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With temperatures dipping into the 40s in North Texas during Thanksgiving week, and winter a month away, you may be wondering how various components of your home may be affected and how to protect ...
Worst winter storm in more than 120 years blasted Gulf Coast states, including first-ever Blizzard Warning in Louisiana. New Orleans saw 8 inches of snow, making this the worst storm since 1895.
An ice dam is an ice build-up on the eaves of sloped roofs of heated buildings that results from melting snow under a snow pack reaching the eave and freezing there. Freezing at the eave impedes the drainage of meltwater, which adds to the ice dam and causes backup of the meltwater, which may cause water leakage into the roof and consequent ...
A small high-end EF0 tornado moved through the eastern edge of Liberal. A house and an adjacent outbuilding suffered garage door failure, resulting in the uplift of a portion of the roof deck, while other homes had minor damage. A few mobile homes sustained roof and window damage, one of which slid off its foundation blocks.
Repair any water damage. Improve your curb appeal. Fix hidden hazards. 1. Add More Natural Light. Light, especially for smaller spaces, can really open a room up and make it feel bigger or more ...
Frost damage can occur as cracks, stone splinters and swelling of the material. When water freezes, the volume of water increases by 9 %. [ citation needed ] When the volumetric moisture content exceeds 91 %, then the volume increase of water in the pores of the material caused by freezing cannot be absorbed by sufficient empty pores.
The 14.1 inches of snow in Topeka, Kansas, recorded on Sunday is the third-largest calendar day of snowfall on record, while 11 inches of snow in Kansas City, Missouri, marks the snowiest day on ...
City of Austin and Travis County officials estimated that the winter storm caused at least $195 billion in damage in Texas, making the winter storm the single-costliest natural disaster in the history of Texas and the United States as a whole. [21] Some insurance firms had estimated a damage total of between 195 and 295 billion dollars. [47] [48]