Hurricane Rita
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As of this morning at 7am this was the latest on what was happening with our tropical weather
As the three-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina nears, federal, state and local officials along the Gulf Coast are keeping a wary eye on Tropical Storm Gustav and preparing for the worst.
The storm, [...]

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Leaving the house this morning the temperature was already passing 80°. August in SE Texas may not be as hot as other places in the country, but factor in the humidity and it ain’t pretty. The prognosticator on the radio was holding forth about a high today of 96°…But then she said it would feel [...]

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Pardon the parsity of the recent posts. I find myself in that strange world of being in between. After thirty-five years at the same company (yes, most of my co-workers weren’t even born when I started), I find my skills and knowledge not as welcome as they were. Management changes have left me “out of [...]

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Yesterday there was an op-ed in the Times that said a lot of what I have been feeling here lately…and said it well…Go read the whole thing…
Thomas L. Friedman - Anxious in America - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
“America and its political leaders, after two decades of failing to come together to [...]

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