No power, no water and no preparations
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Looking south down University Boulevard at the Trinity River,
which is frozen over for the first time in many years.
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River Legacy Park in Arlington, spanning 1,300 acres, was
blanketed in snow during winter storm Uri.
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People begin preparing for the storm at a Target in Weatherford. The polar vortex left Texas residents without electricity and water.
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The Fort Worth Zoo is normally open 365 days a year, making the empty parking lot this week an unusual sight to see.
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Heavy snowfall in North Texas hasn’t occurred since February 2015. There was little snow in 2020.
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A resilient plant sprouts up in spite of the freezing temperatures. Tarrant County was covered in several inches of ice and snow.
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View of snowy, powerless downtown Fort Worth from floor 15 of the Omni Hotel.