Oncor

An Icemaggedon Timeline: How East Dallas Is Managing To Survive The Ice-Pocalypse With The Help of Facebook and Neighborhood Associations

By Joanna England / December 9, 2013 /

We’ve been displaced from our home in Casa View Haven for going on four days now. Our little corner of East Dallas lost power around 4 a.m. on Friday, and while we thought we could tough it out that evening, we ended up doing a white-knuckle commute to Forney, where our in-laws live. A trip…

Read More

There Are Still People In Dallas Without Power & Heat, and Icepocalypse is Getting Very Old…

By Candy Evans / December 9, 2013 /

The latest estimates put it at 20,000 plus in Dallas and Collin Counties. That would include our Executive Editor, Joanna England, and frequent contributor Karen Eubank, both of whom live in East Dallas. Jo has been texting me since her house went cold Friday. She says “this photo is two streets over from me. We…

Read More

Do You Have Power? 240,000 Without Power in Dallas and Collin Counties. And The Poor Trees…

By Candy Evans / December 6, 2013 /

Icemageddon 2013 has left around 240,000 people without power, according to Oncor. The largest numbers of outages are concentrated in Dallas and Collin Counties, they said. And a large number of people in Tarrant, Denton, Ellis and Kaufman counties also do not have power. Freezing rain turned to ice overnight, accumulating on tree limbs and…

Read More