Miscellaneous
With much of Texas icing over due to Arctic weather's dangerous slide across the Plains over normally not 10-degree San Antonio, Ralph Garcia has had access to power for no longer than 45 minutes at a time for the last 48 hours. In this sustained cold-weather assault, millions have lost power because of the failure of state energy planners and reduced energy flowing from all power networks, but most conspicuously gas power plants. The climate crisis is no game. But the disabled community is an overlooked, incredibly vulnerable, demographic that often goes overlooked. Now 24, Ralph was born with Muscular Dystrophy and requires a range of treatments every day that require access to electric power. Without power, as hundreds of thousands of San Antonio residents, Ralph and his mom have closed themselves off in his bedroom, packed the window with sheets and blankets to try to stay work. His mother, struggling with the impact of radiation treatment for cervical cancer, was sleeping on the floor beside him during this interview.