That’s one reviewer’s take on Austin-Bergstrom International Airport for those who want to sleep there. Bring earplus, suggested another. But a third enjoyed his overnight in the VIP lounge. DFW and Houston didn’t score much better. Seems to be quieter at San Antone. I didn’t know people did this. I have been hit up by the cigarette panhandlers out in front of the baggage area at ABIA. Austin seems to attract panhandlers.
Via Things With Wings.
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One of my favorite buildings in Fredericksburg, Texas, in the Hill Country west of Austin. There were three White Elephant Saloons, part of a chain built in the 1880s. The others were in Fort Worth and San Antonio. The one in Fort Worth, where Bat Masterson is said to have once worked, is still a bar country-music venue, but this one is a gift shop. Not sure about the one in San Antonio, but it was originally on Alamo Plaza.
UPDATE Here’s a profile of the owner of the Fort Worth one, as of 2002, including details of a historic gunfight.
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Cool days and nights here lately, thanks to a cold front on Monday and rain all day yesterday (Tuesday). Refreshing, after the dog days just departed. Indeed, August was the hottest ever in Austin and San Antonio, according to the National Weather Service.
"This is very significant," said Austin meteorologist Bob Rose, "since weather records for Austin-Mabry date all the way back to 1854 and San Antonio records date back [to] 1885."
Temperatures at the National Weather Service’s official site at Camp Mabry in West Austin "beat the previous record warm August in 1999 by 0.2 degrees," Rose said, "while San Antonio temperatures beat the previous record set in 1962 by 0.8 degrees."
Curiously, the record August heat came without any record maximum temperatures. "At Camp Mabry, the average high temperature of 100.7 degrees was the second warmest average daily high temperature on record for August," Rose said. "The average daily low temperature of 76.3 degrees becomes the warmest average low temperature on record for August.
"Note that for San Antonio, not only was August 2006 the warmest August on record, it was also the warmest month ever on record–beating the old record of 88.1 degrees set in July 1980 and July of 1998. Austin-Camp Mabry recorded 24 days with temperatures at or above 100 degrees, Austin-Bergstrom recorded 23 and San Antonio recorded 19."
No wonder I didn’t get much (any) yard work done this summer.
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