>> THAT WOULD BE A GOOD POINT TO TOUCH ON. ALL RIGHT. WE’RE ABOUT 20 SECONDS AWAY.
IT IS COLD OUT THERE AND A LOT
OF PEOPLE WONDERING ABOUT
SCHOOL CLOSURES, ROAD CLOSURES,
WATER, THE ROAD CONDITIONS.
>> WE’RE JOINED BY SAN ANTONIO
MAYOR RON NIRENBERG ON THIS
TUESDAY. MISTER MAYOR, THANK
YOU FOR JOINING US. I SEE YOUR
WARM AT YOUR HOUSE. I’M VERY
HAPPY TO SEE THAT. IT TALK
ABOUT THE ROAD CONDITIONS AND
HOW CLOSELY YOU’RE MONITORING
WHAT’S HAPPENING ON OUR
ROADWAYS RIGHT NOW AND THE
AREAS OF CONCERN FOR YOU.
>> WELL, YES, USUALLY DURING A
WINTER EVENT LIKE THIS IN OUR
AREA, IT’S ABOUT ROAD
CONDITIONS. THAT’S NUMBER ONE.
CONCERN. AND SO THAT IS IT.
YOU KNOW WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
VERY CLOSELY RIGHT NOW. WE’RE
KIND OF TEETERING ON THE EDGE
OF THE FREEZING LEVEL. SO THE
FARTHER NORTH YOU GO,
ESPECIALLY PAST
16 0, 4, OVERPASSES BECOMING
ISSUES. SO WE’RE ASKING PEOPLE
TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS IN THOSE
AREAS. THERE ARE SO THE ICING
AGE. AND SO THEY’RE ALREADY
BEEN APPLIED. TEX DOT’S BEEN
OUT FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW
DEALING WITH THOSE WE’RE NOT
ANTICIPATING THEM TO BECOME
SEVERE ISSUES IN BUT AGAIN,
FARTHER NORTH, YOU GO THERE,
LOWER THE TEMPERATURES GET
OVERNIGHT. WE COULD SEE SOME
ICING. SO PLEASE BE CAREFUL ON
THE ROADWAYS OUT THERE.
>> LET’S TALK ABOUT POWER.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, RIGHT NOW
WE HAVEN’T HAD TOO MANY ISSUES.
THANKFULLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY
TODAY, BUT REALLY ICE TONIGHT.
TOMORROW MORNING IS THE BIG
CONCERN MAY OR SO. WHAT ARE YOU
HEARING FROM CPS ENERGY IN
TERMS OF HOW WE’RE DOING RIGHT
NOW? WE’RE IN THEIR ESTIMATES
FOR WHAT THIS ENERGY LOAD IS
GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR US OVER
THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.
>> SURE. WELL, CPS ENERGY IS IS
DOING FINE IN TERMS OF ENERGY
GENERATION MEETING ARE KEPT TO
PASS TO MEETING THEM AND WE ARE
TOLD ARE CAUGHT ISN’T THE SAME
STATES. SO THEY ARE MEETING
SUPPLY. WE DO EXPECT A LITTLE
BIT OF PEAK DEMAND COMING THIS
EVENING, BUT WE ARE CAUGHT IS
IS ANTICIPATING NO ISSUES ON
THE GRID. THAT SAID THE FARTHER
NORTH YOU GO LIKE IN THE NORTH,
TEXAS, ALL PART OF THE TEXAS
ENERGY GRID WHERE WE’RE
ANTICIPATING ICING ON TREES
LIKE IN THE NORTH, TEXAS,
PROBABLY ALREADY SEEING
PICTURES FROM THE DALLAS FORT
WORTH AREA. THOSE COULD
POTENTIALLY BE IMPACTS WHEN YOU
START GETTING BRANCHES FALLING
OFF AND IMPACTING POWER LINES.
ALL THAT BEING SAID, THOUGH,
ARE COUNTIES NOT EXPECTING ANY
ISSUES ON THE GRID ITSELF.
YOU KNOW, SO WE’RE KNOCKING
ON WOOD AND HOPING THAT REMAINS
THE CASE THROUGH OUR STATE
PARTNERS WOULD TALK TO ME ABOUT
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
GUIDELINES OF WHEN YOU CAN AND
CANNOT OPEN UP A WARMING CENTER
AND AND KIND OF WHAT YOUR
THOUGHTS ARE WHEN IT COMES TO
THAT. AND IS IT YOUR CALL?
>> SO WELL, THIS IS PART OF AN
ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE.
THIS IS THE RESILIENCY HUBS NOW
HAVE BEEN PART OF SEASON SOUTH
FOR A COUPLE YEARS. I GUESS IF
YOU INCLUDE.
>> THE THE RESILIENCY HUBS ARE
A LITTLE DIFFERENT SHELTERS.
