Weather

Adjusters, Deductibles & Roofers: Help I Have Hail Damage!

By Brenda Masse / June 17, 2023 /

I never imagined how much I would learn when I went to see The Super Mario Bros. Movie a couple of weeks ago. Not from the movie — that was the day a hail storm hit parts of Collin County, specifically my part, and I began a journey of navigating insurance policies and contractors. It…

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Oh Hail No: Sunday Night Storm Takes Down Trees, Power Lines in North Texas Neighborhoods

By Joanna England / June 12, 2023 /

High wind and massive hail caused trees to be ripped up at the roots and car windshields to be shattered as a large band of severe thunderstorms moved through North Texas after 5 p.m. June 11. The storms, which also caused numerous power outages that Oncor is still working to resolve, pounded the Flower Mound…

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The Best Weather-Related Tweets We’ve Seen, The Thundersleet Edition

By Shelby Skrhak / January 30, 2023 /

As a blanket of [… checks my notes …] thundersleet coated the roads Monday afternoon, North Texans are managing to keep their sense of humor as they hunker down while conditions are deteriorating across Dallas-Fort Worth. (And if you have hunker down or deteriorating on your #DFWWX drinking bingo card, we’re sorry. If you have…

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Stronger Storms And Higher Insurance Rates Are The Fallout From Climate Change

By Daniel Lalley / February 24, 2022 /

We’re all familiar with the effects of climate change. Rising sea levels, shrinking glaciers, and increased temperatures are a few of the first things that come to mind. While many of these impacts seem impossibly far off, new information sheds light on just how climate catastrophes could catch up to us where we feel it…

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Dallas Officials Detail Storm Response

By Joshua Baethge / February 19, 2021 /

On Thursday morning, Dallas city officials updated residents on the city’s response to the unprecedented winter storm.  According to Mayor Eric Johnson, what was expected to be a difficult situation has turned out to be “backbreaking.” “We’ve been hit, and we’ve been hit hard,” Johnson said. He added that he felt betrayed by those the city…

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