“Texas officials say the state is ready for the 2026 weekend winter storm and it won’t repeat 2021 catastrophe.”

A major winter storm hits Texas and Oklahoma Friday, then tracks east through the South to the Northeast by the weekend. Gov. Abbott declared disaster for 134 Texas counties. Up to half an inch of ice expected across Dallas, Little Rock, Memphis, Nashville, Atlanta, Charlotte, and Washington D.C. Texas officials claim the grid is ready and “won’t repeat 2021”—the Winter Storm Uri failures that killed over 200 people. We’ll see.