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Hurricanes and Cyclones

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2012

    Spring Has Sprung: Cold Weather and the Drought Come to an End

    Despite warnings to the contrary, our Texas winter was about as wet as normal. Last week alone, we had almost five inches of rain in the Houston area -- more than our entire summer in 2011! With that dose of heavy rain came an end to our area's drought, something we said might happen in December. As ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    Comment of the Day: A Hurricane to Break the Drought?

    ​We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2011

    Patrick Ita: The Genius Who Combined Medicare and Katrina Fraud

    Like combining chocolate and peanut butter​In the Southern District of Texas, U.S. Attorneys often deal with two kinds of fraud: scams involving a) Medicare, or b) Hurricanes Katrina or Rita. It takes a special genius to combine the two, and apparently Patrick Ita is that man. Prosecutors un ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    Best Month For Weather In Houston? We Say October

    No gloom yet in Houston​Los Angeles is broiling, Florida and the Carolinas are still stocking water and batteries for the weeks of hurricane season still remaining, and we here in Houston are basking in our first coll front.Not only does it mean no more hurricanes, it means goodbye to humidity and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    Hurricane Rita, Five Years Later: What's Your Story?

    As you sit in a bit of stalled traffic today or tomorrow, you can ease your annoyance a bit by remembering what was happening five years ago this week.Just weeks after Houstonians watched horrified as Hurricane Katrina pounded New Orleans and spawned jaw-dropping scenes of just how bad things can be ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 26, 2010

    Hurricane Heist

    Things gets illustrated in Dark Rain

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2010

    And I Would Have Gotten Away With It, Too, If It Wasn't For That Meddling Hurricane!!

    ​Deanne Snowball had a sweet deal going, and we don't just mean her name.Her dad died in 1998 (that's not the sweet part), but the Louisiana Carpenters Regional Council Pension Plan had continued to send his monthly pension checks (that is). Not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, Snowball cash ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 10, 2009

    The Annual Christmas Boat Lane Parade on Clear Lake

    This yearly flotilla lights up the Gulf Coast

  • Calendar

    September 10, 2009

    House of Yes

    Play proves there can be humor in incest, assassinations

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2009

    If Who's On First, What's On Second: A Post-Ike Diary Documenting One Family's Attempt To Get Past First Base With The Houston Housing Authority

    ​Ike's anniversary is coming up, an event which will be well-covered locally. We're doing out part with the September 10 issue; until then we'll be posting some Ike-related items to whet the appetite.In the 1950s the famous comedy team of Abbott and Costello developed what is probably their most ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2009

    Laid Off UTMB-Galveston Faculty Not Having A Lot Of Luck With Appeals

    The Scientist, a magazine that takes a skeptical look at goings-on in the medical industry, has a new report out on UTMB-Galveston's treatment of faculty in the wake of Hurricane Ike.Color them unimpressed. (Free registration may be required.)Or, maybe impressed -- just not in a good way. If you're ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2009

    Gulf Coast Museums Prepare for Hurricane Season, At Least One With Liquor

    If you think you've got a lot to do getting ready for the season's first hurricane, imagine if you had a museum full of millions of dollars in art you had to protect. Gulf Coast area museums don't have to imagine -- they do. Among the most prepared is the Art Museum of Southeast Texas, but it's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2009

    USS Stewart Finally Back On Duty With The Submarine Cavalla

    Photo courtesy Historic Naval Ships AssociationIn April Galveston's popular World War II sub the USS Cavalla reopened after fixing damage caused by Hurricane Ike. Its companion ship, the USS Stewart -- a destroyer escort -- was still closed, however, due to the storm surge that lifted the boat ... More >>

  • News

    June 4, 2009

    Have a Nice Summer!

    Panic, FEMA, empty shelves — here's the only Hurricane Guide you'll need this year.

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2009

    June 1: And So It Begins......

    NEWS FLASH!!!!!!!!! (MUST CREDIT HAIR BALLS!!!!!) Today is the beginning of the hurricane season.While the rest of the so-called mainstream media will ignore this important milestone simply because writing or airing stuff about hurricanes in Houston results in cheap increases in ratings and clic ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 21, 2009

    The Story of Burford, Category 5

    Radio Music Theatre gets ready for hurricane season

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2009

    How Much More Clear Than "Certain Death" Can You Be?

    The South Florida Sun-Sentinel has a story up today about how the National Weather Service plans to offer guidelines on changing the warnings it gives for hurricanes and tornadoes, because not enough people are paying attention to them.Reports the paper:"It's not necessarily an overhaul. It's just b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    Trying to Put Humpty Dumpty Together Again in Galveston

    Got a historic photo that shows what Galveston looked like before Hurricane Ike came through town? How about any documents pertaining to commercial or residential properties on the island? The Galveston Historical Foundation is putting out the word that anyone in possession of either of these thing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2008

    Slideshow -- Ike's Still Here

    Hair Balls made a tour of downtown and some inner-city neighborhoods and found that evidence of Hurricane Ike's destruction is still very much evident. It's nothing like what Galveston and other beach-front communities are facing, of course, but plenty of Houston  businesses and homes are stil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2008

    Galveston's O'Connell High May Close

    Hair Balls made a tour of downtown and some inner-city neighborhoods and found that evidence of Hurricane Ike's destruction is still very much evident. It's nothing like what Galveston and other beach-front communities are facing, of course, but plenty of Houston  businesses and homes are stil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2008

