Workers in Texas, USA, rushed to repair water pipes. Why did the storm cause water outages?

Workers in Texas, USA, repair water pipes. Why did the storm cause water outages? This problem is actually very obvious. The danger of storms is already great. The collapse of houses caused by this will cause underground water pipes to rupture, and the open water supply facilities will be damaged, which will cause water outages. Not to mention that it is winter. Severe cold conditions under the premise of a storm will not only reduce the service life of the water supply facilities, but also cause the water supply pipes to rupture. In addition, the local water supply facilities are very old. Perhaps such extreme situations were not considered during the previous design. This is why water outages occur during storms.

You may not know the situation in Texas in the United States, so I will tell you about it here.

As of February 21, 2021, Texas in the United States is the state most severely affected by winter storms. According to incomplete statistics, this winter storm has caused at least forty deaths. , more than a thousand public water supply systems stopped supplying water, leaving tens of millions of people without domestic water. This is just one state. Other parts of the United States are also suffering from this disaster. However, the government still took timely response measures and arranged manpower to distribute drinking water to residents at multiple designated locations.

In addition, due to the winter storm, water pipes in many areas of Texas burst due to extreme cold weather, and water supply was interrupted in some areas, affecting more than 14 million people. Local media reported that many people in Texas had to line up at designated locations to receive drinking water. According to staff at a water supply facility in Dallas, the drinking water collection point has distributed thousands of bottles of drinking water to local people over the weekend. But these are just a drop in the bucket. I hope residents of the United States can see hope soon,

But I still have to complain about the infrastructure of the United States. Not to mention why extreme weather was not considered during the design, which led to the water supply problem in this incident. At the very least, it should be inspected or repaired on time. If this aspect was done well, I don’t think it would lead to the current situation. The United States is a "free" country, and the desire for "freedom" can be seen in this new crown epidemic. This time, because of the storm, personal freedom has to be restricted, and I must be quite angry.

There are unforeseen circumstances. I hope the U.S. government can solve the residents' living problems as soon as possible so that everyone can live well in this severe cold and take measures to deal with similar problems in the future.