Texas News Analysis: A Winter Storm Leaves Texas With A Black Eye KWBU | By Texas Standard Published February 22, 2021 at 9:35 AM CST Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 5:42 Miguel Gutierrez Jr. / The Texas Tribune From left: Martin Xoxa, Chelsea Pursley and Joe Williams build a fire on Thursday to keep warm outside of Pursley's home in East Austin. The group had been without power since Monday evening. The Texas government’s failures in the face of a winter storm have been very hard on Texans, and could do lasting damage to the state’s reputation.