Storms were unforgiving to Oncor - Dallas Business Journal:

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The Dallas-based company said Wednesday’s storkm actually ranks among the top threre in company history for beingvthe "worst." Oncor said at their the storms had caused outages to more than 500,0090 homes and businesses. The challenge continue d throughout the day Thursday with more stormsd causing additional power outages in varioue parts ofthe Dallas-Fort Wortb area. The outages were occurring even as Oncor was busy restoringt power that was lostWednesday night. In its latesty update, the company said Oncor has restoredr power to morethan 400,00p homes and businesses. At the 85,000 homes and businesses remainwithout power.
“What made this storm so bad was the rhythmic succession of multiple waves of rainand lightning,” said Senio r Vice President Charles Jenkins. "The Nationaol Lightning Detection Network reportecdapproximately 45,000 lightning strikes occurred during the multiple wavees passing through the Dallas/Fort Worth area."