Events in the news that catch my attention, and maybe yours.
Tax Day Pay today! Else this may happen to you. This sign was on the mast of a fine sailboat, about a 40 footer, in the Kemah TX marina in 2006. I don’t know why the IRS confiscated the boat. However the IRS has long tendrils and unlimited resources. The most likely cause would be […]
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Although I don’t live in Austin, I support the University of Texas through tuition payments and living expenses for a sophomore there. I received the customary iPhone shot of the snow that fell overnight there. Although not much snow fell, central and south Texas do not deal well with any type of frozen precipitation. The
I’m not sure what Phil will decide today, but I am sure that winter has come to SE Texas without any mercy. A strong Arctic cold front dropped the temperatures 40 F in a matter of just hours, and has settled over us for the next few days. There is even a threat of snow?
A wind-whipped forest fire raged out of control during a Sierra Nevada Forest Fire 1992, burning more than 20,000 acres in nearly 30 hours. The fire was west of Truckee California, not too far from the famous Donner Pass. I was in Lake Tahoe that week, relaxing with the family and the picture below was taken near
Hurricane Ike Makes Landfall on the Texas coast. We experienced STRONG winds for about 12 hrs. We were very lucky and sustained only minor damage and no flooding. It will always be a night to remember. This photo was taken from the TV radar image as the eye passed over our neighborhood. Surprisingly we had