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This consultation has concluded. All submissions will be archived at the Austin History Center. Thank you.
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.
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.
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.
Thank you for sharing your story with us.
CLOSED: This discussion has concluded.
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We lost power at 2am Monday morning, Feb 15. We did not get even a flicker of power again until Thursday afternoon, Feb 18--something like 80+ hours without heat or light. We were lucky we could still light our gas stove with a match, and my husband (who grew up in Colorado) wrapped our pipes well, so they did not break. Our house grew so cold, in days that hovered in the teens, that inside temps were below what our meat thermometer could measure--below 40. We piled nine blankets on the bed and still did not feel warm. I did... Continue reading
To sign up to speak at the listening session, please contact the Staff Liaison at512-974-6339 or WinterStormTaskForce@austintexas.govno later than noon the day before the meeting.
Please provide the Speaker's name, email address and the telephone number that will be used to call into the meeting.
Once a request to speak has been made to the Staff Liaison, the information to call on the day of the scheduled meeting will be provided either by email or phone call.
Speakers must call in at least 15 minutes prior to meeting start time in order to speak, late callers will not be accepted and will not be able to speak.
Speakers will be placed in a queue until their time to speak.
Interpretation services will be provided in Spanish. If interpretation for other languages are needed, please call 3-1-1 no later than five days before the meeting you wish to attend.
Handouts or other information you want shared with the Task Force members may be emailed to WinterStormTaskForce@austintexas.gov by noon the day before the scheduled meeting. This information will be provided to the Task Force members in advance of the meeting.
