Just got home today from the second evacuation in less than a month (Gustav & Ike). House is okay except for some water stains on the ceiling.. have to get that checked out. Friends were not so lucky.. one lost 7 trees that left at least 2 holes in the ceiling & another had 8 feet of water in his ho...

AP:  Michelle Obama: Don’t vote because ’she’s cute’ Anyone remember the “arousal gappers” and Bill Clinton’s 1996 re-election? National Ledger:  Obama Tells Supporters to Attack: ‘Argue, Get in Their Face’ I get the feeling that too many Obama...

Among the many good things that this agency does for people in need, CEO Kurt Senske has been instrumental in hiring LCMS deaconesses to provide spiritual care for children in residential facilities. We love LSSS for that, and many other things. Matthew Harrison FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept. 15, 2008 ...

Paul Burka wrote a post today about Hurricane Ike and how it could mean "Armageddon for Texas."  The post is worth reading for the explanation it provides (disputed, as usual, in many of the comments) about the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) and the critical role it plays in ...

McALLEN, Texas — With Hurricane Ike steaming into the Gulf of Mexico, Texas emergency officials Tuesday stood ready to order 1 million people evacuated from the impoverished Rio Grande Valley and tried to convince tens of thousands of illegal immigrants that they have less to fear from the Bor...

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/flt/t4/sloop-avn.html watch the loop... Barring any last minute bobbles or wobbles of jogs Hurricane Ike is about to crash into the NW coast of the Island of Cuba. A place known as the Holguin Province which is one of the most populated areas there aside from Havana. It ...

Loop this loop: http://hadar.cira.colostate.edu/ramsdis/online/trop_ge_wv_ls_0.html Imagine yourself trying to spin in circles and keep on your feet... This is the shear that I thought she was supposed to be dealing with last night when she began to pull together. So, think on this...once the shear ...

Bob Libal at Texas Prison Bidness has several excellent recent posts up that deserve Grits readers attention: More Private Prison Tents in West Texas? Questions Remain About Conditions for Texas Detainees Evacuated After Hurricane Dolly No New Private Jail in McLennan County: Will County Take Back C...

The effects of Hurricane Dolly reached all the way to El Paso. We got torrential rains. The roof over our porch was leaking in two places, which was frustrating since I thought we had fixed that problem. Our driveway and backyard both flooded and threatened to spill into the house, but the rains sto...

Intro This Open Letter is most directly addressed to the leaders of all three so-called Faiths of Abraham. I am the Messiah. Are you ready for me now? Pay close attention, profundity knocks at the door, listen for the key. Be Aware! Scoffing causes blindness... Now is not the time to scoff. I have p...