    Pit Bull Laundering By The Houston SPCA

    Hair Balls made a tour of downtown and some inner-city neighborhoods and found that evidence of Hurricane Ike's destruction is still very much evident. It's nothing like what Galveston and other beach-front communities are facing, of course, but plenty of Houston  businesses and homes are stil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2008

    Rice Shuts Down Valhalla, Panic To Ensue Among Cheap-Beer Drinkers

    Hair Balls made a tour of downtown and some inner-city neighborhoods and found that evidence of Hurricane Ike's destruction is still very much evident. It's nothing like what Galveston and other beach-front communities are facing, of course, but plenty of Houston  businesses and homes are stil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2008

    Gatemouth Brown Gets Hit By A Third Hurricane, Doesn't RIP

    Hair Balls made a tour of downtown and some inner-city neighborhoods and found that evidence of Hurricane Ike's destruction is still very much evident. It's nothing like what Galveston and other beach-front communities are facing, of course, but plenty of Houston  businesses and homes are stil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2008

    Update on "Thank You, Houston" Event

    Hair Balls made a tour of downtown and some inner-city neighborhoods and found that evidence of Hurricane Ike's destruction is still very much evident. It's nothing like what Galveston and other beach-front communities are facing, of course, but plenty of Houston  businesses and homes are stil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2008

    This Just In: You(genious) Not Dead, Is Awesome

    Hair Balls made a tour of downtown and some inner-city neighborhoods and found that evidence of Hurricane Ike's destruction is still very much evident. It's nothing like what Galveston and other beach-front communities are facing, of course, but plenty of Houston  businesses and homes are stil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2008

    Ike's Effects Reach Into Space

    Hair Balls made a tour of downtown and some inner-city neighborhoods and found that evidence of Hurricane Ike's destruction is still very much evident. It's nothing like what Galveston and other beach-front communities are facing, of course, but plenty of Houston  businesses and homes are stil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2008

    Astros-Pirates: Houston Gains on Milwaukee in Wild Card Race

    Hair Balls made a tour of downtown and some inner-city neighborhoods and found that evidence of Hurricane Ike's destruction is still very much evident. It's nothing like what Galveston and other beach-front communities are facing, of course, but plenty of Houston  businesses and homes are stil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2008

    "Certain Death" Doesn't Bar Commercials

    Hair Balls made a tour of downtown and some inner-city neighborhoods and found that evidence of Hurricane Ike's destruction is still very much evident. It's nothing like what Galveston and other beach-front communities are facing, of course, but plenty of Houston  businesses and homes are stil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2008

    One Definite Effect of Ike

    Hair Balls made a tour of downtown and some inner-city neighborhoods and found that evidence of Hurricane Ike's destruction is still very much evident. It's nothing like what Galveston and other beach-front communities are facing, of course, but plenty of Houston  businesses and homes are stil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2008

    Oh No! Lots of "Hello Dolly" Puns!

    Hair Balls made a tour of downtown and some inner-city neighborhoods and found that evidence of Hurricane Ike's destruction is still very much evident. It's nothing like what Galveston and other beach-front communities are facing, of course, but plenty of Houston  businesses and homes are stil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2008

    Time to Watch the Tropics?

    Hair Balls made a tour of downtown and some inner-city neighborhoods and found that evidence of Hurricane Ike's destruction is still very much evident. It's nothing like what Galveston and other beach-front communities are facing, of course, but plenty of Houston  businesses and homes are stil ... More >>

  • News

    March 6, 2008

    A Prison Cover-up During Hurricane Rita

    For days after the storm, inmates in Beaumont lived without A/C, electricity or hot meals. Press releases kept saying everything inside was fine. Guards and prisoners agree — that was nothing but B.S.

  • Calendar

    August 30, 2007

    Chris Rose

    1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2007

    Radio Houstoned: Chris Rose and Hurricane Katrina

    1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina

  • Calendar

    August 23, 2007

    Political Storm

    Performance artist Jose Torres Tama brings us his story of Katrina

  • News

    May 31, 2007

    Hurricane Forecasts, Telemarketers, Evacuation Plans

    Hurricanes a-comin'

  • Music

    April 19, 2007

    Matt Lemmler

    The Music of New Orleans

  • Home Entertainment

    December 21, 2006

    A True Horror Classic

    The Music of New Orleans

  • Music

    October 19, 2006

    Stealing the Show

    New Orleans musicians blew into Houston on Katrina's winds and everything was magic for a while

  • Best of Houston

    September 28, 2006

    SARTIN'S

    Despite natural disasters and failed marriages, this seafood joint lives on

  • News

    September 21, 2006

    What Happened?

    We were promised killer hurricanes!

  • Calendar

    July 27, 2006

    Freakin' Sweet

    We were promised killer hurricanes!

  • Calendar

    June 15, 2006

    Worldly Moves

    We were promised killer hurricanes!

  • Calendar

    June 8, 2006

    Really Good Sax

    We were promised killer hurricanes!

  • Music

    March 23, 2006

    Mogwai

    Mr. Beast

  • News

    January 26, 2006

    La Mordita

    Check cashers and furniture rental companies take a big chunk out of post-hurricane FEMA checks

  • News

    November 3, 2005

    Against All Odds

    A group of unsupervised mental patients running from Katrina made it from New Orleans to Houston. Victor Fruge led the way.

  • Music

    September 8, 2005

    Welcome, Neighbors

    Houston's music community responds to an unprecedented influx of talent

  • Calendar

    September 8, 2005

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Houston's music community responds to an unprecedented influx of talent

  • News

    September 8, 2005

    Katrina & The Waves

    Houston gets hit with its own hurricane surge

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