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The city has reopened the Barton Springs Pool after shutting it down during the winter storm.
Austinites can shake off their winter boots and take a dip at two reopened city pools, the city of Austin announced.
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Although the sun is bright and Austin is getting the warmth it so often is used to, plant are feeling the effects of the deep freeze.
Whether you have a tree that has been suffering since the snow hit Austin or indoor plants that did not receive enough sunlight, plant experts in town have the best advice to give your plants the best likelihood of living.
For tropicals, cacti and other indoor plants:
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<p>1. Check for damage on plants such as wrinkling, browning, yellowing or wilting by feeling the stem. If it feels soft, cut down to where plants feel most solid. Any browning of discolorations means that you need to cut back further.</p><p>2. Fertilize your plants using a plant vitamin solution or fertilizer such as SUPERthrive or Rose Glo, as well as using liquid seaweed at the next watering cycle. Biomatrix is also an option to help stimulate roots and encourage new growth.</p><p>3. Give it time. Watch your plants to see if any new growth appears in the spring to determine if it's healthy.</p>For outdoor landscaping and potted plants:
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<p>1. Cut back shrubbery by no more than ⅓ of the plant's overall size and fertilize.</p><p>2. Cut perennials down to ground level and fertilize the plant.</p><p>3. Trees that began to bud before the storm may not bloom again this spring such as mountain laurel, fruiting trees, etc.</p><p>4. For younger trees, any branches that are bent should be removed.</p><p>5. To find out if a woody plant is alive, carefully scrape the bark with a knife. If it shows green, the plant is still alive and healthy.</p><p>6. Cut back damaged areas from container plants that were left outside and water using fertilizer.</p><p>7. Give it time. Watch your plants to see if any growth appears in the spring to determine if it's healthy.</p>In early February, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk told fellow Texas transplant Joe Rogan that Austin was the "biggest boomtown that America has seen in half a century."
Days later, thousands across the city had no access to running water or power as Winter Storm Uri devastated the region.
ERCOT control room in 2012.
Five non-Texan members of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, including the chairman and vice chairman, will resign Wednesday after the state's power grid failure left millions without electricity for days during Winter Storm Uri.
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