Jul 15, 2008 | 6:05 AM
Category:
Music
Have you heard about the Rock the Bayou festival? For hair metalheads like me, this is our woodstock. It's coming to the old AstroWorld location on Labor Day weekend and the lineup is a who's who of '80s metal. Here's a partial list:
Queensryche
Ratt
Dokken
Sammy Hagar
Alice Cooper
Great White
Yngwie J. Malmsteen
Twisted Sister
Warrant
Skid Row
and many more...
So, are you going?
Jul 15, 2008 | 5:44 AM
Category:
News
"...providing the guidance our children need, turning off the TV set and
putting away the video games; attending those parent-teacher
conferences, helping our children with their homework, setting a good
example. That's what everybody's got to do."
What do you think of this? Is it a good thing to add expectations in addition to throwing money at a problem, or is he talking down to people like Rev.Jackson said?
Jun 23, 2008 | 1:41 PM
Category:
Weather
This was a scary sight on saturday evening as radar showed a pretty well-defined hook echo. We broke right into programming to alert everyone in Pearland and Friendswood about a possible tornado. As it turns out there were dozens of funnel cloud reports, but fortunately it never touched down. Here's what the storm looked like on radar.
Here's what the rotation looks like with velocity data. The green area right next to the red area is a clear indication of the rotation.
Jun 19, 2008 | 2:19 PM
Category:
Entertainment
Remember the John Belushi samurai character on Saturday Night Live? Well I think I encountered his cousin at a Barbeque place in SW Houston today. I ordered a sliced beef sandwich and a sliced turkey sandwich...before I knew what happened the sandwich maker pulled out this sword-like giant knife and was chopping this meat like Conan the Barbarian.
So, foolishly I asked him if he would cut the sandwiches in half for me...let me just say that what resulted was a demolished bun and fragments of meats scattered around the wrapper. At least it tasted good
Jun 19, 2008 | 1:57 PM
Category:
Traffic
I was just weighing the pros and cons of living close to or farther from Houston. You can usually get a nice, big house for a decent price if you're willing to drive 25 miles to work each way. Is it worth it? Right now we live about 16 miles away from Fox26 and the drive isn't bad. So my question for you is how far do you drive to get to work and what are the pros and cons to where you live?
Jun 16, 2008 | 9:54 PM
Category:
Weather
Ahh, this is always so much fun. This pattern sets up a few times a year, usually in the spring/early summer. We have a north to south orientation of the jet and a front across the Red River. Our weather will be hot and dry...that is unless a storm complex gets organized in Oklahoma or N.TX...then all bets are off. I had to hedge my forecast to account for the chance that a line of storms would "surprise" us...but, at least it won't be a real surprise, not for you because you're reading this!
Jun 10, 2008 | 4:53 AM
Category:
Weather
Houston mayor Bill White is our scheduled guest for the hurricane briefing today. Do you have any questions you'd like me to ask him?
May 31, 2008 | 12:34 PM
Category:
Weather
Welcome to hurricane season 2008. Wow! The remamnts of Tropical Storm Alma seemed to have disipated over Central America yesterday, but the remaining storms reformed quickly near Belize and the NHC declared it Tropical Storm Arthur. So, the season's first storm forms on May 31st...
The weird thing is that this storm was already inland by the time the advisory came out. I've never really seen that before. What do you think?
May 26, 2008 | 6:24 PM
Category:
Weather
The National Weather Service provided this list of area meetings that are free and open to the public. Here's all the info:
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
636 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008
...PREPARE FOR THE 2008 HURRICANE SEASON BY ATTENDING A
HURRICANE TOWN MEETING...
THE HOUSTON/GALVESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CONJUNCTION
WITH LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN
SEVERAL UPCOMING UPPER TEXAS COAST HURRICANE TOWN MEETINGS. THESE
FREE MEETINGS ARE HELD TO PROVIDE IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO THE GENERAL
PUBLIC ON HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE UPCOMING HURRICANE SEASON. INFORMATION
PROVIDED FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL INCLUDE DETAILS ON THE
DANGERS OF THESE STORMS...THE HISTORY OF ACTIVITY ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS
COAST...AND WAYS TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE AND PROPERTY DURING A TROPICAL
THREAT.
ON TUESDAY MAY 27TH...THE SOUTHEAST HARRIS COUNTY HURRICANE TOWN MEETING
WILL BE HELD AT THE PASADENA CONVENTION CENTER IN PASADENA. THIS MEETING
WILL BE FROM 5 PM TO 9 PM. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION...PLEASE CONTACT
ROBERT HEMMINGER AT (713)475-5588.
