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Austin and Travis County leaders urge residents to prepare for winter; warming centers and alert systems highlighted
Summary
City and county officials urged Austinites to prepare for potential winter storms, announced shelter activations and gave guidance on medical, fire and shelter safety; officials cited a 143-person shelter activation and urged residents to sign up for Warn Central Texas alerts and the Ready Central Texas app.
City of Austin and Travis County officials held a joint press briefing today urging residents to prepare now for winter weather and outlining how local agencies will respond if freezing conditions cause outages or threaten public safety.
Mayor Watson said the city and county are working to make utilities and roads as resilient as possible and warned, “There will be outages this winter. It is inevitable.” He encouraged residents to sign up for local emergency alerts at WarnCentralTexas.org and to download the Ready Central Texas mobile app for updates, checklists and incident information.
Why this matters: Officials stressed that even in seasons forecasted as warmer or drier, isolated high-impact winter storms can occur and quickly cause power outages, medical risks and fire hazards. The briefing combined operational updates from emergency management, EMS and the fire department with concrete steps residents can take to stay safe.
Travis County Judge Andy Brown said residents should…
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