A few weeks ago, Texas was on thin ice. A combination of below freezing temperatures and widespread power outages resulted in a multi-pronged crisis: no heat, no water, no food, no gas.

In this episode, catastrophe risk expert Tom Larsen dives deep with Core Conversations host Maiclaire Bolton Smith to answer the lingering questions. What caused people to suffer? How were homes damaged so badly? And is this sort of phenomenon the new normal?