Tank tops or frozen oranges: Dallas’ warmest and coldest Dec. 26 on record | From the Archives
detailed Dick Powers’ ingenuity when facing the icy results of a ruptured water main. Reportedly, the rupture caused water to spew 45 feet into the air for more than an hour. Powers’ backyard was covered in ice.The ingenuity came into play as the icy display became an impromptu setting for holiday photographers and gawkers. The house and its ice-covered pecan trees were tourist attractions.A photo published on Dec. 16, 1983, of Dallas fifth graders making a snowman during an extended recess.
A photo published on Dec. 23, 1983, of the snowman built by workers on the third floor of the LTV building.was direct in its headline that “low temperatures shatter records.” An article said that water officials in Dallas and Fort Worth each reported about 100 water main breaks in one day due to the cold. Thomas E. Taylor, director of Dallas water utilities, said this was caused when cold water was pumped out of local lakes and encountered weak spots in city pipes.
A Dallas Fire Department official told the reporter that space heaters, especially gas ones, were the cause of at least one death in Dallas every year. According to the article, individuals were to avoid standing too close to a space heater, especially when wearing long clothing like a bathrobe. Rather, all combustible materials needed to be kept 12 to 18 inches away.
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