YOU
YOU CAN'T
YOU CAN'T THINK STRAIGHT. >> WFAA NEWS AT 10:00 STARTS
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. >>
NOW. >> IF YOU ARE ABLE TO WATCH
THIS F+@ROM HOME, CONSIDER
YOURSELF LUCKY.
YOURSELF LUCKY. 4 MILLION TEXANS AND COUNTING
ARE WITHOUT POWER, SUBJECT TO
THAT FREEZING COLD.
>> WE ARE ASKING THE SAME
QUESTIONS YOU ARE, HOW DID THE
SYSTEM FEEL TEXAS ABOUT THE?
THE PICTURES ARE DROPPING BY
+@
THE PICTURES ARE DROPPING BY THE HOUR AND JUDGE CLAY JENKINS
JUST TWEETED, DALLAS COUNTY
WILL PROBABLY SEE MORE
BLACKOUTS OVER NIGHT.
>> EVEN THE SKYLINE HAS GONE TO
MAKE A LINE OF BUILDINGS HAVE
TURNED THEIR LIGHTS OFF TO
CONSERVE ENERGY, INCLUDING THE
ICONIC TOWE+@R, FOR ONLY THE
THIRD TIME EVER, THE TOWER HAS
G+@ONE DARK.
G+@ONE DARK. >> WE HAVE A FULL HOUR OF
COVERAGE TONIGHT +@TO KEEP YOU
INFORMED.
INFORMED.
INFORMED. PEOPLE GET READY FOR WHAT IS
AHEAD IN THAT POTENTIALLY
RECORD COLD AND WE WILL SHOW
YOU HOW HOTELS ARE BEING
OVERHAULED WITH FAMILIES TRYING
TO GET WARM.
>>> THE BIGGEST STORY OF THE
NIGHT IS THE MASSIVE POWER
OUTAGES ACROSS NORTH TEXAS.
TERESA W+@OODARD IS LIVE, IT
LOOKS PRETTY DARK WHERE YOU ARE.
>> Reporter: I KNOW YOU GUYS+@
CANNOT TELL WHAT IS BEHIND ME,
BUT THIS IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD
KROGER, IT IS PITCH BLACK.
THERE ARE MILLIONS OF GROCERY
STORES AND BUSINESSES AND
RESTAURANTS AND HOMES OFF THE
GRADE.
GRADE.
GRADE. >>
GRADE. >> I AM FREEZING, I AM WEARING
SWEATS.
SWEATS.
SWEATS. IS
IS
IS >>
IS >> Reporter: THE SECOND STORY
SENIOR LIVIN+@G APARTMENT SITS
BUNDLED, BITTERLY COLD ROSANNA.
>> I AM 74 YEARS OLD WITH
SE+@VERAL DISABILITIES.
SE+@VERAL DISABILITIES. >> NO INTERNET FOR AN
INTERVIEW, SHE DIDN'T EVEN WANT
TO OPEN A DOOR, TRYING TO HOLD
ONTO +@WHAT PRECIOUS LITTLE HEA
SHE HAD LEFT.
>> I AM SHAKING, I AM SO COLD.
>> IT IS REALLY CO+@LD, WE HAVE
FIVE KIDS AND HOUSE.
>> MILLIONS OF TEXANS HAVE NO
POWER, NO HEAT, NO HOT WATER.
ON ONE OF THE COLDEST DAYS IN
TEXAS HISTORY.
TEXAS HISTORY. >> THE SYSTEM IS WORKING, WHAT
YOU HAVE IS AN EXTRAORDINARY
EVENT.
EVENT.
EVENT. >>
EVENT. >> THE POWER GRID, WHICH
WITHSTANDS RECORD SUMMERS,
COULD N+@OT WITHSTAND A RECORD
WINTER.
WINTER.
WINTER. MULTIPLE PLANS THAT GENERATE
THE POWER THAT TRAVELS THESE
LINES TO HOMES FAILED.
+@
LINES TO HOMES FAILED. SUPPLY PLUMMETED, DEMAND
SKYROC+@KETED, AND ERCOT HOLDE
PROVIDERS TO CUT OFF+@ CUSTOMER
>> WE ARE TRYING TO GET WARM.
