Hurricane Season Starts Early?
Hurricane season isn’t supposed to start for a few more weeks, but we already have our first named storm, Andrea.
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News Roundup-Week Ending April 15, 2007
This is a round of general news worth noting for the weekend April 15, 2007
Read more2007 Hurricane Season Predictions
William Gray’s forecasting team has updated their forecast for the 2007 Atlantic Hurricane season, and they believe it will a very active season.
Read moreJames Dobson Too Big a Coward to Debate Evangelical Agenda
A struggle for control of the evangelical agenda intensified this week, with some leaders declaring that the focus has strayed too far from their signature battles against abortion and gay rights.
Read moreMore Travel Fun
I have not been posting for the past week, but hope to get back to a more regular schedule. Last
Read moreWrapping up Thanksgiving 2006
We had a pretty typical Thanksgiving. As I’ve already reported, I drove to North Carolina last Monday, and then met friends up in Boone/Blowing Rock on Tuesday. Wednesday I stuck close to home and spent the day with Mom, and had dinner with her and some of her friends. It was overcast and rainy most of the day Wednesday.
Read moreEvening With an Old Friend in Dallas
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I’m in Dallas this weekend and most of the coming week. The only good thing was I got to see an old friend. Robert and his lover had been previously invited to dinner at the home of some friends. I went along, and it was a very nice eveniing. They were a very nice couple, and one was an excellent cook. It was a much more relaxed and comfortable way to spend an evening than sitting in a restaurant.
Read moreTons of Teenagers Classified as Mentally Ill Through Government Program
Have or know a teenager in school? A controversial government sponsored program called ‘TeenScreen’ asks your kid a few questions and determines if they are a suicide risk or not. A high percentage winds up on psychicatric drugs. Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD testifies for State of Georgia about this.
Read moreErnesto Watch Monday Morning
The Hurricane Center, as of 8am this morning, has moved the track for Ernesto further to the east. This is good news for us here in Tampa, as it will put us on the “backside” of this storm. This also means it will come on shore at nearly the tip of the Florida penennsula, and track over land all the way up the center of the state.
Read moreHurricane Ernesto Watch Begins
We Floridians started paying attention to Tropical Storm Ernesto several days ago. In was forming up southeast of Puerto Rico. The early forecast tracks had the storm staying south of the islands, and gaining strength. Then it would have crossed Cuba and gone out into the Gulf headed tot he northwest…a beeline for the Louisianna coast. However, the track has shifted very close to Tampa.
Read moreThe Environment…Not So Good
The vast Amazon rainforest is on the brink of being turned into desert, with catastrophic consequences for the world’s climate, alarming research suggests. And the process, which would be irreversible, could begin as early as next year.
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