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TribCast: Texas braces for the next winter storm and a new COVID-19 variant

In this week’s episode, Matthew speaks with Mitchell, James and Karen about the status of the power grid and the pandemic heading into winter.

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A long line wraps around an HEB Grocery Store in San Marcos where residents waited up to 3 hours for their groceries on Feb 17, 2021. The store was without power most of the day and completely out of perishable items, allowing customers to purchase only five items from their dry goods section.
A long line wrapped around an H-E-B grocery store in San Marcos in February. Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune

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In this week’s episode, Matthew speaks with Mitchell, James and Karen about the status of the power grid and the pandemic heading into winter.

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