Bitter North Texas Cold Makes For Difficulty Keeping Ice Off Roads
"We can do the treatment, the heavy salts, the sand, plow things out of the way but still at the end of the day, the surface is frozen," an NTTA spokesperson warned.
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"We can do the treatment, the heavy salts, the sand, plow things out of the way but still at the end of the day, the surface is frozen," an NTTA spokesperson warned.
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"I'm wearing several layers of clothes to keep my body warm," said Collin County resident Clint Cash.
Oncor, which delivers electricity to much of North Texas, said the length of controlled power outages were "significantly extended" due to the severe winter weather conditions.
At DFW Airport, the temperature was 4 degrees Fahrenheit — 3 degrees colder than Moscow.
Thousands of residents in Fort Worth were issued a boil water notice Monday due to a water treatment plant experiencing multiple power outages.
Gov. Greg Abbott said Texas National Guard troops will be deployed across the state to help conduct welfare checks and move residents, like the elderly, to local warming centers.
"Heavy mixed precipitation" is expected with total snow accumulations of 2 to 6 inches with the heaviest amounts northeast of the Metroplex.
As the historically cold temperatures and power outages continue throughout North Texas, non-essential businesses are being urged to conserve electricity in addition to residents at their homes.
Texas, which was due to receive more than 400,000 additional vaccine doses this week, now does not expect deliveries to occur until at least Wednesday.
North Texas continues to see record-breaking cold temperatures after a winter storm moved through the area.
During an update Monday morning, ERCOT, which manages the state's power grid, said it expects the controlled outages to continue the rest of Monday and possibly all day Tuesday.
The bottom line is temperatures are dangerously cold across North Texas, and on top of that we've got more winter weather on the way.
Maybe they needed somewhere warm to escape the blizzard, but for a pair of raccoons that crashed through the ceiling of a home this weekend, their respite from the record cold was short-lived.
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