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Houston officials say warming centers sheltered 1,300 people; call for more mental‑health resources
Summary
City officials said warming centers and emergency operations helped Houstonians through an arctic blast, sheltering about 1,300 people across 10 locations and avoiding reported traffic or carbon‑monoxide fatalities; officials urged more mental‑health support and reported transit and water systems returning to service.
Mayor (unnamed) convened a press conference Friday to summarize the city’s response to an arctic blast, saying warming centers sheltered about 1,300 people across 10 locations and no one was turned away during the peak of the storm.
“I hope this is the last or almost last press conference dealing with the arctic blast,” Mayor (unnamed) said, and later reported, “We've had 1300 individuals visit and stay with us in a warming center. 10 locations across the city. No 1 was turned around.” The mayor added that city services were returning to normal and the airport was operating with “full services.”
The mayor framed the response as a teamwork achievement and emphasized public safety results: “I'm most thankful that we've had no fatalities due to traffic accident. We've had no fatalities due to carbon monoxide,” he said. Police and fire chiefs repeated those figures…
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