Usually snow would be cause for celebration, but not now, not in Texas …
Our daughter in Austin has no water … they are boiling snow. It’s a thing now if one is to believe the New York Times …
Half of our town is on boil water notices. Fortunately, I put the plug on our tub, so the dripping water has filled it halfway. Easier to boil tub water than snow I’m thinking.
But there are more dark clouds on the horizon …
And our family’s text messages are pretty dark …
As are the media messages …
Meanwhile …
Nice work if you can get it.
Update:
I'm Going to Texas (version 2.0) 
Really.
Maybe he should stay there.
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if only …
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Wow, (((Liz & family))) this is serious!
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(deep sigh) … and it absolutely could have been avoided … it’s criminal what the pols and their enablers get away with
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They cut corners and never insulated the pipes bringing in the oil and gas. Cause it never gets “cold” Well, it’s getting cold with Global Warming which means Texas gets snow and Maine doesn’t. I did not know Cruz went to Cancun. Where’s Hawley?
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Global “weirding” is a term I encountered some time back … a true description of what is to come
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Here we go. All of Us. a huge learning curve ahead. I have all your family in
my soggy little prayer basket here…LOVE and LOVE, Liz
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Texas is the canary in the mine … and thank you for the LOVE 💕
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Aw, man Liz. I’ve been listening to the news and thinking about you and other Texas folks I know. My heart breaks for all of those suffering. Right as I was opening your blog, there was a story on MSNBC about a reporter’s son who choked on a peanut, needing immediate surgery to save his life…the whole story was harrowing. Awful. Be safe. Be well You all are in my heart. xo
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We are safe … we are well … and extremely grateful
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Hi LA – things are looking pretty bad for you guys. Sending you love and positive vibes to you and yours that the bad weather will ease – though it will take time for the outages to be fixed. Stay safe. B
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as bad as the pandemic has been, this disaster has been devastating for so many folks … we the people have a lot of work to do, including serious action on climate change
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Oh Liz. Oh dear oh dear. I am thinking of you and your family.
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At one point I offered to have our daughter come here with the kids … she gently reminded me that the roads were/are sheer ice
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be safe !
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thank you, we are … and we are counting our blessings as the last bits of snow melt into the grass outside our window … temperatures will be in the 60s today, so at least all those who are laboring to repair the damage will be warm …
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