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At the peak, over 5 million people in Texas were without power, [68] with 11 million experiencing an outage at some point, [22] some for more than 3 days. [69] During the period of outages, the wholesale electric price was set to $9,000/megawatt-hour which was the "system cap" set by ERCOT, [70] compared to a more typical $25/MWh. [22]
Genuine M-80s have paper endcaps, and contain slightly more powder. Contrary to urban legend, an M-80 that contains 3,000 mg of powder is not equivalent to a quarter-stick of dynamite. Dynamite generally contains a stable nitroglycerin-based high explosive, whereas M-80s or any other kind of firecracker contain a low explosive powder, like ...
Last Monday, Jackie Pham Nguyen was grateful to still have power at her Texas home. Her kids—Colette, 5, Edison, 8, and Olivia, 11—played in the snow that morning before coming inside for hot ...
Texas deep freeze leaves millions without power, 21 dead. Brad Brooks and Barbara Goldberg. February 17, 2021 at 6:03 AM. LUBBOCK, Texas (Reuters) - A historic winter storm has killed at least 21 ...
The February 15–20, 2021 North American winter storm, also unofficially referred to as Winter Storm Viola, or to some as simply The North Texas Freeze, was a significant and widespread snow and ice storm across much of the United States, Northern Mexico, and Southern Canada.
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A third man, whose home was impacted by debris from the explosion, died from his injuries on February 5. [7] Eighteen people "self reported" to emergency rooms for minor injuries. [8] Forty-eight people sought shelter from Red Cross, [9] and two schools in the vicinity were closed for the day. [10]
A common chemical used for explosives was discovered in a Texas storage locker linked to the U.S. Army veteran who killed 14 people and injured more than two-dozen when he plowed into New Year’s ...