News Of The Week Roundup: Week 7, 2021
The biggest story of the past week was easily the fiasco in Texas. Severe and abnormal winter weather hit Texas and it basically crippled the state. Days after the storm, residents are still without power and water. It got so cold, many residents died, including a young boy. Comments from a (now former) mayor did not go over well with residents. Ditto for comments by former Texas governor Rick Perry who basically told folks to just suck it up. Then there was the complete debacle caused by Senator Ted Cruz who up and decided to go on a beach vacation in Cancún - staying at the Ritz Carlton - amid all the chaos.
“Anyone can or want to leave for the week? We may go to Cancún.”
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 20, 2021
Inside the revealing text messages that left Sen. Ted Cruz facing fierce blowback for fleeing Texas as disaster struck: https://t.co/e1wOAvJYaP
A United airlines flight from Denver to Honolulu had a big mishap yesterday when it lost an engine... parts came off the plane, landing in yards of onlookers below. Amazingly no one was hurt on the plane or on the ground. These photos are nuts.
JUST IN: Denver International Airport officials tell us United Airlines Flight 328 bound for Honolulu returned to the airport after an engine problem. Neighbors heard a loud boom, took these photos of what look like Boeing 777 engine nacelle in their yards. pic.twitter.com/mklpz3VG4F
— Pete Muntean (@petemuntean) February 20, 2021
COVID-19 cases are finally going down in America - or at least it seems so! This is good news while the country hits a grim milestone: 500,000 dead.
A little less than a year ago, covid-19 had killed just a handful of people in the United States. Now, the pandemic’s official death toll equals the size of a major city, more than the population of Kansas City and nearly as many as Atlanta or Sacramento. https://t.co/XlLzYE7WlL
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 21, 2021
Dr. Fauci says it's possible Americans will need to wear masks in 2022 even as the US may reach "a significant degree of normality" by year's endhttps://t.co/XLRwWIPMC9 pic.twitter.com/B3ntTpsKDH
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) February 21, 2021
...and I leave you with this - copy cat:
📷: @jobet pic.twitter.com/weWMIaG0Gu
— Bodega Cats (@Bodegacats_) February 21, 2021
