Before dawn on Monday, Feb. 15, Cynthia Valadez, 66, woke to a freezing home in East Austin. The water bottle near her bed was frozen and the indoor thermostat read 31 degrees. She and her two daughters were among millions of Texans who lost power during a winter storm that gripped the state on Valentine’s Day. She began to panic as her 29-year-old daughter, who has brain demyelination, began to shiver. With only their gas stove as a source of heat, Cynthia and her daughters went without power for over 24 hours causing a water pipe to burst and flood their bedroom. This is the story for thousands of Austinites who continue to go without power as city and energy officials claim outages may last longer than expected. “We need the people in charge to solve the problem they created,” Cynthia said of the city’s failing infrastructure. “They have allowed this to endure as long as it has...this is not a new story for people that live east of I-35.” On Tuesday afternoon, the power to Cynthia’s...