At least 11 people died and more than 1,400 residents sought emergency care for carbon monoxide poisonings during the 2021 winter storm in Texas.

Here’s what you should know about keeping your family and home safe, especially during power outages.
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How to Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Your Home

Carbon monoxide is an odorless, tasteless, colorless gas that can cause serious injury or even death if inhaled in high quantities. Here’s how you can keep your home and family safe.

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"Disasters, unfortunately, are not mitigated by ideological experiments, management theories, or last-minute political theater. Responding to a massive storm requires competence, people power, and foresight—qualities in short supply in the Trump administration, where agencies are run as if government itself is the enemy."

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Noting that with the fierce winter storm that just swept through wide swathes of the US, Cliff Schecter writes,

"The United States is now facing a winter storm of almost biblical proportions. ...

Today, under Donald Trump and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, FEMA resembles less a rescue agency than a badly managed charity raffle staffed by ghosts."

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The Cold Is Brutal. FEMA’s Failure Will Be Worse.

As a historic winter storm hits 180M Americans, David Shuster exposes how Trump-era FEMA cuts leave the nation dangerously unprepared.

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