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EVERY MONTH IS SAFETY MONTH

June 11, 2018 by Texas811

EVERY MONTH IS SAFETY MONTH

Did you know that June is National Safety Month?  As far as we’re concerned at Texas811, every month is National Safety Month.  Our goal is damage prevention and making sure everyone goes home safe at the end of a day of construction and excavating around Texas’ vast buried infrastructure of utilities. It’s easy enough to […]

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THE TOLERANCE ZONE

April 30, 2018 by Texas811

THE TOLERANCE ZONE

“The Tolerance Zone.”  It might sound like The Twilight Zone, a classic TV series hosted by Rod Serling, or The Phantom Zone, an interdimensional prison seen in Superman comic books. Actually, it’s neither. The Tolerance Zone shows up once you’ve made the free call to 811 to get underground utilities flagged in your work area.  When […]

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WOULD THE FINAL FOUR CALL 811 BEFORE DIGGING?

March 26, 2018 by Texas811

WOULD THE FINAL FOUR CALL 811 BEFORE DIGGING?

We’re down to the final four!   Loyola, Michigan, Villanova and Kansas will play this coming weekend to determine which two of those teams will play for the national NCAA College Basketball Championship.  Just like in 811, damage prevention is key to winning these games.  The tournament so far has been exciting and entertaining, and these […]

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FANTASTIC BEASTS, MERCAPTAN, AND RODEOS

June 5, 2017 by Texas811

FANTASTIC BEASTS, MERCAPTAN, AND RODEOS

Over the weekend I finally watched the movie Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.   It’s by Harry Potter author JK Rowling, and as you might expect is full of, well, Fantastic Beasts and other things magical. If you haven’t seen it, and without giving away the plot, it seems that 1926 New York City […]

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SO LONG, 2016

December 28, 2016 by Texas811

SO LONG, 2016

SO LONG, 2016 We made it!   This is the last blog for 2016 – but 2017 will be double the fun. I’m also writing the blog for the Damage Prevention Councils of Texas at http://blog.dpcoftexas.com starting next week.  In fact, there are already a few of them posted there already. Looking back at 2016, we […]

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IS IT REAL, OR IS IT MEMOREX?

October 11, 2016 by Texas811

IS IT REAL, OR IS IT MEMOREX?

                Some of you reading this may remember that old ad campaign slogan.   For those who don’t, it advertised Memorex recording tape (yes, back in the day, we recorded sound on audio tape) and asked the listener to decide if they were hearing a live performance, or one […]

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Olympic Success

August 22, 2016 by Texas811

The Summer Olympics have come to a successful close, and the Tokyo Winter Olympics are now two years away. It’s going to be difficult for Winter Team USA to match or beat the Rio medal total, though.   The USA walked out of Rio with a staggering 121 medals, 46 of them gold.   That’s 51 more […]

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ROAD TRIPPING

October 19, 2015 by Texas811

Texas811 is the non-profit “call 811 before you dig” entity in Texas.   We have over 1500 members throughout the state, from the largest to the smallest utilities, and including many municipalities.    You would think that just the day to day operation of keeping utilities and municipalities in the loop on proposed digs would be enough […]

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A SOBERING LESSON

October 5, 2015 by Texas811

A SOBERING LESSON

The 2nd Annual Eagle Ford Safety and Equipment Rodeo Roundup is history now.    Attendance at the October 2nd event in Pearsall, Texas – the heart of the Eagle Ford Shale play – rocked last year’s numbers of over 600.  Attendees enjoyed beautiful weather and the opportunity to meet with plenty of oil and gas related […]

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CAN YOU BE TOO SAFE?

September 21, 2015 by Texas811

CAN YOU BE TOO SAFE?

  Ok, I’ll date myself.   I grew up in the mid-1960’s.    I didn’t wear a bicycle helmet.   I got to roam and range all over the neighborhood.   I went trick or treating with the other neighborhood kids without a parent in sight.  I didn’t have a child safety seat in a car.   I rode in […]

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