>> THAT WAS TAMIKA CODY HERE IS
BREANNA.
BREANNA.
BREANNA. >> YOU CAN PUT EXTRA PAJAMA
BOTTOMS AND BLANKETS, BUT WHEN
YOU'RE COLD, YOU'RE COLD.+@
YOU CAN'T REALLY+@ THINK
STRAIGHT.
STRAIGHT.
STRAIGHT. >> Reporter: FORCED OUTAGES
HAPPENED ACROSS THE STATE,
CUSTOMERS S+@AY THEY WEREN'T
PREPARED.
PREPARED.
PREPARED. ERCOT SAYS IT WAS.
>> WITH THIS WEATHER
APPROAC+@HING, GREAT CONDITION
WERE LIKE+@LY GOING TO BE TIGHT
>> Reporter: BESIDES BEING
FROZEN, PEOPL+@E ARE FRUSTRATED
CUSTOMER SERVICE ISN'T
ANSWERED.
ANSWERED.
ANSWERED. >> SORRY, WE ARE BUSY, WE CAN'T
TA+@KE YOUR CALL.
>> Reporter: TEXAS ISN'T
THAWI+@NG+@.
THAWI+@NG+@. IF YOU ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE
POWER, IT LIKELY MEANS YOU LIVE
NEAR A PLACE THAT IS CRITICAL
TO KEEP ON ONE, THAT IS HOW
THEY ARE TARGETING THESE
OUTAGES.
OUTAGES.
OUTAGES. IT MEANS THE LINES COMING TO
YOUR HOME ALSO SERVE SOMETHING
+@
+@ LIKE
+@ LIKE A
+@ LIKE A HOSPITAL.
WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW LONG
THIS IS GOING TO LAST, ERCOT
SAYS THIS SITUATION WILL LAST
THROUGH TUESDAY.
THROUGH TUESDAY. DOES THAT MEAN TUESDAY MORNING,
AFTERNOON, OR NIGHT?
WE DON+@'T HAVE AN ANSWER.
>> JASON WHEELER HAS +@BEEN
WATCHING THESE OUTAGES ALL DAY,
JASON, IT JUST KEEPS GETTING
WORSE.
WORSE.
WORSE. >>
WORSE. >> IT DOES, THE TRENDLINES ARE
GETTING REALLY BAD, LET ME TAKE
YOU BACK IN TIME BY FIVE HOURS,
THA+@T IS THE LAST TIME WE SAW
BIG UPDATE COME FROM ERCOT,
THAT IS THE OPERATOR OF THE
WHOLE ELECTRIC GRID IN TEXAS.
AGAIN, FIVE HOURS HAS NOW
ELAPSED SINCE WE LAST HEARD
FROM THEM.
FROM THEM. THE LAST TIME THEY TALKED TO
US, IT WAS GOOD NEWS, THEY SAID
THEY PULLED 500,000 HOUSEHOLDS @
BACK ONLINE AGAIN AND GOT TO
THE JUICE.
THE JUICE. IT WAS GOOD NEWS, BUT THAT IS A
FI+@VE HOUR OLD GOOD NEWS.
LET ME TAKE YOU TO ONE HOUR
AGO, THIS COMING FROM DALLAS
COUNTY JUDGE CLAY JENKINS,
SAYING ERCOT IS ASKING
TRANSMISSION COMPANIES TO CUT
BACK 2000 MEGAWATTS, THAT IS
400 AND SOMETHING THOUSAND
HOUSEHOLDS.
HOUSEHOLDS. THE GOOD NEWS, WE SAW FROM
ERCOT, FIVE HOURS AGO, IF YOU
LOOK AT THIS TWEET, THIS IS TO
BE BELIEVED, THAT HAS BEEN
ERASED.
ERASED.
ERASED. THAT PROGRESS WE SAW EARLIER ,
WE HAVE BEEN SEEING THE NUMBERS
LOOKING NOT SO GOOD.
BEFORE WE GET TO THOSE, I WANT
TO SHOW YOU THIS.