SO ALWAYS DURING A WEATHER
EVENT. WE’RE DOING OUTREACH
THE HOMELESS POPULATION HERE IN
SAN ANTONIO. THAT IS HAPPENING
AS WE SPEAK TO GET FOLKS INTO
SHELTERS. SO NO ONE SHOULD BE
SLEEPING OUT IN THE AND IN THE
EVENT THEY REFUSED TO COME IN
THE SHELTER. THEY ARE PROVIDED
BLANKETS AND WARM CLOTHING,
ET CETERA. THE RESILIENCY HUBS
ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
WE DO OPEN KNOWS WHEN THE
TEMPERATURE GETS BELOW FREEZING
FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME
BECAUSE MATT CASE, WE’RE ALSO
LOOKING AT POTENTIAL
DISRUPTIONS WITH REGARD TO
PEOPLE’S YOU KNOW, HEATING
CAPACITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THOSE WILL OPEN. WE DID OPEN
THEM DURING THE CHRISTMAS BREAK
WHEN WE HAD A PERIOD OF TIME,
WE’RE INTO THE 20’S FOR A
COUPLE OF DAYS. AND EVEN IN
THAT CASE. SO WE SAW, I THINK A
TOTAL OF 12 PEOPLE OR THE
COUPLE OF DAYS THE RESILIENCY
HELPS WERE OPEN. BUT AGAIN, TO
BE TO EMPHASIZE, WE DO HAVE
SHELTERS OPEN. WE’RE WORKING
THROUGH OUR NONPROFIT WE’RE
DOING OUTREACH DIRECTLY WITH
MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY’RE HOMELESS, TRYING TO
GET THEM INTO THOSE SHELTERS.
IF YOU ENCOUNTER SOMEONE WHO
NEEDS ASSISTANCE FOR OR
SHELTER, YOU CANNOT CALL 2, 1,
0, 2, 0, 7, 17 99. NO ONE
SHOULD BE OUT IN THE ELEMENTS
THIS EVENING. THERE ARE
RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO HELP.
SO THEY’RE SO WE’RE TALKING
ABOUT MORE THAN JUST THE NORMAL
SHELTERS OUT THERE. MORE THAN
JUST.
>> WHAT WE HAVE A CAM AND HAVEN
FOR HOPE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> YEAH. WHAT WAS SO THAT CAM
HAVEN FOR CORAZON MINISTRIES,
OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS ARE
OPENING A SPACE AVAILABLE FOR
PEOPLE TO COME IN AND SLEEP IN
AND AND BE ABLE TO BE OUTSIDE
OUT OF THE ELEMENTS.
ALSO BEING GIVEN FOOD AND AND
THINGS THAT THEY WILL NEED TO
TO MAKE IT THROUGH A COLD
EVENING. SO THOSE RESOURCES ARE
AVAILABLE. THE RESILIENCY HUBS
ARE OPEN. WINDOW WEATHER GETS
BELOW FREEZING FOR EXTENDED
PERIOD OF TIME WHEN AND IF THEY
ARE NEEDED, WE WILL OPEN THOSE.
THOSE ARE ON STANDBY. BUT AT
THIS TIME WE HAVE SHELTERS
AVAILABLE FOR FOLKS SO THEY
DON’T HAVE TO BE OUT THERE IN
THE ELEMENTS REGARDLESS OF
WHETHER OR NOT IT GETS BELOW
FREEZING. THOSE WILL BE THAT
THOSE ARE AVAILABLE TO OUR
NONPROFIT PARTNERS. YOU HAVE.
>> SORRY, MY BUDGET. THAT’S
ALREADY ONE OF THE COUNCIL
DISTRICTS. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN
HOMELESS OUTREACH COORDINATORS.
SO HAVE THEY BEEN GOING OUT TO
TRY TO GET THESE FOLKS WHO
MAYBE UNSHELTERED INTO SOME OF
THESE SHELTERS OPERATED WITH
BY THESE NONPROFIT PARTNERS
WITH THE CITY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT HAPPENS
WELL BEFORE THE TEMPERATURE
GETS BELOW A KID GETS THE, YOU
KNOW, BELOW FREEZING OR EVEN
CLOSE TO FREEZING WITH. THEY’VE
BEEN OUT THERE FOR
SEVERAL DAYS. AND THEN 2 IN
ANTICIPATION OF THIS COLD SNAP.
AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS RESOURCES
ARE AVAILABLE AND WE CAN GET
THEM TRANSPORTED THROUGH THE 2,
1, OF THOSE SHELTERS. AND
AGAIN, IF YOU ARE, YOU KNOW,
THAT ENCOUNTER ANYONE WHO NEEDS
ASSISTANCE WITH REGARD TO
SHELTER, THERE IS A HOTLINE
OPEN, A 2, 1, 0, 2, 0, 7, 17,
19 ON MONDAY. AGAIN, MAKE SURE
THAT FOLKS ARE SAFE AS AS THE
TEMPERATURES DROP RIGHT?
THERE IS SPACE OUT THERE.
MAYOR RON NIRENBERG, APPRECIATE