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My UPS is up…and beeping even though the power is out. Chilling and checking the web. Great site for watching all local streaming tv online:
http://www.maroonspoon.com/wx/ike.html
Rain and wind is NASTY outside. Been like this for over an hour. Mother Nature just reminding us who’s in charge.

All the best to the people of Galveston. Scary, scary conditions down there.
I’m in the Heights still with power at 11pm. Just heard a reporter on channel 11 say he had been listening to “I Can See Clearly Now” by Otis Redding. Um, hey, reporter dude? That song is actually by […]

Eric Berger, the Chron’s SciGuy, has, as usual, been doing a fantastic job discussing Hurricane Ike. Eric is someone I know personally and I know how hard the guy works. I have a lot of respect for his knowledge about this subject.
I also know he has a really good sense of humor, which […]

Well, it’s hurricane season…again. Welcome to life on the Gulf Coast.
Hurricane Ike is heading straight for the Houston/Galveston area with borderline category 2/3 wind but with a storm surge bigger than anything the Texas Gulf Coast has seen since the devastating storm of 1900. It is very possible that the entire island of […]

I haven’t posted much about my life in a while, so I thought I might just drop in a little info for those of you who pay attention to such things. It’s been a good summer for the most part. It has gone very quickly.
But, we’re currently in the dead zone - the […]

This is EXACTLY the reason why I hate the general media when it comes to reporting the weather. From Reuters (the title on the site I found it was “Killer Storm Fay Sets Sights on Florida” while the inside headline was “Tropical Storm Fay Menaces Florida):
KEY WEST, Florida — Store owners boarded up their […]

Every few days, I look at the 10-day extended forecast. Here’s what greeted me this evening.

Fingers crossed!

I am never one to jump the gun on hurricanes, but I also believe that what we witnessed over the past 24 hours illustrates perfectly why those of us who live along the Gulf Coast (and anyone in the Caribbean or along the US east coast) need to be prepared for anything during hurricane season.
For […]

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Here we are again. It’s brutally hot outside. Humidity is through the roof. My backyard looks like a retarded rainforest. Electricity bills are almost as much as my mortgage. Football hasn’t started yet (don’t give me that preseason, training camp crap) and Rockets training camp is six weeks away. […]