ON WEDNESDAY MAY 28TH...THE GALVESTON HURRICANE TOWN MEETING WILL BE
HELD AT THE GALVESTON CONVENTION CENTER ON GALVESTON ISLAND. THIS MEETING
WILL BE FROM 5:30 PM TO 9 PM. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION...PLEASE CONTACT
CHARLIE KELLY AT (409)797-3656.
ON THURSDAY MAY 29TH...THE BAYTOWN HURRICANE TOWN MEETING WILL BE HELD
AT CITY HALL IN BAYTOWN. THIS MEETING WILL BE FROM 6 PM TO 9 PM. FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION...PLEASE CONTACT BILL VOLA AT (281)422-1129.
ON SATURDAY MAY 31ST...THE JAMAICA BEACH HURRICANE TOWN MEETING WILL
BE HELD AT THE PUBLIC SERVICE BUILDING IN JAMAICA BEACH. THIS MEETING
WILL BE FROM 10 AM TO NOON. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION...PLEASE CONTACT
JOHN BRICK AT (409)737-1142.
ON SATURDAY MAY 31ST...THE BRAZORIA COUNTY HURRICANE TOWN MEETING WILL
BE HELD AT THE CIVIC CENTER IN LAKE JACKSON. THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD
FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION...PLEASE CONTACT DOC ADAMS
AT (979)319-1754.
ALL OF THESE MEETINGS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. REMEMBER...THE
MORE YOU KNOW ABOUT TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES...THE BETTER YOU
WILL BE PREPARED TO SURVIVE WHEN THE NEXT ONE STRIKES.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THESE MEETINGS...THE 2008 HURRICANE SEASON...
OR HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS...PLEASE VISIT THE HOUSTON/GALVESTON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/HGX.
May 23, 2008 | 8:27 AM
Category:
News
In a scenario we have seen time and time again, another little child has been beaten to death by her mother's husband/boyfriend. This time the poor little girl wasn't potty training fast enough for this piece of BLEEP man and so he killed her and the mother stood there and did nothing! CPS had already investigated this family and did not solve the problem, now this girl is dead after a brutal beating.
So, do you think that CPS does enough to investigate and follow up in these situations? Why do women choose to have their children exposed to violent boyfriends?
May 23, 2008 | 7:21 AM
Category:
Weather
NOAA released their outlook for the 2008 hurricane season on Thursday morning. Here is the link to the details. http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080522_hurri
caneoutlook.html
Do you put any stock in these forecasts? Do you think it's a waste of time or does it influence your preparations for hurricane season?
May 21, 2008 | 8:41 PM
Category:
Music
I know I'm probably one of the few guitar geeks who noticed that David Cook was playing a new guitar when he was jamming with ZZ Top. I didn't recognize it, so I had to rewind, pause and look really close to see the name "Luna" on the headstock. A quick search on the 'net and I found out that this company called Luna Guitars has provided guitars for several of the Idol top 10.
They sell for about $400 to $600, but it looked to me that the one they gave David C on Wednesday night was custom made just for him. Their website confirmed that too. I'll take one of them if you all can't think of what to get me for Christmas.
May 20, 2008 | 8:37 AM
Category:
News
I just watched Randy's investigative story on the insane corruption of New Caney ISD's school board. These people seem to think that they can make up laws by themselves any time they want! What's even worse is that they have a police force which seems to go along with it. What if a city mayor did this? or a governor? or a president?
Imagine if during a White House press conference President Bush told the press that if they ask questions they'd be arrested? Sounds like China or North Korea doesn't it? Something has to be done about this. Keep us posted Randy!
May 20, 2008 | 6:06 AM
Category:
Weather
They call it the Sunshine State, but not this week...Wildfires in the Everglades are blanketing South Florida in smoke. Residents are being forced to stay indoors because the air quality is horrible. I feel bad for the people who are there on vacation. Check out this visible satellite image from NOAA. You can see the smoke plume moving to the southwest, but the winds have shifted and over the last couple of days, that plume has moved right over Miami and Ft.Lauderdale.
May 14, 2008 | 7:38 AM
Category:
Weather
This morning we interviewed long-time KPRC meteorologist Doug Johnson about the passing of his friend Ron Stone. During the interview, he shared some video of a weather forecasting chicken that took over their studio years ago. So, I want to know which animal do you think we should hire as a forecaster? The dog has already been taken. I vote for a duckling because they're cute and small and easy to take care of. What do you think?
