Dallas Natural Disasters

Central Market Preston Royal Closed with Significant Damage

By CandysDirt / October 21, 2019 /

Store to Be Closed Until Clean Up and Repairs Can Be Made and Power Restored Staff Reports The Central Market store located at 10720 Preston Rd., Dallas, Texas 75230 at the corner of Preston Road and Royal Lane has experienced significant damage from the tornados and storms which swept through north Dallas the evening of…

Tornadoes Strike North Dallas, Devastate Preston Royal, Schools, and Much More

By Candy Evans / October 21, 2019 /

Update: The National Weather Service in Fort Worth reported a total of nine tornadoes hit the Metroplex. The North Dallas tornado was classified as an EF-3 tornado. 2:48 PM – An NWS survey team has determined that the estimated maximum winds for the tornado in North Dallas is 140 mph, consistent with an EF-3 rating.…

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

By Bethany Erickson / June 16, 2019 /

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…

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…

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…