
Texans try to conserve heat and water as plunging temperatures knock out utilities and cell service
CNN
Elijah Dorminy's family has depended on their generator to make it through the winter storm that has blanketed Texas since early Monday morning, and he is worried soon even that won't be an option.
Living in north Texas, Dorminy, his wife and their four children are worried what will happen when they need to refill their generator with gas again. There is only one station with any gas left in Watauga, the suburb of Fort Worth where they live, Dorminy said. "Pray for us, this is going to be rough," he told CNN.
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