We weren’t ready for a catastrophic winter storm. Dallas wants to change that
The city plans to install backup generators at libraries and rec centers.
Marleny Almendarez's car is parked next to a charter bus that the local government provided as a warming center for the Pleasant Grove community at the Pleasant Oaks Recreation Center in Dallas on Feb. 18, 2021. (Lola Gomez/The Dallas Morning News)(Lola Gomez / Staff Photographer)
The February winter storms that left Texas shivering and in the dark for days revealed weaknesses in Dallas’ emergency plans to respond to severe weather. No one wants a rerun of that crisis, so it would be foolish not to prepare for something like it now that we’ve been tested. We’re glad city officials are proposing solutions in case of another widespread blackout.