This is the weekend edition of TheMarioBlog. The next blog post is scheduled Monday, Feb. 22.
I wanted to take a look at how newspapers in Texas are covering a weather story that has also gained national attention. Disruptions to the Texas power grid left more than four million households without power this week, but by Thursday evening, only about 347,000 lacked electricity. Much of the statewide concern had turned to water woes.
My friends who live in Houston tell me that the frigid weather was unprecedented, but that it required being inventive to keep their homes warm and drinking water available. Some were collecting snow in buckets to melt for water.
Here is a sampling of some of the front pages from Texas newspapers:
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