JUDGE JENKINS TWEETING OUT, THE
ADDITIONAL SHED THEY ARE ASKING
FOR+@ FOR MORE CUSTOMERS TO BE
BROUGHT OFF-LINE, COUPLED WITH
INCREASED DEMAND, WILL LIKELY
INCREASE BLACKOUTS NUMBERS AND
TIMES, WE SHOULD DISCUSS HOW
TEXAS DID THIS HAPPEN, I
UNDERSTAND YOUR ANGER, I AM
ANGRY, TULSA, TONIGHT, RIGHT
NOW, IT'S ABOUT HUMAN AND +@
ANIMAL SURVIVAL.
ANIMAL SURVIVAL. CHECK ON AND HELP ONE ANOTHER.
HE MAKES A GOOD POINT.
WE HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE PEOPLE
ACROSS NORTH TEXAS, THIS IS ALL
THE DIFFERENT OUTAGES GOING ON,
JUST HERE IN NORTH TEXAS, WE
ARE UP TO ALMOST 1.3 MILLION
CUSTOMERS, THAT IS HOUSEHOLDS,
SOME, MULTIPLY IT BY EVERYONE
IN THAT HOUSEHOLD, ALMOST 1.3
MILLION OF THEM WITHOUT POWER
RIGHT NOW.+@
RIGHT NOW.+@ JUST IN NORTH TEXAS, IT IS MUCH
THE SAME IN OTHER PARTS OF
TEXANS.
TEXANS.
TEXANS. THIS IS A DIRE SITUATION, SO
MANY PEOPLE ARE DESPERATE.
+@I HAVE BEEN HEARING FROM PEOP
WHO HAVE BEEN WITHOUT POWER FOR
18 HOURS PLUS, I HAVE+@ BEEN
HEARING FROM PEOPLE WHOSE HOMES
AND APARTMENTS ARE DOWN TO 36
DEGREES INSIDE THEM AND THEY
ARE JUST SHIVERING, FREEZING.
LAST THING HERE, WE TALKED
ABOUT THE TRENDLINES, IT
DOESN'T LOOK PRETTY.
THIS IS ERCOT+@ RIGHT HERE, I
WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THE ORANGE
LINE, THIS IS HOW MUCH POWER
THEY HAVE TO SUPPLY WHATEVER
DEMAND AREAS.
DEMAND AREAS. HERE IS WHERE WE STARTED THE
DAY, IT HAS GONE STRAIG+@HT
DOWNHILL SINCE THEN AS ALL OF
THESE GENERATORS HAVE JUST BEEN
FALLING OFF-LI+@NE.
FALLING OFF-LI+@NE. THEY ARE FREEZING, THESE
ELECTRIC GENERATORS ARE SO COLD
AND THEY +@HAVEN'T BEEN INSULAT
PROPERLY OR WHATEVER, THEY ARE
ACTUALLY FREEZING AND SHUTTING
DOWN, THEY CAN'T GENERATE
POWER.
POWER.
POWER. HERE IS WHERE WE ARE, WAY DOWN
HERE, THE LOWEST WE HAVE BEEN
ALL DAY.
ALL DAY.
ALL DAY. +@IT +@WENT UP A LITTLE BIT, BU
YOU CAN SEE THE SUPPLY, THE
ORANGE LINE, DEMAND, THE
GREENLINE, ARE COMING REAL
CLOSE TOGETHER.
CLOSE TOGETHER. EVERY TIME WE SEE THAT HAPPEN,
WE SEE ANOTHER PLUNGE WHERE
THEY ARE KNOCKING PEOPLE OFF
THE GRID.
THE GRID.
THE GRID. WE COULD SEE A VERY DANGEROUS
SITUATION FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE
AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE NIGHT AS
ERCOT IS TRYING TO KEEP THE+@
WHOLE SYSTEM FROM JUST IN AN
UNCONTROLLED WAY, ALL GOING
BLACK.
BLACK.
BLACK. THEY'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO
KEEP ON KICKING PEOPLE OFF AS
THESE TWO LINES KEEP GETTING
CLOSER AND CLOSER.
A DIRE SITUATION HERE IN NORTH
TEXAS, IT IS MUCH THE SAME ALL
AROUND THE STATE.
