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Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

In each of my radio interviews this week, I have been asked about our weather crisis in Texas.

People from California to Minnesota to Florida and points in between are following this story.

Our winter weather even made the New York Times, and for good reason.

A family in Killeen has been forced to ration oxygen for their premature baby.

They've had to burn their three-year-old daughter's wooden blocks in the fireplace for warmth.

Most of us have now seen our power restored, but more than 13 million Texans,

almost half our state's population, do not have access to clean running water.

As of this morning, the extreme weather has been blamed for at least 40 deaths in Texas and elsewhere.

But there is good news in the news as well. Dallas churches and other faith groups helped create an emergency warming shelter for the

homeless. The Salvation Army and other faith groups are providing meals and other supplies for those

in need. Volunteers are helping migrants who are sheltering in the cold. Lakewood Church in Houston

is just one of many churches that has opened its doors to serve as emergency shelters.

I will never take electricity or clean water for granted again, or those who provide such essential services.

As a result of our power outages, I became interested in the first time in our state's

electricity infrastructure. I learned that Texas utilizes more than 650 power generation facilities

connected by more than 46,500 miles of transmission lines to provide electricity for our state.

Our power is produced from natural gas, coal, wind, nuclear, solar, hydro, and biomass resources.

Someone had to design and build every one of these facilities, lay every mile of transmission line,

and create the means by which we convert natural resources

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