DALLAS (AP) — Police say an unidentified falling object dropped out of the sky with enough velocity to tear a hole through the roof and the second floor of a Dallas home. Senior Cpl. Kevin Janse said Wednesday the six-pound piece of metal with two drill holes in it fell Tuesday evening when the person who reported the incident wasn't home. Janse said there were no injuries.
Officers couldn't determine the source of the debris. Janse said radioactive tests on the metal were negative. Several state agencies were notified of the incident, but Janse said none offered a theory about what happened.
Janse said there were no reports of similar incidents in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
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Thursday, February 26, 2009
Dallas-Fort Worth home prices slide, but not as bad as nationally
Feb. 24th 2009
By Andrea Jares
North Texas home values dropped 4.3 percent between December and a year ago, according to figures released Tuesday morning from the S&P Case-Shiller Price Indices.
The price drop is the second-least severe of all 20 metro areas surveyed. Denver had a 4 percent drop.
Dallas-Fort Worth is also faring better than the national average, which saw an 18.2 percent drop between December 2007 and December 2008.
Dallas-Fort Worth area to have new warning guidelines for storm emergencies
Feb. 24th 2009
By BLANCA CANTÚ / The Dallas Morning News
North Texas emergency officials announced new guidelines on Monday for outdoor warning systems to establish a standard for notifying residents of severe weather and other potentially catastrophic events across the region.
The North Central Texas Council of Governments formally unveiled the recommendations to kick off severe weather awareness week. Outdoor warning systems are typically referred to as tornado sirens but can be activated for other reasons.
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