IF YOU HAVE POWER NOW, CONSERVE
AS MUCH AS YOU CAN, MAYBE KICK
THAT HEATER DOWN A FEW MORE
DEGREES,+@ THE MORE YOU +@CAN H
OUT, THE MORE PEOPLE THEY CAN
BRING BACK ONLINE AND
HOPEFULLY, PEOPLE DON'T GO TOO
WILD AND CRANK EVERYTHING UP
WH+@EN THEY COME BACK +@ONLINE,
BECAUSE THAT IS ONLY GOING TO
FORCE THOSE LINES CLOSER
TOGETH+@ER AND PEOPLE ARE GOING
TO DIVE BACK OFF.
YES, WE HAVE BEEN HEARING FROM
PEOPLE WHO HAVE JUST LOST THEIR
POWER IN THE LAST COU+@PLE OF
HOURS, JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE
HAD IT OFF ALL DAY DOESN'T MEAN
YOU MIGHT NOT BE NEXT.
>>> YOU HAVE HEARD A LOT ABOUT
ERCOT, WHAT EXACTLY IS THE
ROLE?
ROLE?
ROLE? THINK OF IT LIKE THIS, ERCOT IS
SIMILAR TO AN AIR TRAFFIC
CONTROLLER, IT MAKES +@SURE
EVERYTHING IS FLOWING
PROPERLY.
PROPERLY.
PROPERLY. IT DOESN'T OWN THE ASSETS, THEY
DON'T MA+@KE ELECTRICIT+@Y.
BUT IT MONITORS ALL THE MOVING
PARTS THA+@T KEEP ELECTRICITY
FLOWING. +@
FLOWING. +@ THER+@E ARE A NUM+@BER OF
PARTICIPANTS IN THE MARKET THAT
MAKE ELECTRICITY WORK IN TEXAS,
STARTING FROM YOUR HOME.
YOUR HOME RECEIVES ELECTRICITY
FROM A DISTRIBUTION COMPANY,
THE DISTRIBUTION COMPANY
RECEIVES ELECTRICITY FROM THE
TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, WHICH IS
WHAT ERCOT IS MANAGING FROM ITS
CONTROL ROOM.
CONTROL ROOM. >>> I KNOW A LOT OF YOU LOOK AT
THAT AND HEAR WHAT JASON
REPORTED AND WONDER, HOW COULD
THIS HAPPEN?
THIS HAPPEN? HOW DID MILLIONS OF TEXANS LOSE
POWER OKLAHOMA ONLY HAD A FEW
THOUSAND OUTAGES? +@
WELL, JASON HAS BEEN DIGGING
INTO THE ISSUES, CAN YOU WALK
US THROUGH HOW WE GOT TO THIS
POINT?
POINT?
POINT? >>
POINT? >> IT HAS BECOME REALLY PRETTY
CLEAR WHAT HAPPENED, THE SHORT
ANSWER IS, A LOT OF GE+@NERATIN
PLANTS WERE NOT READY, THEY
KNEW IT WAS COMING, THEY SAW
THE FORE+@CAST, AND THEY DID TA
STEPS TO PREPARE, BUT BOTH
STEPS SIMPLY JUST WER+@E NOT
ENOUGH.
ENOUGH.
ENOUGH. ERCOT SAYS IT WAS 24 HOURS AGO
NOW WHEN THE SITUATION REALLY
BEGAN TO DETERIORATE, EQUIPMENT
STARTED FREEZING AT MANY POWER
PLANTS, JUST STOPPING
ALTOGETHER, AND THAT TOOK
ENTIRE POWER PLANTS OF+@F-LINE.
THESE ARE ONES POWERED BY
NATURAL GAS, COAL, AND AT LEAST
ONE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN
TEXAS.
TEXAS.
TEXAS. +@WHEN THOSE FACILITIES SHUT
+@
+@WHEN THOSE FACILITIES SHUT DOWN, IT PLUNGED SEVERAL
MILLION TEXANS INTO DARKNESS,
+@
MILLION TEXANS INTO DARKNESS, TWO PERSPECTIVES FOR YOU HERE
TO LISTEN TO, STATE
REPRE+@SENTATIVE JEFF, CALLING
COUNTY REPUBLICAN, AND AN ENERGY
EXPERT SAYS PREVENTING THIS IN
THE FUTURE IS REALLY A SIMPLE
FIX, BUT IT IS ALSO A COSTLY
ONE.
