Oncor apprentice lineman Brendan Waldon repairs a utility pole that was damaged by a winter storm on Feb. 18, 2021, in Odessa, Texas.
Eli Hartman, Odessa American
An Oncor Electric Delivery lineman crew works on repairing a utility pole that was damaged by a winter storm on Feb. 18, 2021, in Odessa, Texas.
Eli Hartman, Odessa American
A shopper searches for water on near-empty shelves in a grocery store ahead of winter weather, Jan. 21, in Marietta, Ga.
Mike Stewart, Associated Press
A motorist travels on a road treated with salt brine, Jan. 22, in Nashville, Tenn., ahead of a winter storm expected to hit the state over the weekend.
ATLANTA — Every morning this week, Newberry Electric Cooperative CEO Keith Avery walks into his office and turns on The Weather Channel. Then he starts making calls, lining up crews and equipment to respond to outages if a forecasted ice storm cripples power across South Carolina.
Collins reported from Columbia, South Carolina. Associated Press writers Travis Loller in Nashville, Tennessee; Gary Robertson in Raleigh, North Carolina; and Jamie Stengle in Dallas contributed to this report.
A motorist travels on a road treated with salt brine, Jan. 22, in Nashville, Tenn., ahead of a winter storm expected to hit the state over the weekend.
