Stay out of water at lake
City officials are cautioning people to stay out of the flood waters at the Boys and Girls Club Lake due to contamination from a wastewater lift station at that location.
City officials are cautioning people to stay out of the flood waters at the Boys and Girls Club Lake due to contamination from a wastewater lift station at that location.
The noise from Saturday evening’s storm was so loud that Sam and Joy Adams didn’t realize exactly what had happened to their house until it was all over.
The recent storm impacted Medical Arts Hospital’s (MAH) communications, but it didn’t result in any reported injuries or fatalities.
It was almost a re-run from what happened in February, but instead of ice and snow, it was a storm that uprooted trees, tore off roofs, took out electrical power lines and damaged windows with hail.
Several churches are working to feed, clothe and shelter local residents and out-of-towners impacted by the weekend storm.
When an elderly man and his son walked into the Christian Women’s Job Corps (CWJC) building looking for beds after their house was flooded, they found two cots among the air mattresses. The only question they had after picking out the cots was: “When do we have to return them?”
Volunteers with a statewide Baptist organization began serving free meals to local residents Tuesday morning from an emergency relief trailer parked at Second Baptist Church in Lamesa.
Some early estimates are indicating at much of half of the young cotton crop in Dawson County may have been destroyed as a result of Saturday’s severe storm and subsequent flooding.
Public access to the west end of the Dawson County Cemetery has been closed temporarily due to flooding.
Heavy winds and rains from Saturday’s storm resulted in property damage to Lamesa school buildings and athletic facilities in addition to shutting down summer school classes for two days.
P.O. Box 710
Lamesa, TX 79331
806-872-2177