ONE.
ONE. >>
ONE. >> WITHOUT QUESTION, WE ARE
GOING TO HAVE HEARINGS ON +@THI
WE ARE GOING TO A+@SK TOUGH
QUESTIONS, DO SO IN THE
SUNLIGHT IN FRONT OF THE PEOPLE
OF TEXAS.
OF TEXAS.
OF TEXAS. IT IS OUR JOB.
WE ARE IN SESSION NOW, WE GOT
AN OPPORTUNITY AND OBLIGATION
TO FIX IT, MUCH LIKE COVID-19,
THIS IS AN UNPRECEDENTED
SITUATION.
SITUATION. THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN, BUT IT
IS INCUMBENT UPON US FOR OUR
CONSTITUENTS TO ASK TOU+@GH
QUESTIONS AND FIX VERY REAL,
COMPLEX PROBLEMS.
COMPLEX PROBLEMS. >> THERE ARE THINGS THAT CAN BE
DONE, BUT IT WILL COST MONEY.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT PAST +@
HISTORIES, WHETHER IT WILL BE
10 YEARS AGO, 2011, OR 12 YEARS
BEFORE THAT, 1989, THERE IS A
COST TRADE OFF, YOU SUFFER
EVERY 10 YEARS, A LITTLE BIT OF
PAIN, AND ABOUT HOW MUCH IS IT
GOING TO COST TO GO REALLY
FULLY WINTERIZED, AS YOU SAID,
IT IS SUCH A RARE EVENT.
>> THAT IS DR. DAVID TUTTLE
FROM THE ENERGY INSTITUTE, SO,
MOVING FORWARD, REALLY, WE ARE
GOING TO BE KEEPING AN EYE ON
THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE, IT IS IN
SESSION NOW.
SESSION NOW. THE QUESTION IS, WILL STATE
LAWMAKERS BEGIN TO REQ+@UIRE TH
LAWMAKERS BEGIN TO REQ+@UIRE TH@ POWER PLANTS DO A BETTER JOB OF
WINTERIZING THEIR EQUIPMENT?
OTHER STATES HAVE ALREADY DONE
IT, THAT IS WHAT WE EXPLORE IN
THE LATEST EPISODE OF Y'ALL-
ITICS, WE JUST PUT THIS OUT A
COUPLE HOURS AGO, EARLIER THAN
WE N+@ORMALLY DO.
THIS HISTOR+@IC EVENT WE ARE
STILL VERY MUCH IN THE MIDDLE OF
IS LIKELY TO BE A GAME CHAN+@GE
IS LIKELY TO BE A GAME CHAN+@GE@ NOT JUST FOR FAMILIES
E+@XPERIENCING IT, BUT
POLITICALLY AS WELL.
>> ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, THERE IS
GOING TO BE A RECKONING.
WE +@HAVE GOT A LOT OF SCHOOL
CLOSIN+@GS SCROLLING AT THE
BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN,
INCLUDING DALL+@AS AND FT.
WORTH.
WORTH.
WORTH. IF
WORTH. IF YOU ARE WAITING ON
ELECTRICITY TO COME BACK ON,
SOME OF YOU BE WATCHING US ON
THE WFAA APP, DON'T FORGET,
THAT IS A PLACE TO GO FOR LIVE
UPDATES, EVEN IF THE POWER
GOES OUT.
GOES OUT.
GOES OUT. NORMALLY, WHEN YOU LOSE POWER,
YOU CAN AT LEAST GO TO A HOTEL,
BUT GOOD LUCK WITH THAT NOW.
ONE OF OUR+@ VIEWERS IN TELL US
TITUS IN THIS VIDEO, IT IS LIKE
A MADHOUSE AT THE HILTON,
PRETTY MUCH THE SAME SCENE JUST
ABOUT EVERYWHERE.
ABOUT EVERYWHERE. OUR A+@LEX HAS A LOT MORE ON TH
COMING UP IN OUR EXTENDED
COVERAGE STARTING AT 10:35.
>> IT WAS A MADHOUSE GETTING
SOMETHING TO EAT.
>>> TEXANS LOVE THEIR
WHATABURGER, BUT THIS IS NEXT
LEVEL.
