Claude Cooper, our OCS alumni group’s president-for-life, took this shot because he lives nearby. It’s the North Carolina source of the very old New River which flows north to become one of West Virginia’s major water ways. Too many rapids for it to freeze there, but not here in NC with its recent record freezes. Could be the start of a new mini-Ice Age. In which case, bye-bye AGW.
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Posted in Infantry OCS, Weather/Climate
Tagged AGW, Anthropogenic Global Warming, mini-Ice Age, New River, North Carolina, West Virginia
The P-3s are advertised as sub hunters but anybody who remembers the one that was downed flying along China’s border a few months before 9/11 may remember that it was packed with computers for listening to digital and analog communications.
Course it’s a bit hard to imagine Hugo’s regime being particularly sophisticated enough to warrant P-3 snooping. Which makes our denial more than plausible for once. I do wish Chavez & Co. didn’t have F-16s, but that’s neither here nor there now. Worse is Hugo’s new ties with Iran.
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Posted in Obamalot, South of the Border, The War, Troops
Tagged communications snooping, F-16s, Hugo Chavez, Iran, P-3 Orion, Venezuela
It’s funny. This is one of those Roberta Vasquez moments. I hardly know who Miles Austin is. Okay, he plays for the Dallas Cowboys. But his girlfriend? Beats me. Yet, today alone, “Miles Austin girlfriend” has brought me 45 visitors.
I’m sure they leave disappointed. There is no picture of his girlfriend here. There is a picture of former Longhorns football star Aaron Ross’s girlfriend, track star Sanya Richards. So when folks Google for a picture of Austin’s elusive squeeze, right there in the No. 5 slot is my picture of Sanya. Heh.
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Posted in Blogosphere, Scribbles, Site building, Texana, Texas Football
Tagged Aaron Ross, Dallas Cowboys, Miles Austin, Miles Austin girlfriend, Sanya Richards
Awoke early this morning to discover it was 19 degrees outside and the hot-water faucets in the back bathroom (farthest from the hot water heater and in the coldest part of the house) were not running.
We opened them, called the plumber (who said to open them and the cabinet under the sink and set up a space heater aimed at it) and have followed his advice and are awaiting a forecast warmup above freezing by noon. We should know then if we have burst pipes and can anticipate an indoor flood.
UPDATE: Disaster averted at 10:20 a.m. Mrs. Charm heard a thunk and the wide-open hot-water faucets started pouring. Yay. So far, so good. This was right after the old space heater died, so we’re lucky. Outdoor temp still seems to be slightly below freezing.
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Posted in Rancho Roly Poly, Weather/Climate
Tagged frozen hot-water pipes, Record Freeze, thawing frozen pipes
This is Upper Michigan not Central Texas. There’s no snow on the ground here at all. But it feels like the picture because it sure is cold. The elephant ears in the front yard at the Rancho are turning black, like rare reader Diller’s ladyfinger banana plants. He’s a farmer in the West Central Florida panhandle where he has cows to worry about. JD Allen, down in Brazosport, likewise expects to lose his red and yellow hibiscus. I’m worried for the rose bushes in the Back Forty. Time will tell.
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Posted in Antique Roses, Blogosphere, Rancho Roly Poly, Texana, Weather/Climate
Tagged arctic air, Record Freeze, Texana
Funny thing about that game. Just about everywhere, except maybe in Bama itself, it’s liable to become known as the game Texas lost because its QB was lost, rather than the game that Alabama won because it’s an SEC powerhouse or whatever.
Or, as the local sportswriters call it: The Game That Might Have Been. It’s not entirely true that Bama won primarily because Texas lost its All-American QB after five plays, but it sure looked that way and a lot of people, including a lot of neutral observers, sure are going to remember it that way.
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Posted in Scribbles, Texana, Texas Football
Tagged 2009 BCS Championship, Alabama Crimson Tide football, Texas Longhorns football, The Game That Might Have Been
Not many people had ever heard of nineteen-year-old Garrett Gilbert when he was rushed onto the field last night at the Rose Bowl to substitute for the injured Colt McCoy. Garrett is better known here where he led his Lake Travis team to two state championships.
His father Gale played QB in the NFL, for Seattle, San Diego and Buffalo. And, despite his lapses last night, including fumbles, interceptions and overthrown passes, Garrett is not used to losing. In fact, “the last time he lost a game, he won the next 30 straight.”
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Posted in Sailing, Texana, Texas Football
Tagged Gale Gilbert, Garrett Gilbert, Lake Travis
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