Gloria Sanders, 76, looks at her mother, Maria Barajas, who is 100 years old and suffers from severe dementia, that sleeps sitting on a bus seat that serves as warming center located in Pleasant Oaks Recreation Center in Dallas on Wednesday, February 18, 2021. Sanders and Barajas house has been without power since early Monday after the snowstorm hit Texas last Sunday.
Marleny Almendarez, 38, holds Little Rainbow, her pet parakeet, in her hands after he froze to death from low temperatures since her house has inconsistent power after the snow storm hit Texas last Sunday. Almendarez had to decide to spend Tuesday night with her two children, one of them on the spectrum, in a bus that the city has provided as a warming center located in Pleasant Oaks Recreation Center in Dallas on Wednesday, February 18, 2021.
Gloria Sanders, 76, and her mother Maria Barajas, who is 100 years old and has severe dementia, both spend the day at the Pleasant Oaks Recreation Center to warm up in Dallas on Wednesday, February 18, 2021. Sanders and Barajas house has been without power since early Monday after the snowstorm hit Texas last Sunday.
Marleny Almendarez, 38, arrives for the second consecutive night to the bus that serves as warming center located in Pleasant Oaks Recreation Center in Dallas on Wednesday, February 18, 2021. Almendarez house has inconsistent electricity to keep her home warm after the snow storm hit Texas last Sunday.
Maria Barajas, who is 100 years old and suffers from severe dementia, prepares to spend the night on the bus that serves as a warming center located in Pleasant Oaks Recreation Center in Dallas on Wednesday, February 18, 2021, after early Monday the house she shares with her daughter Gloria Sanders, 76, has no electricity since snowstorm hit Texas.
Aaron Hall, 11, who is on the spectrum, checks his tablet as he prepares to spend the second consecutive night along with her mother Marleny Almendarez, 38, at the bus that serves as a warming center located in Pleasant Oaks Recreation Center in Dallas on Wednesday, February 18, 2021. Almendarez house has inconsistent electricity to keep her home warm after the snow storm hit Texas last Sunday.
Marleny Almendarez's car is parked next to a charter bus that the local government provided as a warming center for the Pleasant Groves community located in Pleasant Oaks Recreation Center in Dallas on Wednesday, February 18, 2021.
Marleny Almendarez, 38, checks her cell phone as her son, Aaron Hall, 11, who is on the spectrum, makes himself comfortable to spend their second consecutive night at the the bus that serves as a warming center located in Pleasant Oaks Recreation Center in Dallas on Wednesday, February 18, 2021. Almendarez house has inconsistent electricity to keep her home warm after the snow storm hit Texas last Sunday.
Maria Barajas, who is 100 years old and suffers from severe dementia, sleeps sitting on the bus seat that serves as a warming center located in Pleasant Oaks Recreation Center in Dallas on Wednesday, February 18, 2021. On early Monday, the house she shares with her daughter Gloria Sanders, 76, has no electricity since snowstorm hit Texas.
Gloria Sanders, 76, reaches for her mother's arm, Maria Barajas, 100, as it rests on the armrest of her seat to try to calm her down as they prepare to spend the night on the bus that serves as warming center located in Pleasant Oaks Recreation Center to spend the night in Dallas on Wednesday, February 18, 2021. Sanders and Barajas house has been without power since early Monday after the snowstorm hit Texas last Sunday.
