Snow? Houston? Could Be…But, Maybe Not

The outlook for snow on Friday is still in the forecast…With the following caveat. To get snow in our typically tropical clime the timing must be just right, with cold

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It Seems Autumn Just Started…

My mom is very proud of being a Texan…And she collects birdhouses. Felder Rushing would be proud of her bottle trees and her use of all of the found “art”.

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It’s Been A Few Days Since I Posted, And…

…we’ve been having some fine October weather here in the middle of November. I love this season, when we get little junior-grade northers trying to push through, followed by three

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My Favorite Time Of Year…Autumn On The Texas Gulf Coast.

We are now entering my favorite time of the year. Cool fall days in the low 70’s and nighttime lows dipping down into the 50’s. Skies so blue that if

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Monarch Butterfly Reserve – Another Victim of Climate Change?

The world’s largest reserve for migrating Monarch butterflies, located in the Mexican highlands, is suffering from an infestation of bark beetles similar to outbreaks that have killed millions of acres

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Global Warming? Climate Change?

The globe recorded its second warmest September since record keeping began in 1880, according to NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center. The combined global land and ocean temperature anomaly was 0.62°C

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