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Eric Berger

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    June 8, 2011

    App of the Week: Top Nine Websites for Hurricane Season

    Literally, the weather authority when it comes to hurricanes, it's hard to beat the NHC.​I swear that after this post, I will stop talking about weather apps and websites for a while, but since it is hurricane season here on the Gulf Coast, I figured one more post won't hurt anybody and it mig ... More >>

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    February 4, 2011

    Ice Storm: By the Numbers

    ​Today's ice storm by the numbers: 0 -- Number of public officials who said, "Yeah, what the hell -- go in to work this morning if you feel like it" 1 -- Number of Willie Nelson concerts canceled 1 -- Number of roadside babies delivered 2 -- Possibly sexist comments about Mother Nature by med ... More >>

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    September 24, 2010

    Summer AND Hurricane Season Over For Houston (Unofficially, But We're Going With It)

    We are NOT jinxing anything​Not to jinx anything, but it looks very much like Houston has avoided any real tropical storm experience in what was/is supposed to be the hyperactive hurricane season of 2010.When Eric Berger of the Houston Chronicle says so, that's good enough for us. And if we're ove ... More >>

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    June 15, 2010

    Hurricane Season: You Can Officially Assume The Worst

    Let the worrying begin!​That weather disturbance out in the Atlantic is now considered unlikely to become Tropical Storm Alex. So we can all relax, right?No. The fact that we're even talking about a tropical disturbance there, at this point in the season, is oh so ominous, according to the experts ... More >>

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    December 14, 2009

    The Single Most Important News Event Of The Weekend -- The Chronicle's New Society Writers

    ​You might be forgiven for thinking it was a big deal that Annise Parker won the mayor's race this weekend.That little episode was as nothing, in terms of loving column inches devoted to it, as the Houston Chronicle's announcement of its new team that will be covering Houston society ("such as it ... More >>

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    October 13, 2009

    Mother-effin Snakes In Our State!!

    Photo courtesy USGS​There's nothing like a release from the U.S. Geological Survey headlined "Report Documents the Risks of Giant Invasive Snakes in the U.S." to get your attention. (Unless it's "Osama bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S." But we digress.)Bottom line: Look out Texas, we got gian ... More >>

  • News

    April 2, 2009

    Axman at the Houston Chronicle and Bank-Robbing Cops

    Highlights from the Blog at HOUSTONPRESS.COM

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    March 26, 2009

    Further Breakdown Of The Chron Cuts

    Photo by Lori GreigIt might seem like we're harping on the recent round of layoffs at the Houston Chronicle just because we're journalists too ("Hey, how come you don't do ten posts about the layoffs at Schlumberger!!"), but -- as we've said before -- we perhaps naively hold to the thought th ... More >>

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    March 24, 2009

    The Former Chron Employees' List, So Far (Updated April 3)

    So far we've been limiting our list of laid-off Chron people to names readers might recognize; we've heard from some current and ex-Chronsters that they'd like a master list, since no centralized information is coming anywhere else.With that in mind, here's what we've heard so far. Other names are s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2008

    The Voice Of Hurricane Reason

    So far we've been limiting our list of laid-off Chron people to names readers might recognize; we've heard from some current and ex-Chronsters that they'd like a master list, since no centralized information is coming anywhere else.With that in mind, here's what we've heard so far. Other names are s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2008

    Time to Watch the Tropics?

    So far we've been limiting our list of laid-off Chron people to names readers might recognize; we've heard from some current and ex-Chronsters that they'd like a master list, since no centralized information is coming anywhere else.With that in mind, here's what we've heard so far. Other names are s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2007

    Houston Hurricane Reporting, or Maybe We're Not All Gonna Die

    So far we've been limiting our list of laid-off Chron people to names readers might recognize; we've heard from some current and ex-Chronsters that they'd like a master list, since no centralized information is coming anywhere else.With that in mind, here's what we've heard so far. Other names are s ... More >>

  • News

    November 2, 2000

    Playing Games

    The Olympic vote is hush-hush at the Chronicle

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