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With no firewood left and temperatures plummeting, Carrol Anderson turned to his last resort to breathe: A small portable oxygen tank in his truck.
He died in his truck.
He was 1 of the hypothermia deaths in Harris Co.
w/ @nickpowellchron @brookelewisa https://www.houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood/galveston/article/Harsh-weather-suspected-in-2-Galveston-County-15960529.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral
He died in his truck.
He was 1 of the hypothermia deaths in Harris Co.
w/ @nickpowellchron @brookelewisa https://www.houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood/galveston/article/Harsh-weather-suspected-in-2-Galveston-County-15960529.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral
By our tally, as many as 25 people have died in incidents likely related to the weather. Includes:
A grandmother and three grandchildren in a Sugar Land house fire. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Sugar-Land-fire-fatalities-15953492.php
A grandmother and three grandchildren in a Sugar Land house fire. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Sugar-Land-fire-fatalities-15953492.php
A woman and her daughter of suspected CO2 poisoning in Houston.
Family set up this fundraiser. A relative said yesterday the young boy remained in the hospital. https://www.gofundme.com/f/death-of-motherdaughterson-in-critical-condition
Family set up this fundraiser. A relative said yesterday the young boy remained in the hospital. https://www.gofundme.com/f/death-of-motherdaughterson-in-critical-condition
A 60yo unhoused individual. https://twitter.com/HCSOTexas/status/1361437572501803013?s=20
At least one traffic fatality recorded by city police. https://twitter.com/ArtAcevedo/status/1361691717930467333?s=20
A male found unresponsive by a passerby in Houston. https://twitter.com/ArtAcevedo/status/1361482214886821891?s=20
A man and woman who died in a house fire may have been using a stove to keep warm, per this report. https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2021/02/16/couple-rescued-from-burning-home-in-northeast-houston-hfd-says/
A man found dead with no shoes, socks or shirt in the parking lot of a north Harris County strip mall. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Man-with-no-shoes-socks-found-dead-in-north-15959657.php
A woman who died after losing control of her vehicle and striking a median. Another car then struck her vehicle. That collision caused the woman's vehicle to throw her onto the roadway on I-10, where a third vehicle struck her and fled, per the sheriff's office.
Galveston and Brazoria counties reported nine fatalities yesterday.
Three hypothermia deaths revealed yesterday by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences. All three individuals had contributory causes of death. Primary causes of death for all three was hypothermia, per records.
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