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When I got Josh Rhodes on the line on Wednesday, he was at his friend's mom's house west of Austin,

because his friend's mom still had power.

Like millions of other Texans, Josh didn't.

The massive winter storm that has devastated Texas, knockup power where he lives in Austin.

We lost power at about 2 a.m. on Monday.

I really didn't notice until about when I woke up the next morning, somewhere around six.

You know, and nothing was on as that eerie silence.

He stumbled around in that silence, found flashlights and candles, and then improvised a morning routine.

I do a lot of camping. I've got camping stoves and you know, we were able to make breakfast and

that found a hand crank for coffee or it was able to make coffee.

And then we're just trying to figure out what's going on when we're going to get power again.

After more than the day of no power, the temperature inside Josh's house was hovering in the fifties.

And Josh is comparatively lucky, given what other Texans are facing.

People here are literally freezing to death.

We can't get no propane to try to light a perheater.

More batteries, more candles, you know, we can't we can't even find a generator.

We can't find nothing.

At least 16 people in Texas have died since Monday.

Millions have been living without power or heat.

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