Tornado
Best of 2020: A Year Since the Tornado
October marked a year since we took shelter in closets and bathrooms. A year since we climbed out that night and navigated damage – or found (to our relief) that our homes were left unscathed by the EF3 funnel of wind and debris that marched across Preston Hollow and surrounding neighborhoods.
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‘She Has Created a Community’
It hasn’t been the easiest year-and-a-half for Thomas Jefferson High School principal Sandi Massey, but many insist she’s the gold standard when it comes to leadership through a crisis.
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Dallas Education Foundation Wraps Up Wild Year, Kicks Off Annual Campaign
It’s been a wild year for the reborn Dallas Education Foundation. When it re-launched after dormancy in 2019, nobody could imagine that just a few weeks later, a tornado would immediately spur the organization into action quickly to help the Dallas ISD schools impacted by it.
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Modern Mile Dallas Aims To Retree Walnut Hill
Long known for its modern architecture highlighting home tour, Modern Mile Dallas suddenly – like many neighborhood groups along the
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Laura Bush Foundation Awards $500K for Dallas ISD Libraries
Preston Hollow’s favorite former librarian has stepped up to the plate to help replenish the libraries of three Dallas ISD schools that were hit by an EF3 tornado last year.
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Building Permits, Insurance Claims Slow Post-Tornado Recovery
After the tornado sirens quieted and the rain let up last year, John Hawkins headed out that stormy Oct. 20 night to see how many of the Preston Hollow homes his company built remained standing.
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Patriot Pride: TJ Athletes Stay Strong Despite Setbacks
Wins on the scoreboard are nice, but for coaches and athletes at Thomas Jefferson, it’s a victory these days just to keep playing.
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A Look Back …
It’s been a year, almost, since that night that changed a lot. And with everything that came after the tornado that struck North Dallas last year, it’s almost hard to believe that it has been a year.
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Tornado Repairs Started With Hugs
Karen and Randall McCleskey bought their home because of the builder. And they hired the same builder to renovate it
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After a Year, A Light at the End of the Tornado Tunnel
To look at the moonscape that is the southeast corner of Preston and Royal a year after an EF3 tornado
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Stories About the October 2019 Storm Still Give ‘Chills’
Two weeks. That’s how long the McCleskey family had been in their home before disaster struck on Oct. 20.
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