illegal aliens will soon be there to help with the crisis, oh wait, never mind

How about getting my power turned back on. I’m going on over 72 hours without it

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Sally Talberg did this and you people will never tell the truth. It wasn't windmills. Power was shut off by Sally Talberg. Ask her why

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