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Dallas-Fort Worth is about to experience three days straight of sub-freezing temperatures to start the week. There is a danger lurking in the freeze you may not have considered.
In 2011, Texas was hit by the Groundhog Day blizzard between February 1 and 5, resulting in rolling blackouts across more than 75% of the state. [27] Many roads around Houston were impassable, and boil-water advisories were issued in several areas. [28]
The February 15–20, 2021 North American winter storm, also unofficially referred to as Winter Storm Viola, or to some as simply The North Texas Freeze, was a significant and widespread snow and ice storm across much of the United States, Northern Mexico, and Southern Canada.
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A record low temperature at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport of −2 °F (−19 °C) on February 16 was the coldest in North Texas in 72 years. [30] Power equipment in Texas was not winterized , leaving it vulnerable to extended periods of cold weather, leading to widespread power outages.
With more than 4.4 million power outages in Texas alone, authorities shut down inoculation sites and scrambled to use 8,400 vaccines that require subzero refrigeration before they spoiled after a ...