LEVEL.
LEVEL. WITHOUT POWER, MANY PEOPLE ARE
O+@N THE HUNT FOR A WARM MEAL.
ONE WOMAN HE+@RE SAYS SHE WAITE
M+@ORE THAN 90 MINUTES, SHE
FINALLY GOT HER MEAL AND SHE
SAID THE HONEY BUTTER BISCUIT
WAS WORTH IT.
AND A REMINDER, LOCAL
RES+@TAURANTS ARE HURTING, IF
THERE IS ONE OPEN NEAR YOU,
THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO HAVE
YOUR BUSINESS.
YOUR BUSINESS. >>> LIKE WE SAID, THERE ARE --
>> IF WE HIT ZERO, THAT WILL BE
THE FOURTH COLDEST TEMPERATURE
E+@VER RECORDED IN THE DALLAS-
FORT WORTH AREA, ZERO, THAT IS
WHY WE +@HAVE A HARD FREEZE
WARNING IN EFFECT, DANGEROUS
COLD TONIGHT, PIPE BURSTING
COLD.
COLD.
COLD. LOW
COLD. LOW TEMPERATURES IN+@ SINGLE
DIGITS OR BELOW ZERO TONIGHT
ACROSS NORT+@H TEXAS, WE HAVE A
WINTER CHILL MORNING, WE +@HAD
WIND CHILLS THIS MORNING THAT
WERE 10, 15, 20, 25 DEGREES
BELOW ZERO, WE WILL BE THERE
AGAIN TOMORROW MORNING.
BE THANKFUL FOR THE WIND, IF WE
DIDN'T HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A +@
10, 15 MILE-PER-HOUR, MAYBE 20
MILE-PER-HOUR BREEZE OVERNIGHT,
LOW TEMPERATURES WOULD DROP
EVEN LOWER THAN ZERO.
THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE EVER
RECORDED HAPPENED FEBRUARY 12th
BACK IN LATE 1800s, THAT WAS 8
BELOW, THE COLDEST EVER, BUT
TONIGHT WILL BE THE FOURTH
COLDEST AT 0. HERE WE ARE,
WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT,
THIS GOES INTO EFFECT TOMORROW,
WE HAVE ANOTHER MAJOR WINTER
STORM MO+@VING IN OUR DIRECTION
IT WILL BRING WITH IT SNOW,
SLEET, AND FREEZING RAIN, SNOW
TOTALS ACROSS THIS WHOLE AREA
THEY WILL RANGE, BUT+@ 2 +@TO 8
THE NUMBERS.
THE NUMBERS. WE COULD SEE A TENT, CORA, HAVE
AN INCH OF ICE
>> THIS IS FREEZIN+@G.
IN ADDITION, WE HAVE THE
HISTORIC COLD IN THE FORECAST.
LOWS TONIGHT, 0, OFFICIALLY AT
DFW, DALLAS, 1, DENTON, 2 BELOW
4 IN GAINESVILLE, 3 BELOW IN
BONO, 1 BELOW AND NUMBER ONE
ABOVE IN LOXAHATCHEE.
THAT IS THE WINDCHILL FACTOR
TONIGHT IN DALLAS.
YOU WAKE U+@P TOMORROW MORNING
FORT WITH WITH A WIND CHILL
FACTOR OF 17 BELOW ZERO.
COLD INDEED, CLEAR+@ING RIGHT
NOW, A LITTLE BREEZE, WILL KEEP
THINGS AT 0 TONIGHT.
AND THEN WE CLOUD UP TOMORROW
AND SNOW IS ON THE WAY.
I WILL BE BACK IN A FEW
MINUTES, I WILL HAVE THE
SNOWFALL THE ICE TIMELINE AS
WELL, I WILL HAVE ICE TOTALS
AND SNOW TOT+@ALS, TOO, I WILL
TELL YOU WHEN WE FINALLY RISE
ABOVE THE 32 DEGREES MARK
OLIVET, COMING UP.
>>> ALONG WITH POWER ISSUE+@S,
OFFICIALS ARE ADVISING PEOPLE
IN FT.
IN FT.
IN FT. WORTH TO BOIL THE WATER.
