The 136th Airlift Wing’s C-130H Hercules Flew More Than 26 Missions
A winter storm without a name is just chilly weather. But when the National Weather Service names it, it becomes the winter storm of a lifetime … or at least in the eyes of Texas. From Feb. 14-20, Winter Storm Uri, the worst polar vortex to hit Texas since 1989, spread cataclysmic damage and sent temperatures plummeting into the teens and single digits for more than four million Texans. Nicknamed “Snow-mageddon” by many, Uri’s cold wave resulted in widespread power outages. As homes lost power and temperatures dropped, water pipes froze, and in many cases, burst, leaving Texans without usable water or the energy source to boil it to render it potable
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