NEWSWinter storm: Photos from around Austin Wednesday amid historic winter weatherAustin American-StatesmanFrom left, Isaiah Escobar, 13, walks with his mother Heather and little brother Jeremiah Cavazos, 10, toward a pop-up donation stand at Booket T. Washington Terraces in East Austin on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. The Escobars have been without power for three days since a winter storm gripped the state leaving millions without power.Bronte Wittpenn / American-StatesmanLogan Rogers, 21, waits by a pop-up, donation stand for residents without power at the Booker T. Washington Terraces apartments in East Austin on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Rogers along with a group of friends collected personal and donated items such a clothes, food, water and hand warmers to donate to residents as they wait for power.Bronte Wittpenn / American-StatesmanVolunteers wait to donate clothes, hot drinks and food to residents at Booker T. Washington Terraces apartments in East Austin on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.Bronte Wittpenn / American-StatesmanA volunteer, who wished to remain anonymous, pours hot water into a cup to give to a passerby in East Austin on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.Bronte Wittpenn / American-StatesmanHeather Escobar stands with her sons Jeremiah Cavazos, 10, and Isaiah Escobar, 13, outside of their home in the Booker T. Apartment Terraces apartment in Austin on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Escobar and her family have been without power for three days when a statewide winter storm gripped the city. Her only source of heat is a gas stove which she uses to warm her home while living with her kids and mother.Bronte Wittpenn / American-StatesmanHeather Escobar receives a cup of coffee from volunteers outside of a pop-up donation stand outside of the Booker T. Washington Terraces apartments in East Austin on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Escobar has been without power for three days and has been using a gas stove to warm her and her children.Bronte Wittpenn / American-StatesmanHeather Escobar looks toward her apartment at Booker T. Washington Terraces in East Austin on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Escobar and her family have been without power for three days since a winter storm gripped the state leaving millions without power.Bronte Wittpenn / American-StatesmanPower lines can be seen connecting homes at Booker T. Washington Terraces in East Austin on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. The apartment complex has been without power for several days since a winter storm gripped the state, leaving millions without power.Bronte Wittpenn / American-StatesmanAustin Fire Department and ATCEMS respond to a house fire that left two people dead, one critically injured and three others with minor injuries on East 12th Street in Austin on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Citywide emergency services are responding to calls from house fires, exposures, wrecks and falls due to the statewide freeze that has gripped Austin for several days.Bronte Wittpenn / American-StatesmanJames Anyaegvu, who lived in the burned home, speaks with a fire fighters on East 12th Street in Austin on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Around noon, Austin Fire Department and ATCEMS responded to a house fire that killed two people and left several with critical and minor injuries.Bronte Wittpenn / American-StatesmanAustin Fire Department and ATCEMS respond to a house fire that left two people dead, one critically injured and three others with minor injuries on East 12th Street in Austin on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Citywide emergency services are responding to calls from house fires, exposures, wrecks and falls due to the statewide freeze that has gripped Austin for several days.Bronte Wittpenn / American-StatesmanAustin Fire Department and ATCEMS respond to a house fire that left two people dead, one critically injured and three others with minor injuries on East 12th Street in Austin on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Citywide emergency services are responding to calls from house fires, exposures, wrecks and falls due to the statewide freeze that has gripped Austin for several days.Bronte Wittpenn / American-StatesmanAustin Fire Department and ATCEMS respond to a house fire that left two people dead, one critically injured and three others with minor injuries on East 12th Street in Austin on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Citywide emergency services are responding to calls from house fires, exposures, wrecks and falls due to the statewide freeze that has gripped Austin for several days.Bronte Wittpenn / American-StatesmanAustin Fire Department and ATCEMS respond to a house fire that left two people dead, one critically injured and three others with minor injuries on East 12th Street in Austin on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Citywide emergency services are responding to calls from house fires, exposures, wrecks and falls due to the statewide freeze that has gripped Austin for several days.Bronte Wittpenn / American-StatesmanAustin Fire Department and ATCEMS respond to a house fire that left two people dead, one critically injured and three others with minor injuries on East 12th Street in Austin on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Citywide emergency services are responding to calls from house fires, exposures, wrecks and falls due to the statewide freeze that has gripped Austin for several days.Bronte Wittpenn / American-StatesmanAustin Fire Department and ATCEMS respond to a house fire that left two people dead, one critically injured and three others with minor injuries on East 12th Street in Austin on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Citywide emergency services are responding to calls from house fires, exposures, wrecks and falls due to the statewide freeze that has gripped Austin for several days.Bronte Wittpenn / American-StatesmanAustin Fire Department and ATCEMS respond to a house fire that left two people dead, one