For the second time in as many days dangerous scorching heat is forecast Tuesday in the Houston region. Source: Another high Heat Advisory for Houston region When you walk out in the morning and the temperature is already pushing into the mid 80's and the humidity is above 60% on…
On another overcast morning, breezes blowing cool, I should be moving, but after the heat of last week I can't make myself give up on the pleasure of my morning coffee muse here on the back porch. Cup number two is down to dregs. Excuse me while I get a…
https://youtu.be/wOxW5YWqqdU The pitter patter of raindrops hitting the roof. Rumbles of distant thunder rolling across the land. If the Weather Underground is to be believed... This is what my week will look like. My backyard is in need of a cutting but my Deere is in need of having the…
...most years I struggle with the month of August and this particular one is no different.Source: Cruel August | Redtree Times I find myself in agreement with GC Meyers on the subject of August... But being in Texas and not New York, I find myself adding in July and September.…
I keep coming back to the fact that this has been one of the gloomiest winters I can remember. We seem to have been stuck in the overcast since Thanksgiving. Just a day (or at most two) of sunshine each week or so. The only brightness in my days are…
The past week at the bird feeders (nectar feeders for hummingbirds) have been a load of fun. It seems the number of Ruby Throats has gone up exponentially. The battles being fought to control the feeding rights are unending. We have three feeders set up right now and the traffic is continuous from sunup till sundown.…
Heat...Heat...Heat...That's what summer in Texas is all about. It's 10am and this was just on the Weather Underground... the small print under the temperature...The heat index. It already feels like 108°. This time last week I was beginning to feel like I had been transported to the Emerald Isle... Outside my…
For the last week it has seemed more like spring than the middle of January. But, the screen capture above says it all...70° at 9am on January 22 just isn't right. If this holds for another week, there will be no doubt that this January will be one for the record…
Federal scientists confirmed Friday that Texas had its driest year on record in 2011. The statewide average rainfall for the year totaled just 14.88 inches, according to the National Climatic Data Center, beating the previous low of 14.99 inches set in 1917. During the last century, Texas averaged 27.92 inches of rain…
https://www.youtube.com/embed/fX7Q-0QuID4 It also reinforced the fact that most of this years storms were pushed off out into the Atlantic. Watching Irene work her way up the east coast all the way to Canada had me remembering the pictures of the flooding in New England. I suppose only time will tell if this…
I walked outside this morning to speak to our construction manager... It was early... It was HOT! After coming back inI started wondering why it felt so hot so I swung over to the Weather Underground and this is what I found... Do you see what it says? Feels Like…
Sitting out with my coffee as the sun came up this morning I was hearing the distant rumble of thunder. Scanning the horizon line I could see nothing through the haze to explain it. Once I came in and turned on the computer I could see the fun. It is…
Houston's temperature reached 100 degrees on Thursday, setting two records. It marks a record high for the day — the prior record was 97. It also marks the earliest date the city's temperature reached the century mark. Before Thursday, Houston had hit 100 degrees on June 10, said Paul Lewis,…
December 8, 2010 - Drought's grip on Texas tightens | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle. The great drought of 2011 may have started two months ago. Since Tropical Storm Hermine drenched central Texas in September, the state has been very dry, with large swaths receiving less than…
Over the weekend the signs of spring began to reach out and shake my senses. Apple trees are breaking bud and sending forth blooms. This has been one of the first winters since we planted them that all of the leaves have been off the trees at one time. In…
The sun rose once again this winter over a white frosty landscape. I can only remember a few winters where I have seen frost as often. The number of nights when the lows have been in the 20's is also passing any remembered winters past. So, if any one reads…
AUSTIN - Burst water pipes at two coal-fired power plants forced them to shut down, triggering rolling power cuts across the state, the lieutenant governor said Wednesday.Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said this is something that "should not happen." via Broken water pipes at power plants cited in outages | Facebook |…
It's Sunday morning and we are sitting here with the back door wide open. Listening to a light rain fall outside as the cool outside air filters in. It feels more like spring than the middle of winter. The low last night must not have fallen below 60°. The last half of…
Frost On The Field This morning dawned with a coating of white in the field out back. The second frosty morning of this years trek into the cooler months. If this keeps up we may be facing another anomalous season coming. Two nights of frost before Christmas is already pushing past…
Every time one of us would walk outside today we would come back in and moan about how hot it is outside...Little did we realize. We did a run to wally-mart earlier today and the thermometer in the Subaru said the parking lot was registering 104° as we left at…
Down here on the Texas Gulf Coast summer this year has been stranger than most we've seen lately. Most years, at lest here lately, by early August the predominate color around these parts has gone from green to browns. Usually as the heat of summer sears everything into dormancy the…
After finally seeing a lessening of the attacks by the marauding blood suckers the weather has decided to return to the unstable side of the summer pattern. Thunderstorms crossing the landscape like huge sailing ships of old. At times you might think you were watching Titanic battles playing out in…
Thunderstorms and Heat The week started off with thunderstorms rolling through the area...Lights were blinking, internet connectivity was problematic at best but we kept on keeping on. Wednesday's storms missed us and by Thursday we were into the "Heat" part of the week. What I mean by heat is that…
You Are Not Spending The Summer In SE Texas The temperatures for the past week have started each day above the 75° mark on the thermometer. From there they just keep climbing. Yesterday we saw a high reading of 96°. It looks like we can expect even more of the…
The Weather I climbed out of bed this morning to find the temperature had fallen below 70° for the first time in what seems like weeks... Who would have thought that a spring-like morning at the end of May would be reason to celebrate the day. I grabbed my first cup…
General Muse Over the past week it has seemed as if I am neglecting the daily muse here at Coffee Muses...What with experimenting with WordPress 3.0 on a couple of test blogs (and posting about what I discover at Gary-Boyd.com). I have been trying to repost three years of photos…
For over 35 years one of the defining events of each year was the opening of the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston. During much of that time, OTC was the largest tradeshow we did each year. Pre-production would begin toward the end of each year as initial contacts with clients…
For some reason this year my wife has spring break off. It makes no sense, she could never get spring break off when we, you know, actually had kids off on spring break. But this year she has spring break off. Guess what? Grandson #2 is all ours each and…
Spring Gradual warming that began earlier this week is forecast to continue through the weekend, and by early next week high temperatures should climb into the mid-70s as warm, wet air flows inland from the Gulf of Mexico. No rain is forecast until late this weekend, according to the National…
This afternoon I finally started working my way through my Google Reader subscriptions. The sequence of stories brought me up short and I tried to capture a screen shot. Evidently I had left the laptop running for a bit too long because when I opened Photoshop all I had was…
