Hey, it's Michael.

This week, the Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year, and hearing

what's happened in the time since they first ran.

Today, we return to the aftermath of the unusual storm that devastated Texas last winter, leaving

thousands of its residents without shelter or power to learn how the lives of the women

we spoke to in Dallas have since changed.

This Friday, December 31st.

Jack, you went to Texas just a few days after this crippling winter storm and these mass

power outages began in mid-February.

So tell us about what you saw.

Well, the first thing that I saw was a sort of patchwork quilt of light and darkness

as the flight into Dallas broke through the clouds about a third of the city was still

without power.

And as I drove around and talked to people, I was getting the sense that there was this

real invisible crisis taking shape.

You know, I've covered hurricanes in Texas and I've covered other natural disasters over

the years.

And often, you see people's houses that are flooded with water.

You see houses that are burned down at a tornado destroys homes.

That sort of thing.

But the wounds that families had suffered across the state were a lot less visible this time.

And I really wanted to try to understand that damage.

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