'Lessons learned': Austin Energy, outage map prepared for cold-weather storms

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- While the risk for power outages hasn't reached the same risk level we saw during the ice storm in 2023, many people - like Alyssa Onyx in northwest Austin - don't want to take any chances.

"I think of that time often," she said. ""I think of that time often," she said. "It was desolate, it was quiet, there was no power. And then anger. Anger at literally being left in the dark and the cold."

When she heard this week's weather forecast, she said she started preparing.