Power Outage

‘Historic Winter Weather’ Got You Cold And Ranty

By Adlene Neely Dealey / February 17, 2021 /

I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m a little ranty. I’ve spent the better part of 48 hours huddled with family I’ve already been huddling closely with because of a pandemic. I mean, I love these people, but me and winter have a deal. I live in Texas, and it only glances…

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Jennifer Gates And Staff Handle Floods, Power Outages, and Tornados With Aplomb

By Jon Anderson / December 31, 2019 /

Some city council districts so rarely make the news, I wonder what their representatives get up to all day. Some, like Oak Lawn’s District 14 are top-heavy with an unending train of development-related decisions and brouhahas. But my old District 13 has had more than its share. It’s flooded, lost electricity for days, been gassed…

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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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Don’t Be Caught in The Cold: Be Prepared For The Next Icepocalypse With This Handy Emergency Checklist

By Joanna England / December 9, 2013 /

OK, so you might not need the snow shovel, but nothing makes you feel quite so unprepared like having a four-day power outage that practically evicts you from your home. I asked a friend who is an expert in emergency preparedness what other items we should have on hand for the next winter storm. His…

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Don’t Be Caught in The Cold: Be Prepared For The Next Icepocalypse With This Handy Emergency Checklist

By Joanna England / December 9, 2013 /

  OK, so you might not need the snow shovel, but nothing makes you feel quite so unprepared like having a four-day power outage that practically evicts you from your home. I asked a friend who is an expert in emergency preparedness what other items we should have on hand for the next winter storm.…

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