Share With another Hurricane Season, it’s time to starting writing new Hurricana posts. Our first named storm (in the Atlantic) is Alex. I’m going to go ahead and make Alex a guy. Houston hasn’t had great luck with female-named storms starting with Al- (Hurricane Alicia and Tropical Storm Allison, anyone?) in the past. There is, [...]

Share You’re traveling through another dimension — a dimension not only of rain and wind but of Ike. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That’s a signpost up ahead: your next stop: the Dirty Side! So we’re going to get hit. It’s going to be nasty, it’s going to [...]

Share So it would appear that we are facing another threat in the Gulf from Hurricane Ike. However, before we get to that, let’s discuss some final thoughts about Gustav; the “mother of all storms.” Yeah, not so much. Still, Gustav is a perfect for understanding everything you’d need to know about a hurricane: 1. [...]

Share So I figure it’s time for another post about hurricanes what with Gustav doing his best to become one beast of a storm. Not to sound alarmist, but this is a storm we all need to pay attention to. It does appear that we will avoid a direct hit but, unfortunately, we still aren’t [...]

Share I was going to write this particular entry after Dolly did her thing a week ago. However, Edouard made for a more relevant and interesting subject. I’ve lived in Houston for my entire life, excluding the four years I spent in Fort Worth going to TCU. Go Frogs! In that time, I have only [...]