This is an event I remember well. I was a little kid, but I learned at an early age how handy it is to have a Coleman propane stove when the power goes out. 😂 My mother cooked us breakfast on it and it was awesome. I think we have some pictures that were taken of the ice, etc.
I was born on December 31, 1978 at Dallas Presbyterian hospital. My dad drove my mom to the hospital from The Colony and it took almost three hours. My whole life on my birthday I was reminded of that storm 🥶😂
My 15 yo brother and my 16 yo self looked for homes with fallen trees blocking driveways. We were making great money with our chainsaw, until we let a customer talk us into addressing the damage in their backyard. We grossly under bid the job and spent days there. By the time we finished the crisis was over. Lesson learned.
I vividly remember that ice storm. I was in 8th grade and my best friend was spending the night with me for New Year's Eve and when we woke up the house was freezing!
Yup, but this time we have the money to fix it. Instead it’s used to bus immigrants to other parts of the country, that’ll definitely keep us all warm in the winter.
@@xwarped83 so let’s agree on something, get rid of ERCOT, and have it go back to where we have support from surrounding states like Oklahoma and Louisiana. Didn’t have very many outages with their support.
This is an event I remember well. I was a little kid, but I learned at an early age how handy it is to have a Coleman propane stove when the power goes out. 😂 My mother cooked us breakfast on it and it was awesome. I think we have some pictures that were taken of the ice, etc.
I remembered that Winter it was bad everywhere...Dallas, Tulsa, Buffalo...
I was born on December 31, 1978 at Dallas Presbyterian hospital. My dad drove my mom to the hospital from The Colony and it took almost three hours. My whole life on my birthday I was reminded of that storm 🥶😂
Thanks for sharing that anecdote with us!
Please keep these old reports going!
You got it!
My 15 yo brother and my 16 yo self looked for homes with fallen trees blocking driveways. We were making great money with our chainsaw, until we let a customer talk us into addressing the damage in their backyard. We grossly under bid the job and spent days there. By the time we finished the crisis was over. Lesson learned.
I vividly remember that ice storm. I was in 8th grade and my best friend was spending the night with me for New Year's Eve and when we woke up the house was freezing!
I remember it very well. I lived in Northwest Dallas.
I'm still thawing out.
Wow we have the same power problems now as they had back in 1978
Yup, but this time we have the money to fix it. Instead it’s used to bus immigrants to other parts of the country, that’ll definitely keep us all warm in the winter.
@@xwarped83can’t find ERCOT who wanted to shut the power off until the state of Texas agreed to pay more. Learn something for once.
@@davidc3943 who assigns the board of directors at Ercot?
@@xwarped83 so let’s agree on something, get rid of ERCOT, and have it go back to where we have support from surrounding states like Oklahoma and Louisiana. Didn’t have very many outages with their support.
@@davidc3943 yes, we should join the rest of the nation.
I was 10, almost 11. I remember this well.
Interesting choice of news events....what's with that guy smoking at the gas pipe? My home was less than a year old when this storm hit.
I remember that winter, it was a WILD WINTER no one knew it was happening all over the United States but the ones with Power.
I remember the freeze well, myself and a friend made a few bucks going around with a chainsaw and some strong backs
1978 wow Dallas had cold weather how many people die 😢😢
wow, that eight year old would be fifty-four today. 😞
Ah winter. Ugh
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A lot of those people in these videos are dead now.
Some of them