Austin residents during the 2021 winter storm.
Austin residents during the 2021 winter storm.
  • The climate crisis is intensifying both the summer heat and the winter cold in Texas.
  • Some Texans worry the power grid can't handle rising demand from population growth and bad weather.
  • Two Texans who either moved or plan to relocate are at least partly motivated by grid issues.

Ty Joerger, 25, was a Texan through and through.

The multimedia producer was born in Houston, lived in San Antonio as a child, and grew up in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. He hadn't seriously considered living anywhere else.