THOUGH
THOUGH IT
THOUGH IT MAY BE OVER-- MUCH OF TEXAS, INCLUDING THE CITY OF AUSTIN, IS STILL REELING
FROM THE EFFECTS OF
LAST WEEK'S MAJOR WINTER WEATHER
EVENT.
FROM LOSING POWER... TO LOSING
WATER... TO GOING
UNDER A BOIL WATER NOTICE-- IT'S
BEEN TOUGH FOR A LOT
CENTRAL TEXANS
CENTRAL TEXANS JOINING ME NOW TO TALK MORE
ABOUT THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO THE CRISIS-- IS
MAYOR STEVE ADLER.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR! MAYOR,
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF US LOST
POWER
POWER AND
POWER AND WATER. MANY ARE STILL STRUGGLING. HOW MANY DAYS DID YOU GO WITHOUT POWER AND
RUNNING
RUNNING
WATER?
WATER? -
WATER? - VIEWER, LUCY WROTE IN. SHE SAID "THESE EXTREME
WEATHER EVENTS ARE LIKELY TO BE
A REOCCURRING
ISSUE. THIS WAS NOT PREPARED FOR
IN THE LEAST, THAT
GOES FOR CITY, COUNTY , AND
STATE." LUCY'S RIGHT. HOW
WERE WE NOT PREPARED FOR THE
COLD WEATHER. IT
WAS
WAS FORECASTED WELL IN ADVANCE. --NOW THAT IT'S ALREADY HAPPENED, WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR
THE FUTURE SO WE DON'T GO
THROUGH THIS
THROUGH THIS
AGAIN?
AGAIN? -OUR STATES DEREGULATED POWER SYSTEM DOES NOT
WORK. IT'S OBVIOUS. HOW VOCAL
WILL YOU BE AND WHAT DO
WAS
WAS FORECASTED WELL IN ADVANCE. --NOW THAT IT'S ALREADY HAPPENED, WHAT IS THE
PLAN FOR THE FUTURE SO WE DON'T
GO THROUGH THIS
AGAIN?
-OUR STATES DEREGULATED POWER
SYSTEM DOES NOT
WORK. IT'S OBVIOUS. HOW VOCAL
WILL YOU BE AND WHAT DO
YOU PLAN TO PERSONALLY DO
MAYOR.. TO MAKE CHANGE?
AS
AS THE
AS THE LIGHTS COME BACK ON, MANY PEOPLE ARE ASKING, "WHAT IMPACT WILL THIS STORM HAVE ON
MY
MY
ELECTRIC
ELECTRIC BILL?" JOAQUIN ASKS... "DOES THE MAYOR HAVE ANY POWER TO HELP WITH THE
POTENTIAL HIGHER RATES
FROM
FROM AUSTIN ENERGY?" - BEFORE WE GO, I HAVE TO ASK ABOUT TED CRUZ. THE
SENATOR WAS VERY CRITICAL OF YOU
WHEN YOU WENT TO
MEXICO DURING A PANDEMIC, BUT
THEN MONTHS LATER HE NOT
ONLY GOES TO MEXICO DURING A
PANDEMIC BUT DURING THE
GREATEST POWER AND WATER CRISIS
IN TEXAS HISTORY.
WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR MIND WHEN
YOU SAW THAT?
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THANKS
THANKS SO
THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING, MAYOR ADLER.