{"id":135331,"date":"2021-02-15T14:50:09","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T19:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=135331"},"modified":"2021-02-15T21:27:58","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T02:27:58","slug":"millions-without-power-in-texas-amid-unprecedented-winter-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/millions-without-power-in-texas-amid-unprecedented-winter-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"Millions without power in Texas amid \u2018unprecedented\u2019 winter storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmillions-without-power-in-texas-amid-unprecedented-winter-storm%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=135331&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2373162\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2373162\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2373162\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AP21047032373612-746x437.jpg\" alt=\"Sam Fagg skis on the beach near 45th Street in Galveston, Texas on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, after an overnight winter storm covered the island in ice and snow. (Jennifer Reynolds\/The Galveston County Daily News via AP)\" width=\"746\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2373162\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sam Fagg skied on the beach near 45th Street in Galveston, Texas on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, after an overnight winter storm covered the island in ice and snow. (Jennifer Reynolds\/The Galveston County Daily News via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 6:15 PM PT \u2013 Monday, February 15, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Officials in Texas sounded the alarm as turbines froze and power supplies were threatened.<\/p>\n<p>At least 2.5 million residents are without power in the Lone Star State and electric companies are issuing rolling blackouts. Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) reassured residents on Monday, saying the state\u2019s power grid was not compromised by the freezing temperatures, but warned the storm is unprecedented.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A disaster declaration has been issued for all 254 counties in response to severe winter weather throughout the state.<br \/>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TDEM?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TDEM<\/a> continues to deploy a number of resources to assist local officials in their response efforts. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/73TDhgyhhq\">https:\/\/t.co\/73TDhgyhhq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gov. Greg Abbott (@GovAbbott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovAbbott\/status\/1360366068905226245?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A number of residents said they are trying to stay positive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWater was gone at 8:30, power was off, we\u2019re obviously one of millions in the same boat as everyone in Houston,\u201d Texas resident Matt Gelatti said. \u201cWe\u2019re out in Cady and it\u2019s cold, but we\u2019re trying to get through it. As you can see everybody is out and about.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2373163\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2373163\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2373163\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AP21046740368652-601x437.jpg\" alt=\"Icicles hang on a watch for ice on bridge road sign Monday, Feb. 15, 2021 in Houston. A winter storm making its way from the southern Plains to the Northeast is affecting air travel. (Melissa Phillip\/Houston Chronicle via AP)\" width=\"601\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2373163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Icicles hung on a watch for ice on bridge road sign Monday, Feb. 15, 2021 in Houston. (Melissa Phillip\/Houston Chronicle via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Officials are working to restore power to residents, but said thousands at least may still wake up without power. Several cities have opened warming centers and most of the state\u2019s airports have canceled any scheduled flights.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/who-grants-emergency-approval-to-astrazeneca-vaccine\/\">WHO Grants Emergency Approval To AstraZeneca Vaccine<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2181181,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AP21047032373612-746x437.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Millions without power in Texas amid \u2018unprecedented\u2019 winter storm","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AP21047032373612-746x437.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Millions without power in Texas amid \u2018unprecedented\u2019 winter storm","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2181181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}