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Common causes of data loss around Austin

Austin has been hit hard by winter weather twice in recent years. The February 2021 winter storm took down power across much of Texas for days, and an ice storm in early February 2023 dropped tree limbs onto lines across the city, leaving a large share of Austin without power, some households for days. Repeated hard shutdowns corrupt file systems and can kill SSDs mid-write, and surges on restoration damage power supplies and drive electronics. Put a UPS on every desktop and NAS, unplug equipment during long outages, and switch it back on only after power is stable.

Central Texas sits in what is often called Flash Flood Alley, where thin soils and steep creek beds turn heavy rain into rapid flooding, as the deadly July 2025 Hill Country floods showed. Summer heat is the steadier risk: long stretches above 100 degrees make garages, cars, and poorly ventilated closets brutal on electronics. Never leave a laptop or external drive in a parked car, keep drives in conditioned space, and give gaming and editing rigs room to breathe. If a device gets wet, leave it off and seal it in a bag.

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