THE AREA COULD BE WITHOUT A
FRESHWATER +@TO THE END OF THE
DAY TOMORROW.
DAY TOMORROW. CITY SAYS THE EAGLE MOUNTAIN
WATER PLANT+@ LOST POWER SEVERA
HOURS AGO, AND IT HASN'T COME +@
BACK ON.
BACK ON.
BACK ON. THE PLAINTIFF HAD MULTIPLE LIPS
OF NO POWER DUE TO THOSE
OUTAGES, IF YOU LIVE IN NORTH
FT.+@
FT.+@
FT.+@ WORTH, YOU SHOULD EXPECT IT TO
BOIL THE WATER TO WEDNE+@SDAY +M
>>> GROWING UP IN MICHIGAN, I
HAVE SEEN MY FAIR SHARE OF COLD
DAYS, LIKE A LOT OF YOU, I
MOVED HERE TO GET AWAY FROM
TH+@AT.
TH+@AT.
TH+@AT. JOE IS LIVE IN DALLAS, ZERO
DEGREES IN TEXAS IS ALMOST
UNHEARD OF.
UNHEARD OF. >> Reporter: AND UNBELIEVABLE,
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS
WHERE I WOULD RATHER NOT BE A
PART OR NOT TO WITNESS HISTORY,
BUT HERE WE ARE, BACK IN 1899,
PETE MENTIONED THIS BRIEFLY,
BACK IN 1899,+@ WE REACHED MINU
PETE MENTIONED THIS BRIEFLY, BACK IN 1899,+@ WE REACHED MINU8
DEGREES, WHICH IS THE LOWEST
EVER, WE ARE NOT TOO FAR FROM
THAT TONIGH+@T.
THAT TONIGH+@T. FOR JUST A MOMENT, TEXAS LOOKS
AND FEELS LIKE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
IF YOU RECOGNIZE THIS, YOU ARE
NOT FROM HERE.
>> 65, 70 DEGR+@EE WEATHER IN T
WINT+@ER.
WINT+@ER.
WINT+@ER. >> Reporter: COLD MAY BE
+@
+@ RELATIVE, BUT IN ANY MANNER,
ANY DEFINITION, TODAY WAS SIMPLY
WANTING.
WANTING.
WANTING. >> COLD.
>> COLD.
>> COLD. >> Rep+@orter: A COLD THAT
RATTLES YOUR INSIDES, THE SNOW
WAS JUST FOR EFFECT.
YOU CAN EVEN BE ON COMMON AVENUE
AND FEEL THIS.
>> I THINK I CAN HIKE IT.
>> Repo+@rter: NORTH TEXAS WILL
SEE ONE OF COLDEST NIGHTS IN A
+@
SEE ONE OF COLDEST NIGHTS IN A CENTURY.
CENTURY.
CENTURY. UPPER LOW IS 0 ON MONDAY NIGHT.
0. IF NOT YOUR SOCKS, HOW ABOUT
YOUR TIRES? +@
COLD HAS A WAY OF BRINGING OUT
CRAZY, AND BRINGING OUT PEOPLE
NOT FROM HERE.
>> THIS IS KIND OF LIKE USUALLY
HOW IT IS IN MICHIGAN.
>> I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT POWER
SINCE HIS MONDAY.
>> Reporter: POWER OUTAGES HAVE
FORCED MORE THAN 130 HOMELESS
MEN AND WOMEN TO THE CONVENTION
CENTER.
CENTER.
CENTER. >> EVERY NIGHT, I NEED
+@
>> EVERY NIGHT, I NEED +@CAFFEINE.
+@CAFFEINE. >> Reporter: IT IS NOT JUST
MONDAY, BUT THIS WEEK AND NOT
ANYTHING LIKE WE HAVE SEEN IN
TAXES.
TAXES.
TAXES. >>
TAXES. >> WELCOME TO 2021.
LET'S SEE HOW THIS GOES.
>>> IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU DID
THAT TO DRIVE TODAY, BUT WHAT
ABOUT TOMORROW?
ABOUT TOMORROW? IT IS BACK TO WORK FOR A LOT OF
YOU, THE SPOTS YOU NEED TO
AVOID, COMING UP.
>>> I DO HAVE YOUR