{"id":146849,"date":"2021-02-18T14:05:11","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T19:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=146849"},"modified":"2021-02-18T20:13:14","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T01:13:14","slug":"texas-faces-food-water-shortages-amid-winter-storm-power-outages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-faces-food-water-shortages-amid-winter-storm-power-outages\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas faces food, water shortages amid winter storm power outages"},"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\">20<\/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%2Ftexas-faces-food-water-shortages-amid-winter-storm-power-outages%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=146849&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_2375299\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2375299\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2375299 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1302857108-625x437.jpg\" alt=\"KILLEEN, TEXAS - FEBRUARY 18: A tractor trailer is stuck in the slick ice and snow on State Highway 195 on February 18, 2021 in Killeen, Texas. Winter storm Uri has brought historic cold weather and power outages to Texas as storms have swept across 26 states with a mix of freezing temperatures and precipitation. (Photo by Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)\" width=\"625\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2375299\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">KILLEEN, TEXAS \u2013 FEBRUARY 18: A tractor trailer is stuck in the slick ice and snow on State Highway 195 on February 18, 2021 in Killeen, Texas. Winter storm Uri has brought historic cold weather and power outages to Texas as storms have swept across 26 states with a mix of freezing temperatures and precipitation. (Photo by Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 4:45 PM PT \u2013 Thursday, February 18, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Texans were in survival mode as the state faced food and water shortages during the winter storm crisis. Thursday marked the fifth day roughly 500,000 homes throughout Texas were without power.<\/p>\n<p>Record-breaking freezing temperatures paired with mass power outages disrupted the state\u2019s food supply chain. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2021\/02\/17\/texas-food-supply-power-outage\/\">reports<\/a>, fruit and vegetable crops in the Rio Grande Valley froze over and the Texas Department of Agriculture commissioner said dairy farms were forced to pour out over $8 million worth of milk every day.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2375300\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2375300\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2375300 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1231241794.jpg\" alt=\"FORT WORTH, TX - FEBRUARY 18: People shop depleted produce aisles in Central Market after a snow storm on February 18, 2021 in Fort Worth, Texas. Winter storm Uri has brought historic cold weather and power outages to Texas. Residents have gone days without electricity and fresh water after a catastrophic failure of the power grid in the state. (Photo by Ron Jenkins\/Getty Images)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"610\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2375300\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FORT WORTH, TX \u2013 FEBRUARY 18: People shop depleted produce aisles in Central Market after a snow storm on February 18, 2021 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Ron Jenkins\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Reports said most grocery store shelves were empty as state officials pleaded with residents to conserve water.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t have any water,\u201d Houston resident Paula Recio stated. \u201cI\u2019m here to get water, I\u2019ve been to several different stores and no one has water.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Target in Austin, Texas 2\/18\/2021 1pm im really praying for texans <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TexasBlackout?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TexasBlackout<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Texas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Texas<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TexasFreeze?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TexasFreeze<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ag6gZsozrp\">pic.twitter.com\/ag6gZsozrp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JazzieJae (@JazzieJaeT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JazzieJaeT\/status\/1362481168080330756?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>More than seven million people were under \u201cboil water orders\u201d as treatment plants couldn\u2019t function. Temperatures are expected to be above freezing for most of the state by Friday, but it is unknown when all power will be restored.<\/p>\n<h4>RELATED:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/gov-abbott-all-sources-of-power-in-texas-have-been-compromised\/\">Gov. Abbott: All Sources Of Power In Texas Have Been Compromised<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2181233,"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\/GettyImages-1302857108-625x437.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Texas faces food, water shortages amid winter storm power outages","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1302857108-625x437.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Texas faces food, water shortages amid winter storm power outages","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146849","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=146849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2181233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}