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The Texans facing blackouts and burst pipes: 'Do I wait for the ceiling to cave in?'
After millions lost power in a winter storm, residents condemn leadership: ‘They don’t want to do anything for anyone’Krystal Foreman’s ceiling started to crack and sag on Tuesday while inches of water, presumably from a burst pipe, cascaded down her walls and covered her floor. As Foreman’s home flooded, her heating broke, causing the indoor temperature to drop to match the frigid conditions outside.Foreman called her complex’s emergency maintenance line five, six, maybe seven times, but no one answered. So she and her one-year-old son waited for four hours and she weighed the risks of icy roads, a deadly virus and her ravaged home. “Do I want to risk exposing us to Covid, or do I want to just wait for the ceiling to cave in?” she said. Continue reading...
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