Three steps to be hurricane ready

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Summer weather means storm season, and as anyone who lives on the Gulf Coast knows, summer storms can pack a powerful punch. Atmospheric changes can spawn severe thunder and lightning storms, tornadoes, hurricanes and other extreme weather – often without warning. June is the official start of hurricane season. Before the month winds to a […]

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Two girls Texas wishes it never met

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There mention of their names stirs memories of flooding, property damage, and deaths. First, there was Hurricane Carla, a Category 4 storm that devastated southeast Texas, a storm so powerful it set the standard by which we still judge storms. Then, Tropical Storm Allison in 2001, a system that created the flood of a lifetime. […]

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How salt and dust may leave you in the dark

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Hurricane season preparations may distract you from even greater threats to your daily power service: daily wear and an aging power grid. Major gulf coast hurricanes bring vivid memories for anyone who’s lived through one. Perhaps the fact we get major storms so infrequently is one reason we remember them and prepare for future ones. […]

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Are you prepared for a busy hurricane season?

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This year’s hurricane season promises to be a busy one according to nearly every weather source. It isn’t even just this year. There’s a growing trend in the size and frequency of Atlantic-basin based hurricanes, according to Colorado State University. “There has been a large increase in Atlantic basin major hurricane activity since 1995 in […]

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Broken promises of standby power: a cautionary tale

Make a promise. Keep a promise. It’s how Jim Rambousek lives his life and what he expected when buying a standby power generator. Unfortunately, his was an experience of broken promises. While he thought he was getting a system from a “trustworthy” salesman, what he got was an expensive broken promise. The power supply to […]

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