Severe storms lit up the skies with lightning and caused tens of thousands of power outages Thursday night. Oncor Electric Delivery reported that outages in the Dallas and Fort Worth metro service areas were down to about 10,245 shortly before 5 a.m. By 9 a.m., that numbered had dropped to just over 5,000. Oncor had [...]
Posts from ‘September, 2011’
Sep 20
Storms Need Strong Response
Tropical storms Irene and Lee have caused tremendous amounts of damage throughout upstate New York, Vermont and other parts of the Northeast — there is no getting around that. Many communities are still in the preliminary stages of recovery; nothing is normal. Just as communities in the eastern part of the state were cleaning up [...]
Sep 08
Storms bring rain, cause damage in the Bay Area
For the second straight morning, a band of heavy storms moved through the Tampa Bay Area. They brought heavy rain, winds and even caused damage and flooding early Wednesday, though the bulk of the system is moving to northeast of the area, meteorologist Dave Osterberg said. “Most of these storms are continuing to move to [...]