Brilliant sunset alpenglow light on the Grand Teton, 13,770 feet, and Mount Owen, 12,928 feet, as seen from Cascade Creek to the northwest – July. Wyoming. Photo by Jack Brauer
If the weather is bad and the stores are closing, my backup is Ortega – a box of 18 yellow corn shells, a package of their taco seasoning, a pound of ground beef and extra Ancho Chile powder. Some shredded cheese and anything else appropriate on hand. The other brands like Old El Paso just aren’t up to par.
Sure as I said something about generators for Aquatex, YES GJT God blesses cause we now got water. No electricity but we do got water. Thank you LORD GOD.
Talk about living a sheltered, blessed life, we got power back last night early, all other utilities humming along. It’s over, right? Wife had a hankering for TexMex so I ran into Magnolia to grab some. Magnolia is flat shut down, not even traffic lights working. I did not know! Thank you for the blessings Lord.
BTW wasn’t there a law created that water companies are required to provide generators to the well so that we have water? Seems I heard at least the debate after Ike.
I guess three consecutive strong Spring storms have played havoc with my TV antenna, no doubt misaligning it a bit. Of the local Houston stations, I lost ABC13 and PBS 8 a few weeks ago. No big loss. Now I have lost CBS KHOU11. Which is a pretty major loss for me – just about the only network I ever… Read more »
Ya gotta love it. I live with a “community” water well. No power to the “community” = no water to the “community”. But Aquatex, by gosh they are on the ball and posted a boil water notice at the entry point to the “community”.
Marilyn’s neighbor called back.
His patio door faces her house and they saw her moments ago come out to her back patio and mess around for a little while.
He confirmed that they have no power in that neighborhood yet.
We were supposed to have our second cataract surgeries yesterday, but that got knocked out. No word yet on a reschedule. Probably next month. I’m ready to get this over with.
Dr Phil Good, you better call your office. Speaker Kevin McCarthy held meetings ostensibly with Biden, but Jill Biden was there too to “communicate” for Joe ? It is outrageous this would happen, but worse is the fact McCarthy knew about Joe’s condition way back when and never said a word. But at the same news conference — about 12… Read more »
Speaking of our parent’s estate, our stepdad had two biological sons, then there is me, my brother and sister. Our probate lawyer was wrong in saying the estate would be split evenly five ways, turns out since our mom passed first, everything went to our stepdad, he passed so his biological sons get half, the other gets split three ways… Read more »
My parent’s home in Spring Branch is without power. All the probate stuff is wrapping up, we hired a lady to do an estate sale which is done. We were scheduled to meet with a house cleaner today to get ready to put the home on the market but that has been rescheduled for tomorrow.
Centerpoint was reported to have had 2,000,000 customers without power early on. They say now they are down to 8,015 customers without power. They are restoring 300 to 400 a day because the last group have been directly affected by damaged high transmission lines.
God bless Tom Fitton and Judicial Watch. (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Treasury for records of communication between the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regarding the purchase of U.S. farmland by foreign entities (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department… Read more »
Marilyn’s phone seems to be constantly busy.
Her neighbor says he will have someone check on her today. And he will let me know.
He is pretty elderly himself and a bit hard to talk to.
Wife bought a little one burner propane stove in preparation for the storm. Even though we have power back she is cooking breakfast out on the porch, just cause breakfast is good cooked outdoors.