critically injured and three others with minor injuries on East 12th Street in Austin on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Citywide emergency services are responding to calls from house fires, exposures, wrecks and falls due to the statewide freeze that has gripped Austin for several days.Bronte Wittpenn / American-StatesmanJose' Nives tries to shovel his way out after getting stuck in the middle of the street. A winter storm that brought snow, ice, and plunging temperatures across Central Texas shut down roads and caused the electrical grid to shut down, leaving thousands of people without power.Ricardo B. Brazziell/American-StatesmanJose' Nives tries to shovel his way out after getting stuck in the middle of the street. A winter storm that brought snow, ice, and plunging temperatures across Central Texas shut down roads and causing the electrical grid to shut down leaving thousands of people without power.Ricardo B. Brazziell/American-StatesmanA winter storm that brought snow, ice, and plunging temperatures across Central Texas shut down roads and caused the electrical grid to shut down, leaving thousands of people without power.Ricardo B. Brazziell/American-StatesmanA winter storm that brought snow, ice, and plunging temperatures across Central Texas shut down roads and caused the electrical grid to shut down, leaving thousands of people without power.Ricardo B. Brazziell/American-StatesmanA winter storm that brought snow, ice, and plunging temperatures across Central Texas shut down roads and caused the electrical grid to shut down, leaving thousands of people without power.Ricardo B. Brazziell/American-StatesmanAdelaide Bixby helps her daughters Eleanora, And Elezabeth with her father Guy pick into the car on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. Snow covers the BlackHawk neighborhood in Pflugerville, Texas. Most homes in the area were without power for nearly 8 hours. Atmos Energy and other power companies were performing rotating outages to protect the electric grid.Ricardo B. Brazziell/American-StA winter storm that brought snow, ice, and plunging temperatures across Central Texas shut down roads and caused the electrical grid to shut down, leaving thousands of people without power.Ricardo B. Brazziell/American-StatesmanJose' Nives tries to shovel his way out after getting stuck in the middle of the street. A winter storm that brought snow, ice, and plunging temperatures across Central Texas shut down roads and caused the electrical grid to shut down, leaving thousands of people without power.Ricardo B. Brazziell/American-StatesmanA winter storm that brought snow, ice, and plunging temperatures across Central Texas shut down roads and caused the electrical grid to shut down, leaving thousands of people without power.Ricardo B. Brazziell/American-StatesmanBryon Stuefer poses for a photo at the El Arroyo sign on Wednesday February 17, 2021.Jay Janner / American-StatesmanJared Southard, left, and Sam Walbridge, pitchers on the University of Texas baseball team, work out at the AT&T Hotel & Conference Center on the UT campus on Wednesday February 17, 2021. After they lost electricity in their apartment they moved into the hotel. The Longhorns’ first game of the season is Saturday against Mississippi State in Arlington. “We’re just trying to get some work in,” said Walbridge. “There’s not many places to do that.”Jay Janner / American-StatesmanIsaac shovels snow from his driveway on Redmond Road in the Circle C Ranch neighborhood in Southwest Austin on Wednesday February 17, 2021. Isaac lost electricity and water early Wednesday morning.Jay Janner / American-StatesmanPauline Martin talks to a City of Austin employee with a load of bottled water on La Crosse Avenue in the Circle C Ranch neighborhood in Southwest Austin on Wednesday February 17, 2021. The neighborhood was being affected by very low water pressure, but the load of water was on its way to Lakeway.Jay Janner / American-StatesmanSnow and ice cover Circle C Ranch Metropolitan Park on Wednesday February 17, 2021.Jay Janner / American-StatesmanAn Austin police officer drives on MoPac Boulevard near La Crosse Avenue in Southwest Austin on Wednesday February 17, 2021.Jay Janner / American-StatesmanDavid Tishgart knocks ice off a tree at his home on Rhett Butler Drive in the Circle C Ranch neighborhood in Southwest Austin on Wednesday February 17, 2021.Jay Janner / American-StatesmanAustin firefighters work at the scene of a fire on East 12th Street where two people died on Wednesday February 17, 2021.Jay Janner / American-StatesmanAustin firefighters work at the scene of a fire on East 12th Street where two people died on Wednesday February 17, 2021.Jay Janner / American-StatesmanAustin firefighters work at the scene of a fire on East 12th Street where two people died on Wednesday February 17, 2021.Jay Janner / American-StatesmanAustin firefighters work at the scene of a fire on East 12th Street where two people died on Wednesday February 17, 2021.Jay Janner/American-StatesmanDori Ann Upchurch is helped by Austin Disaster Relief Network volunteer Cody Sandquist, left, and a Red Cross volunteer to a warming station at University Avenue Church of Christ on Wednesday February 17, 2021. She evacuated her home after she lost her water supply.Jay Janner / American-StatesmanDori Ann Upchurch is helped to a warming station at University Avenue Church of Christ on Wednesday February 17, 2021. She evacuated her home after she lost her water supply.Jay Janner / American-StatesmanDori Ann Upchurch is helped to a warming station at University Avenue Church of Christ on Wednesday February 17, 2021. She evacuated her home after she lost her water supply.Jay Janner / American-StatesmanJared Southard, left, and Sam Walbridge, pitchers on the University of Texas baseball team, work out at the AT&T Hotel & Conference Center on the UT campus on Wednesday February 17, 2021. After they lost electricity in their apartment they moved into the hotel. The Longhorn' first game of the season is Saturday against Mississippi State in Arlington. "We're just trying to get some work in,"said Walbridge. "There's not many places to do that."Jay Janner / American-Statesman