THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER

Only about an inch in the Austin area in the past 24 hours, but the watershed of the lakes is doing much better with one and a half and a little more around the Pedernales River and almost two inches around the Llano River–with more yet to come tonight and tomorrow, although a lot of [...]

Hurricane Paul, off the west coast of Mexico, is expected to be no more than a tropical depression by the time it clears the Mexican mountains on Thursday morning. Meanwhile, it is sending an express train of moisture into Texas, increasing our chances for light to heavy rain tomorrow through Wednesday. As usual, we can [...]

Bob Rose and Troy Kimmel, my favorite Austin meteorologists, say we’re going to bust this drought any time now, as the strengthening El Nino in the eastern Pacific is going to bring us a rainy period this fall/winter here in Central Texas. That’ll be nice because, although the temps are dipping into the 50s overnight [...]

Since Friday night, eight people have gotten free ambulance rides to area hospitals from the annual Austin City Limits Festival concerts, because of dehydration from the heat and humidity. Two hundred sixty-eight have been evaluated but not transported. See this good aerial view of the park and crowd before you arrive. Or, use the wonders [...]

Sounds silly, maybe, to make much out of the quarter to a half inch of rain that fell in torrents this morning as Mom left to take Mr. Boy to school, but it’s like that in Texas. Especially in a drought.  Enlivens the spirit. Afterall, it hadn’t rained like that for two months. You can [...]