Re: Carbon Fiber Materials (Texpat @ 5:37) NASCAR started making their body panels out of carbon fiber a few years ago, stuff is danged near indestructible. Door panels just pop right back out after contact. Dale Earnhardt would be drooling. The material is what allowed Ross Chastain’s video game move riding the wall on the last lap at Martinsville passing… Read more »
Tedtam just texted me. They have no power, no internet, no cellular voice, but she is able to text. Her husband had to drive to Navasota yesterday to find an auto parts store open to buy a spark plug for their generator. It is up and running now so they have AC working. She wanted y’all to know her status… Read more »
Every property owner in Texas needs to read this article. Appraisal district boards are the agencies that set property values used by local governments to calculate tax bills. These boards have traditionally consisted of five members elected by the taxing units inside the district, as well as the county tax assessor-collector who serves as a non-voting member.For the first time,… Read more »
Some of the biggest idiots are on school boards and school district administrations. Texas school districts are taking advantage of a federal grant program to buy electric buses that will cost taxpayers millions.The grants are part of a $5 billion Clean Bus Program administered by the Environmental Protection Agency.Funds for the program were included in the $454 billion Bipartisan Infrastructure… Read more »
For $150,000 you can get a dog who is smarter than you are. A few years ago, in Bozeman, Montana, a brain surgeon and his wife were walking through a farmers’ market when they came across a booth selling dogs. The breeder, called Svalinn, touted them as a one-of-a-kind hybrid: military-grade protection dogs with elite danger-sensing instincts but the warmth and… Read more »
The fog of current outrage and gobsmacking stupidity among Biden and Democrats obscures other immoral and disgusting acts of this administration. The Biden administration is permitting Iran to set up absentee voter sites for its upcoming presidential election on U.S. soil, Voice of America (VOA) on June 22. Iranian citizens will reportedly be able to cast ballots at one of 30… Read more »
If you don’t believe sending children to public schools today is child abuse, with this video of NEA President Becky Pringle deliver the keynote speech at the NEA convention on Philadelphia a few days ago. Further news reports about this viral unhinged speech video are here. The president of the National Education Association (NEA) was mocked over the weekend for giving a… Read more »
They’re always kicking Dick around even though he’s been dead for 30 years. Chicago’s gangs had a bang-up weekend over the Independence Day holiday extended weekend. With 19 killed and 89 more suffering gunshot wounds, the city of Chicago racked up a third or more of the nation’s homicides over the period. God bless HeyJackass.com for not trying to massage the numbers for photo ops or… Read more »
Posting some of the best stuff on X (Twitter) Wall Street Apes has unearthed this special video gem of CBS and Dan Rather “journalism.” 42 Years Ago CBS Told The World Earth’s Temperature Was Rising Out Of Control Due To Burning Coal & Oil25% of Florida is about to be flooded and a “widespread disruption of agriculture” is comingIt’s been… Read more »
Issues & Insights has gathered together a long and comprehensive list of Joe Biden’s lies and plagiarism. It’s disgusting and I am bookmarking this for future reference. Joe Biden Is a Good Man ? Please Don’t Insult Our IntelligenceAfter wading hip deep through the malarkey, let’s look at the Biden record.The man who occupies the highest office in the world… Read more »
A fascinating discussion on the new age of materials and composites. When we talk of composites, we’re speaking about such things as the carbon-fiber ones in wind turbines, race cars and the Boeing 787. Such materials have the advantage of being far lighter than the metal parts they typically replace, while being just as strong, and requiring fewer resources to make.Materials… Read more »
A neighbor and friend of ours down the street lost both of her dogs to smoke inhalation and suffered severe damage to the house about 12 years ago. They left a pan of gravy on the stove the day after Thanksgiving and went out to have breakfast. One of dogs jumped up to try and lick the pan and turned… Read more »
Unlimited, safe, cheap drinking water dependably delivered to your front door is a relatively new development in human history.
People can live without power for a while but in my experience most get really nasty without water. Quickly.
I flushed my toilet three times and washed my hands twice.
Man, I’ll be glad when the Secret deodorant advertising budget runs out.
If the weather is bad and the stores are closing, my backup is Ortega – a box of 18 yellow corn shells, a package of their taco seasoning, a pound of ground beef and extra Ancho Chile powder. Some shredded cheese and anything else appropriate on hand. The other brands like Old El Paso just aren’t up to par.
