Unprecedented doesn’t even begin to describe what happened this month of a week we’ve all experienced. But area leaders are asking residents to share their experiences to help garner federal aid, inform legislators for upcoming hearings, and help understand exactly what went wrong.
Texas Disaster Self-Reporting Tool
FEMA Region 6 and the Texas Department of Emergency Management are asking for public feedback by filling out this Emergency Management survey to help assess the extent of the area’s damage. “Your participation can help ensure our communities receive the federal aid we’ll need for repairs and improvements,” Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins tweeted. He says the responses will help meet their FEMA threshold so that the federal government can approve individual assistance for uninsured and underinsured loss.
Texas Disaster Impacts Self-Reporting Tool
Dallas Residents’ After-Storm Needs
The city of Dallas is asking residents to let them know where the needs are greatest and how they can help. “We are working with neighborhoods, philanthropic & corporate partners to provide goods and services to our residents in need,” Dallas City Council Member Adam Bazaldua tweeted.
Dallas Residents’ After-Storm Needs
Texas House Public Comment
Legislators are asking Texans to share their experiences with the power grid failures in advance of the State Affairs and Energy Resources committees of the Texas House that will meet Feb. 25.
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Here’s a look back at our winter weather coverage and articles full of helpful tips (and one rant).
- Yes, We’re in an Energy Emergency Alert With Outages Expected for Hours by Shelby Skrhak
- How to Keep Your Pipes From Freezing (And What to Do if They Freeze Anyway) by Joanna England
- Without Power, This Old House Has Made Me a Weather Refugee Again by Karen Eubank | Historic Preservation
- In Real-Estate Parlance, ‘Location, Location, Location’ Does Matter in Power Outages by Tommy Cummings
- ‘Historic Winter Weather’ Got You Cold And Ranty by Adlene Neely Dealey | Wednesday WTF
- Dallas Builders Association Offers Advice on Coping with Winter Plumbing Emergencies by Phil Crone | Dallas Builders Association
- Inspecting The Damage: Dealing With The Aftermath of Extreme Winter Weather by Green Scene Inspections | Upon Closer Inspection
- Should North Texas Homes Be Built For Single-Digit Weather? by Candy Evans
- Dallas Officials Detail Storm Response by Joshua Baethge
- With Fort Worth Fighting The Weather, Neighbors of Ryan Place Become True First Responders by Eric Prokesh | Fort Worth Friday
