Texas Was ‘Not Prepared’ To Care For Medically Vulnerable People During The Severe Weather, Lawmaker Says

A white man in a black hoodie carrying an orange bucket with firewood, walking across a snowy sidewalk with a telephone pole and truck driving behind him. Photo from KUT 90.5

When Cornell Woolridge finally ventured out of his Northwest Austin home to get water and food following the extreme weather last week, he noticed police vehicles outside an elderly neighbor’s house.

“It left me with a lump with my throat,” he said.

A younger man was crying outside the house. It was his neighbor’s son, who had just learned his father had passed away inside.

 

Source: https://www.kut.org/health/2021-02-22/texas-was-not-prepared-to-care-for-medically-vulnerable-people-during-the-severe-weather-lawmaker-says?fbclid=IwAR1VWNlxojpytmSykUNcrr3ar0-s-6Mesqrtew0qdHHZIg5V-n3Nt1SuPjY