At least 1 killed as storms and winds knock out power across Texas communities and flood roadways, and the threat is not over | CNN
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At least one person has been killed and more than 700,000 customers in Texas remained without power Tuesday evening as powerful storms delivered another round of violent weather to a state still reeling from an almost unrelenting parade of destructive and deadly storms in recent weeks.

More than a million customers in Texas were without power Tuesday as powerful storms delivered another round of violent weather to the state still reeling from an almost unrelenting parade of destructive and deadly storms in recent weeks.

Storms unloaded hurricane-force wind gusts across the Dallas area, with Dallas Fort Worth International Airport recording a wind gust of 77 mph early Tuesday as power outages in the area started to skyrocket.

The same damaging storms that tore through Dallas hit Houston with hurricane-force winds Tuesday afternoon. Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport recorded a wind gust of 75 mph.

  • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
    3·
    6 months ago

    Remember, of course, that these extreme weather events can’t have anything to do climate change because climate change isn’t real. /s

    • Weslee@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      Oh no remember these storms are from god to punish the gays and the sinners, so…

    • red_rising@lemmy.world
      2·
      6 months ago

      Equally important to remember that this has nothing to do with the ‘quality’ of the Texas electric grid because Texas it’s superior to all other states in every possible way.

      • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
        2·
        6 months ago

        Maybe not as equal, but lets also remember that congress just passed a bill to make private jets impossible to track.

        Now the media tried to figure out a way to sell this headline to get as many clicks as possible, and they came up with putting Taylor Swift in the headline. Thats fans now can’t track her jet.

        But the real story there is, that THIS time, we have no idea if Ted Cruz flew to Alaska.

        What? If it’s cold he flies to Cancun. I figure if it’s hot he flies where it’s cold. Stands to logic.

        Point is…how do we know if Ted Cruz is being a slimey little weasle again? Besides the fact that it’s Ted Cruz.

      • Kalkaline @leminal.space
        01·
        6 months ago

        For these events it’s people not keeping their trees trimmed and away from power lines. Nevermind Oncor refuses to bury the lines because the upfront costs are too expensive.

        The outages we saw last year because demand outpaced supply was definitely because we have a shitty power grid.

        • 0110010001100010@lemmy.world
          1·
          6 months ago

          For these events it’s people not keeping their trees trimmed and away from power lines.

          Unless Texas is somehow different than Ohio (possible, I know) people aren’t responsible for this. The power company is the one that should be maintaining proper clearances, installing protective devices to isolate sections, etc.

          Source: I worked for a power company for almost 2 decades and now am doing grid mod consulting.

  • Vengefu1 Tuna@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    6 months ago

    My house was one of the ones hit in this storm. Baseball sized hail was blowing in sideways and broke a window. We lost a huge limb from our oak in the front yard. I got a roof inspection yesterday and it’s shot, it needs replacement. This was an expensive storm for me, but it could’ve been much worse. One of my coworkers said her neighbor’s tree fell on her house.