With temperatures getting a bit friendlier for Saturday’s Halloween ghosting about, the continuing COVID-19 monster is putting a damper on plans for the night’s festivities. Parents and residents are in a quandary on how to proceed. They don’t want to disappoint munchkins, who have had their lives turned upside down in the past seven months. But neither do they want to expose … [Read more...] about Saturday’s Halloween Is Going To Be A Once In A Blue Moon Event
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A Year Later North Texans Are Still Recovering From The Night Of Tornadoes And Taking Steps To Better Prepare
It was a year ago that North Texas, especially Dallas, discovered how a tornado could turn lives upside down on a Sunday night. The morning-after literally brought to light the chaotic damage done by the tornadic activity. It was easy to spot the journey the lead tornado took that Storm Chaser Jeff Piotrowski caught on video for Tornado Alley Video. Ravaged roofs were now … [Read more...] about A Year Later North Texans Are Still Recovering From The Night Of Tornadoes And Taking Steps To Better Prepare
North Texas Noses To Inhale The First Crisp Sniff Of The Season To Come
Whether it’s a CPAP machine mask, an Armani clay mask or a COVID-19 accessory du jour, rip it off Monday morning! Now, open your windows/doors and take that adorable naked nose for a literal breather. What is that? It’s the amazingly fresh, chilled air provided by our Colorado cuzzins and Jackson Hole-sters. After Sunday’s humid, warm air that Houstonians are all too used … [Read more...] about North Texas Noses To Inhale The First Crisp Sniff Of The Season To Come
North Texas Finally Gets A Break With User-Friendly Temperatures For A Couple Of Weeks
Don’t want to get your hopes up, but the forecast for the next two weeks is going to be this side of unbelievable. Once the thunderstorms predicted for Wednesday subside, the temperatures for Wednesday and Thursday are only going to settle into the 70s. No, that isn’t a typo. It’s the truth. After Thursday, North Texas is in for ten days of temperatures in the … [Read more...] about North Texas Finally Gets A Break With User-Friendly Temperatures For A Couple Of Weeks
The Senior Source’s “Beat The Heat” Aims To Provide 100 AC Units For Elderly North Texans
Summer is truly upon North Texas with sweltering temperatures and humidity to boot. Even swimming pools seem too hot to take a dip. It’s hard to imagine how the pioneers ever suffered through a North Texas summer without air-conditioning or even electric fans. No wonder women were swooning! Unfortunately, too many of the elderly are having to face the broiling conditions … [Read more...] about The Senior Source’s “Beat The Heat” Aims To Provide 100 AC Units For Elderly North Texans
Get Up And Get Doing: The Heat Wave Cometh
With mornings feeling like someone left the North Texas oven on, June is feeling more like the dog days of July thanks to rising temperatures accompanied by Houston-style humidity. Weather predictors are warning of the area hitting the 100-degree mark next week! It’s definitely time to make sure that your AC is prepared to take on the oncoming summer heat. Just like your … [Read more...] about Get Up And Get Doing: The Heat Wave Cometh
Get Up And Get Doing: Fly Me To The Moon
With Wednesday’s no-go launch of the Live SpaceX because of unfriendly weather, the rescheduled launch for Plan B (Saturday at 2:22 p.m.*) and Plan C (Sunday at 2 p.m.*) provides time for North Texans to bone up on what the big deal is about this event. When NASA ended the Space Shuttle program in 2011 due to rising costs, its astronauts hitched rides to the International … [Read more...] about Get Up And Get Doing: Fly Me To The Moon
U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels Celebrate Health Care Heroes With A North Texas Flyover
For once Mother Nature was on her absolutely best behavior today and provided clear skies over North Texas for a flyover by the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels just after 11 a.m. Making the rounds of areas with hospitals to honor Health Care Heroes, the six McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 Hornets had families and people with pooches and cameras heading outdoor social distancing to see the … [Read more...] about U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels Celebrate Health Care Heroes With A North Texas Flyover
Why Not Enjoy The Arboretum Virtually With Tours, Zoom Backgrounds And Jigsaw Puzzles
This past weekend’s weather couldn’t have been more spectacular. Not too hot, not too cold, no threat of thunderstorm, not a tornado in sight. But there were loads of flowers blooming and lawns being pristinely fixed up. Alas, Tuesday isn’t looking so great with clouds in the morning and isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon. There are even threats of hail and 50 MPH … [Read more...] about Why Not Enjoy The Arboretum Virtually With Tours, Zoom Backgrounds And Jigsaw Puzzles
Celebrate Easter By Sniffing The Neighborhood Roses And Sharing A Smile And A Wave
It’s Easter weekend like none in the past. There will be no folks wearing their Sunday best at church services, no traditional parade of pooches at Turtle Creek Park nor an egg search in the Arboretum’s Jonsson Color Garden. Perhaps it’s just as well. In addition to North Texans staying in place because of COVID-19, the forecast is rain starting Saturday. But Sunday … [Read more...] about Celebrate Easter By Sniffing The Neighborhood Roses And Sharing A Smile And A Wave
Bumbershoot And Galoshes Advisory: Tomorrow Is Gonna Be A Wet One With Reduced Testings
Hope you enjoyed the weekend's walk-about weather, because Monday is gonna be a 180-degree turn. In the wake of the tornadic weather that hit Jonesboro, Arkansas, Saturday, North Texas will have some grumbles and rumbles tomorrow. Staying true to the past and being prepared for lots of drip-drops, thunder and weather warnings from area weather-casters, tell the pooches just … [Read more...] about Bumbershoot And Galoshes Advisory: Tomorrow Is Gonna Be A Wet One With Reduced Testings