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The Ike Dike One More Time

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Plumbers Submerged in Service Calls After Christmas Weekend's Freeze

Plumbers Submerged in Service Calls After Christmas Weekend's Freeze

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Southwest Certainly Wasn't Bringing People Cheer this Christmas Season [UPDATED]

By Faith Bugenhagen
Dec 28, 2022

Southwest Airlines was the grinch nobody was expecting this Christmas after operational issues and cancellations led to delays that still have travelers stuck at airports — including Houston's Hobby Airport — for the next several days. The airline canceled 70 percent of its flights on Monday and 60 percent of...
As Houston Area Prepares for the Cold and Wind, Prospects of Another Uri are Slight We're Assured

By Margaret Downing
Dec 21, 2022

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner held a late afternoon press conference Tuesday to say that they are working together to prepare for the upcoming bad spate of weather expected to start Thursday night, with assurances this will not be as severe as the freeze of...
It's the Most Wonderful, Bitterly Cold Time of the Year...Apparently: Four Things to Know

By Jeff Balke
Dec 21, 2022

Welcome to Texas where predicting the weather is like shooting craps. You roll the dice and just hope it doesn't come up sevens. Maybe you go on a hot streak, but eventually, Mother Nature is gonna get you and she might decide to kneecap you in the parking lot while...
Wary of Power Outages, More Homeowners Pony Up For Generators, Solar Panels

By Faith Bugenhagen
Dec 12, 2022

Mark Rowe was tired of living in the "stone age," always having to light candles and use flashlights every time a storm hit or rolling power outages occurred. After Hurricane Ike, he decided to contract Grasten Power Technologies to install a generator at his Montgomery home. “It has gotten us...
Fall Flower Gardening in Houston

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Sep 29, 2022

This week, the morning lows were under 60 degrees in the Greater Houston area. Houstonians took their dogs out for walks, drank margaritas on the patio and rushed to the coffee shops for their pumpkin-spiced beverages, barely breaking a sweat. Every year, we wait for the first taste of autumn...
As Hurricane Ian Bears Down on Florida, We Wave Goodbye to the Season in Texas

By Jeff Balke
Sep 27, 2022

Hurricane Ian is already a Category 2 hurricane and is expected to reach major storm status before reaching the Gulf coast of Florida Wednesday or Thursday. It is forecast to be a very dangerous storm that, if it does make a direct hit on the Tampa area, could cause serious...
Is Hurricane Season Over for Texas?

By Jeff Balke
Sep 20, 2022

It's been an eerily quiet hurricane season in the Atlantic this year with Hurricane Fiona, which has absolutely pummeled Puerto Rico with more than two feet of rain, representing only the sixth named storm this season. We, in Texas, have yet to experience even a near miss. So, is that...
Houston Gardening: Droughts, Floods and Heat, Oh, My!

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Aug 31, 2022

Most Houston gardeners have become accustomed to the hardships of a Houston summer. However, the summer of 2022 has been particularly brutal. While we are used to 100 degree temperatures in July and August, this summer they were coupled with little to no rainfall. Until last week. Now, we are...
August Updated Hurricane Outlook Downgraded Slightly

By Jeff Balke
Aug 8, 2022

On Sunday afternoon, the skies opened up and portions of the city near downtown and just north received rains like we hadn't seen in weeks. Drought conditions, which have plagued the entire state of Texas, at least for an hour or so, felt far off in the distance. Less than...
REO Speedwagon's Bruce Hall Talks Licks, Links and Blazing (Hot!) Summer Tour

By Bob Ruggiero
Jul 14, 2022

When we recently spoke with Ricky Phillips of Styx, the bass player told us that he and his fellow four-string thumpers and the current Live and Unzoomed classic rock package tour (Bruce Hall of REO Speedwagon and Ken “Spider’ Sinnaeve of Loverboy) often have a “bass hang” at group dinners...
Hurricane Season is Back, and It Will Be a Busy One

By Jeff Balke
Jun 6, 2022

Perhaps you've glanced at your calendar in recent days and noticed it was June already. You've probably felt the onset of summer as you walk between your air conditioned home or office and your air conditioned car and wondered how you became coated with a layer of perspiration in 20...
Another Bout of Overnight Storms Before Nice Weather

By Jeff Balke
May 25, 2022

Much of the Houston area was pounded on Tuesday with a line of heavy thunderstorms sweeping through from north to south around lunchtime. Loud claps of thunder and straight line winds reaching 40-50 mph sent humans scattering for cover and dogs hiding under beds (maybe that's just us). Generally, less...
Welcome Back, Rain

By Jeff Balke
May 23, 2022

In the early morning hours Sunday, Houstonians were awakened to a strange noise: thunder. It's been a miserably warm and dry May, increasing drought conditions across Texas. While Sunday may not have completely made up for all that lack of rain, it was a start with more on the way...
Thursday Night Freeze Should Be Manageable for Houston

By Jeff Balke
Feb 3, 2022

It's been a downright gloomy and cold day in Houston with temperatures hovering mostly in the 30s and wind chills in the 20s. Fortunately, we have not had much in the way of precipitation. That could change during the early evening hours Thursday as a line of rain and sleet...
Houston ISD and Other Area School Districts Continue to Wait and See About the Weather [UPDATED]

By Houston Press
Feb 3, 2022

Houston ISD just announced that while school is open today, it has canceled all afterschool activities because of the inclement weather. Later today HISD will announce whether there will be school on Friday. Other area school districts such as Conroe ISD seem to be following a similar pattern with school...
Texas Winter Freeze 2022: How Will It Affect Houston?

By Jeff Balke
Feb 2, 2022

PTSD from weather is real. In Texas, it seems to be a routine affliction with the fear of flooding, hurricanes and even severe drought embedded in the memories of all of us. Last year, we added freezing winter weather to that list of night terrors thanks to days of sub-freezing...
Finally Cold Fronts We Can Believe In

By Jeff Balke
Oct 26, 2021

October is great in Houston, but it's a tease. Cool fronts try to push through, but struggle to muster the oomph to make it. When one does, its effects are short lived and we go back to muggy, balmy weather before long. Then, a change happens. Some years, it happens...
Summer to Finally GTFO This Weekend, Experts Say

By Jef Rouner
Oct 13, 2021

Houstonians who longer wish to feel as if they are commuting to work through the armpit of a pitcher who is not doing well can rejoice as it appears that summer might finally be taking the hint and leaving this weekend. The impending death of the heat was announced by...
Is Houston’s Air Quality Triggering Crazy Thunderstorms?

By Dianna Wray
Oct 1, 2021

It’s not exactly a shock to most Houstonians to note that the Bayou City has a rep for notoriously less-than-ideal air quality and for towering thunderstorms that roll through town almost year-round. But scientists are now investigating whether these two things might actually be connected. In fact, a team of...
Cooler Weather Should Mean an End to Hurricane Season for Texas

By Jeff Balke
Sep 20, 2021

Some people love it when the holiday decorations hit stores and when houses are decked out for Halloween...in September. They crave pumpkin everything and stare at the weather forecast for any sign of the area's first cold front of the year. Good news, fall fans, you will get your wish...