Ice damage follow-up: Tree branch breakage, insurance claims, and ways to help prevent it in the future
Here’s a break down of what enhances ice-related tree limb breakage, what to do with your insurance if it caused auto or home damage and ways to help prevent additional breakage going forward.
Power outages for San Antonio’s North Side improve, last rounds of freezing rain expected in the Hill Country through the overnight
Photos sent in via KSAT Connect show that freezing rain accumulation overnight resulted in tree limbs coming down, and subsequently powerlines falling across northern parts of San Antonio and Bexar County Wednesday morning. Remember that downed powerlines are dangerous and should be avoided. Those who live generally north of Loop 410 managed to find this ice accumulation overnight Tuesday and early Wednesday morning.
TxDOT & Bexar County prepare for icy bridges & overpasses; county breaks out beet-juice mix for first time
The Texas Department of Transportation’s San Antonio district has already been pre-treating major bridges and overpasses in the northern portion of Bexar County, as well as along I-35 into Comal County and I-10 toward the Kerrville area.