Houston mayor defends boil order as millions remain without water
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner warned people Monday not to compare the city's current boil water order to last year's "February freeze," when the state's power grid collapsed and 246 people died. Although both were caused by power outages, the boil order when an outage Sunday at a water purification plant caused water pressure to drop, raising concerns about possible contamination, that's where the similarities end. , said."The February freeze is a totally different matter," Turner said during a news conference. "He was without power and water and things stayed down for several days, okay? For several days."Turner shared a timeline…
