Texas After the Storm

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🗓️ 1 March 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Even as the cold has lifted and the ice has melted in Texas, the true depth of the devastation left by the state’s winter storm can be difficult to see. Today, we look at the aftermath through the eyes of Iris Cantu, Suzanne Mitchell and Tumaini Criss — three women who, after the destruction of their homes, are reckoning with how they are going to move forward with their lives.

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0:25.6	From New York Times, I'm Michael Babbaro.
0:32.6	This is a daily.
0:36.6	Today, as the cold lifted and the ice melted, the true depth of the devastation emerged in
0:48.2	Texas.
0:49.2	My colleague, Jack Healey, documented the experience of three women in Dallas.
1:03.0	It's Monday, March 1st.
1:09.0	Jack, you went to Texas just a few days after this crippling winter storm and these mass
1:15.2	power outages began in mid-February.
1:18.3	So tell us about what you saw.
1:21.4	Well, the first thing that I saw was a sort of patchwork quilt of light and darkness
1:28.7	as the flight into Dallas broke through the clouds.
1:33.7	About a third of the city was still without power.
1:37.6	And as I drove around and talked to people, I was getting the sense that there was this
1:43.2	real invisible crisis taking shape.
1:46.0	I've covered hurricanes in Texas and I've covered other natural disasters over the years.
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