Another Blast of Cold Air

Texas is about to get hit by an Arctic blast. Are we ready? Here's what to look for as the third major winter cold snap in four years approaches.

Image Credit: National Weather Service Houston

Texans — me included  — have collective PTSD from Winter Storm Uri. Every time it gets cold, we get worried, and with good reason: the grid is not yet reliable enough, and another Uri almost certainly would cause rolling outages.

But the Arctic blast that will hit next week, while extreme, does not appear to …