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  The Tornado Chaser Who Died and the Journalist Who Wrote a Book About Him

  April 18 at 6 a.m.

  In 2013, freelance journalist Brantley Hargrove wrote a cover story for the Houston Press about Tim Samaras, a tornado chaser who became known as a brilliant storm chaser. All right up until the time that he pushed too hard. Hargrove, with a lot more work, has expanded upon that story...

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  Weather Week: Sunny, Quiet Spring Weather on Tap

  April 16 at 6 a.m.

  Spring typically brings pretty tumultuous weather for the Houston area. There are periods of beautiful, even cool days, much like we saw over the past weekend. And there are times when you think Noah might come sailing by on his ark. We saw a little of that Friday night. This...

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  Houston Weather Weekend: Storms Ahead of a Cool Saturday, Sunday

  April 13 at 6 a.m.

  If you aren't quite ready to put your sweaters away, you're in luck because the weekend forecast might find you needing one, but not before we get some more rain and potentially thunderstorms. The week behind us brought some stunning spring weather with highs around 80 under sunny skies. But,...

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  Weather Week: Winter's Last Gasp?

  April 9 at 7:24 a.m.

  The old saying, "If you don't like the weather in Texas...wait," was on full display over the weekend as temperatures both Saturday and Sunday didn't make it above the low 60s for most of the region and lows dipped into the 40s. The Sunday Astros game, which began at 57...

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  Hurricane Hype Needs to End, Especially For Houston

  April 9 at 4 a.m.

  Last Thursday, Phil Klotzbach and Michael Bell of Colorado State University released their early season predictions for the 2018 hurricane season which opens June 1. This is obviously of particular interest to those of us along the Gulf Coast who are vulnerable to tropical weather and especially given Hurricane Harvey's...

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  Weather Weekend: A Little Rain, A Lotta Sun

  April 5 at 5 a.m.

  If you were fortunate enough to be outside for even a few minutes on Wednesday, you may have wondered where you were or what time of the year it was. With high temperatures hovering the lower 70s with breezy conditions and blue skies, it felt more like early November in...