Dallas Natural Disasters

Want Your Power Back Sooner During an Outage? Live Here.

By Bethany Erickson / June 16, 2019 /
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If you were one of the 350,000 North Texans sitting in the dark (or paying for a hotel room)during last week’s power outage, you might have missed one little tidbit of information that should make the real estate-minded perk up their ears. There are places you can live where your power is more likely to…

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Post-Blackout Advice: What To Chuck, So You Don’t Toss Your Cookies

By Bethany Erickson / June 13, 2019 /

If you’re like 350,000 other Oncor customers, you are likely finally reading this at home, on your couch, with a light on powered by — finally — electricity. But can we engage in some real talk? Because you’re probably wondering about everything in your fridge. I know I was. I mean, I had just put…

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UFC Fighter Files First Lawsuit Related to Deadly Crane Collapse

By Bethany Erickson / June 13, 2019 /

Macy Chiasson is tough. You have to be to be a UFC fighter, especially a The Ultimate Fighter winner. Her lawyer, Jason Friedman, said that toughness is what led her to file the first suit related to the deadly crane collapse Sunday at the Elan City Lights apartment building. After all, some might question why…

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What Would a Major Flood Look Like At Your House?

By Bethany Erickson / September 8, 2017 /
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As the devastation Hurricane Harvey wrought two weeks ago becomes devastatingly clearer and flood waters slowly recede, many have asked: What would a similar flood look like in my neighborhood?   And could something like this happen in Dallas?

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Water, Water Everywhere: Dallas Needs Engineering, Political Will To Combat Flooding

By Jon Anderson / June 6, 2017 /

If you forgot Dallas’ torrential weekend rains, Monday’s return certainly brought those memories … flooding back. What’s up with that?  It’s not like rain is something new to Dallas.  Sure, depending on whether your beliefs are fact- or fiction-based, climate change may be making rains heavier, but we’ve always had deluge-type rain (when we’re not…

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