Sure as I said something about generators for Aquatex, YES GJT God blesses cause we now got water. No electricity but we do got water. Thank you LORD GOD.
Last I heard Center Point still has 1.2 million without power.
Talk about living a sheltered, blessed life, we got power back last night early, all other utilities humming along. It’s over, right? Wife had a hankering for TexMex so I ran into Magnolia to grab some. Magnolia is flat shut down, not even traffic lights working. I did not know! Thank you for the blessings Lord.
BTW wasn’t there a law created that water companies are required to provide generators to the well so that we have water? Seems I heard at least the debate after Ike.
I guess three consecutive strong Spring storms have played havoc with my TV antenna, no doubt misaligning it a bit. Of the local Houston stations, I lost ABC13 and PBS 8 a few weeks ago. No big loss. Now I have lost CBS KHOU11. Which is a pretty major loss for me – just about the only network I ever… Read more »
Ya gotta love it. I live with a “community” water well. No power to the “community” = no water to the “community”. But Aquatex, by gosh they are on the ball and posted a boil water notice at the entry point to the “community”.
We have innernet!
Great news hearing MHarper is moving around, thank you Shannon.
Man, the comments section today is very squirrelly. Squawk’s 2:02 and my 2 replies are missing and the most recent WB and Squawk comments too.
The Speedo thing seems to have a very long history in the Box clan.
A little levity
Marilyn’s neighbor called back.
His patio door faces her house and they saw her moments ago come out to her back patio and mess around for a little while.
He confirmed that they have no power in that neighborhood yet.
We were supposed to have our second cataract surgeries yesterday, but that got knocked out. No word yet on a reschedule. Probably next month. I’m ready to get this over with.
Dr Phil Good, you better call your office. Speaker Kevin McCarthy held meetings ostensibly with Biden, but Jill Biden was there too to “communicate” for Joe ? It is outrageous this would happen, but worse is the fact McCarthy knew about Joe’s condition way back when and never said a word. But at the same news conference — about 12… Read more »
Speaking of our parent’s estate, our stepdad had two biological sons, then there is me, my brother and sister. Our probate lawyer was wrong in saying the estate would be split evenly five ways, turns out since our mom passed first, everything went to our stepdad, he passed so his biological sons get half, the other gets split three ways… Read more »
My parent’s home in Spring Branch is without power. All the probate stuff is wrapping up, we hired a lady to do an estate sale which is done. We were scheduled to meet with a house cleaner today to get ready to put the home on the market but that has been rescheduled for tomorrow.
From Centerpoint websites:
Centerpoint was reported to have had 2,000,000 customers without power early on. They say now they are down to 8,015 customers without power. They are restoring 300 to 400 a day because the last group have been directly affected by damaged high transmission lines.
God bless Tom Fitton and Judicial Watch. (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Treasury for records of communication between the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regarding the purchase of U.S. farmland by foreign entities (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department… Read more »
Marilyn’s phone seems to be constantly busy.
Her neighbor says he will have someone check on her today. And he will let me know.
He is pretty elderly himself and a bit hard to talk to.
I went down a rabbit trail from one of Texpat’s links and found this Spanish (located in Spain) website. Some of the links at the bottom of the page speak of using powdered hydrogen and others speak of using ammonia for internal combustion engines. It is nice to get a different perspective of things.
Wife bought a little one burner propane stove in preparation for the storm. Even though we have power back she is cooking breakfast out on the porch, just cause breakfast is good cooked outdoors.
Busy signal, phone lines are probably out.
Got it Texpat, thanks.
If someone can send me MHarper’s number i can call her.
