Winter Storm Uri Community Feedback
This consultation has concluded. All submissions will be archived at the Austin History Center. Thank you.
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The Winter Storm Review Task Force wants to hear from the community and organizational representatives about your experiences during and in the aftermath of Winter Storm Uri. This webpage is dedicated to capture your unique stories submitted through written testimony, video footage, and pictures.
Please use the tools on the tabs below to share your story. You may also email your feedback to community@austintexas.gov by June 30, 2021.
Additionally, the Task Force will hold virtual listening sessions for public testimony. A report summarizing the stories captured on this webpage and during the listening sessions will be submitted to City Council by July 30, 2021, and the collage of stories received will be archived at the Austin History Center.
Your Story
Please share stories from your experiences and observations during Winter Storm Uri and the aftermath. Everyone can see and comment on your post. All submissions will be archived at the Austin History Center. Thank you.
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I was lucky, our government failed
I moved to Austin, arriving the day before the first snowfall. I'll always remember two things about the main storm.
The first is Austin Energy's communication style. They chose to communicate primarily through Twitter, which was increasingly hard to get to without power to charge a mobile device. They chose to say it'd be "rolling blackouts," and then revealed that they technically couldn't roll them. Yet, all of them are still employed.
The second thing I'll remember is Mayor Adler. I was laying under 3 blankets, wondering how we'd be able to get food (just moved, didn't have much time... Continue reading
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"Silence of the Landlords" by the 9500 Tenants Association
In the wake of Winter Storm Uri, many of the residents were without water for close to 4 weeks. Many of us went to the 9500 Apartments office that Monday, February 22, 2021 for answers. Our concerns went unanswered, with non-answers to our in-person questions, unanswered emails, no response to certified letters, no returned phone calls to messages left on voicemail, and a disconnected business line. Here are their accounts:
(You can see the full accounts with pictures here)