Timothy Wilsey, his wife Nicole and their 7-year-old son have been without power for 72 hours and were forced to use their cars to warm up and charge batteries and phones, “their only lines of communication”.
Euless’s family in Texas said their apartment is currently only heated by candles.
“We’re keeping ourselves busy going to the old school and reading books and playing board games,” he told CNN via text message from Euless, a suburb of Dallas and Fort Worth.
Timothy says they are using their phones just to see the news quickly, so they can keep up to date on the power outage and to look for restaurants that may be open and serving food.
“We are almost always lying under the covers on the bed,” said Timothy. “The only time we get out of bed is to go to the car to warm up or charge the phones and batteries.”
They put the food they could save from the freezer on their patio to make it hotter, but they have no other way of cooking. The food they have is basically limited to meat sticks, dried meat, chips and some biscuits; as for things to drink, they have bottled water and some bottled tea, but that’s it.
“Others they [sic] that we expect restaurants to be open and serving hot food, ”he said. “Sorry, it’s hard to type while your hands are cold.”
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