Re: Carbon Fiber Materials (Texpat @ 5:37) NASCAR started making their body panels out of carbon fiber a few years ago, stuff is danged near indestructible. Door panels just pop right back out after contact. Dale Earnhardt would be drooling. The material is what allowed Ross Chastain’s video game move riding the wall on the last lap at Martinsville passing… Read more »
Tedtam just texted me. They have no power, no internet, no cellular voice, but she is able to text. Her husband had to drive to Navasota yesterday to find an auto parts store open to buy a spark plug for their generator. It is up and running now so they have AC working. She wanted y’all to know her status… Read more »
Every property owner in Texas needs to read this article. Appraisal district boards are the agencies that set property values used by local governments to calculate tax bills. These boards have traditionally consisted of five members elected by the taxing units inside the district, as well as the county tax assessor-collector who serves as a non-voting member.For the first time,… Read more »
Some of the biggest idiots are on school boards and school district administrations. Texas school districts are taking advantage of a federal grant program to buy electric buses that will cost taxpayers millions.The grants are part of a $5 billion Clean Bus Program administered by the Environmental Protection Agency.Funds for the program were included in the $454 billion Bipartisan Infrastructure… Read more »
Did anyone try to talk to Harper ?
For $150,000 you can get a dog who is smarter than you are. A few years ago, in Bozeman, Montana, a brain surgeon and his wife were walking through a farmers’ market when they came across a booth selling dogs. The breeder, called Svalinn, touted them as a one-of-a-kind hybrid: military-grade protection dogs with elite danger-sensing instincts but the warmth and… Read more »
The fog of current outrage and gobsmacking stupidity among Biden and Democrats obscures other immoral and disgusting acts of this administration. The Biden administration is permitting Iran to set up absentee voter sites for its upcoming presidential election on U.S. soil, Voice of America (VOA) on June 22. Iranian citizens will reportedly be able to cast ballots at one of 30… Read more »
If you don’t believe sending children to public schools today is child abuse, with this video of NEA President Becky Pringle deliver the keynote speech at the NEA convention on Philadelphia a few days ago. Further news reports about this viral unhinged speech video are here. The president of the National Education Association (NEA) was mocked over the weekend for giving a… Read more »
Drag racing today.
Digging through some old pictures the other day I stumbled across this, can you guess who/where?
So how is the Texas crew, got power? Still not a dang drop of rain here but sister got an inch on Saturday and 7/10 on Sunday. SMDH
Mornin’ Gang
This would be hilarious if it weren’t so sad.
HeyJackAss.com
Illustrating Chicago’s Values…
They’re always kicking Dick around even though he’s been dead for 30 years. Chicago’s gangs had a bang-up weekend over the Independence Day holiday extended weekend. With 19 killed and 89 more suffering gunshot wounds, the city of Chicago racked up a third or more of the nation’s homicides over the period. God bless HeyJackass.com for not trying to massage the numbers for photo ops or… Read more »
Posting some of the best stuff on X (Twitter) Wall Street Apes has unearthed this special video gem of CBS and Dan Rather “journalism.” 42 Years Ago CBS Told The World Earth’s Temperature Was Rising Out Of Control Due To Burning Coal & Oil25% of Florida is about to be flooded and a “widespread disruption of agriculture” is comingIt’s been… Read more »
Issues & Insights has gathered together a long and comprehensive list of Joe Biden’s lies and plagiarism. It’s disgusting and I am bookmarking this for future reference. Joe Biden Is a Good Man ? Please Don’t Insult Our IntelligenceAfter wading hip deep through the malarkey, let’s look at the Biden record.The man who occupies the highest office in the world… Read more »
A fascinating discussion on the new age of materials and composites. When we talk of composites, we’re speaking about such things as the carbon-fiber ones in wind turbines, race cars and the Boeing 787. Such materials have the advantage of being far lighter than the metal parts they typically replace, while being just as strong, and requiring fewer resources to make.Materials… Read more »
A neighbor and friend of ours down the street lost both of her dogs to smoke inhalation and suffered severe damage to the house about 12 years ago. They left a pan of gravy on the stove the day after Thanksgiving and went out to have breakfast. One of dogs jumped up to try and lick the pan and turned… Read more »