A bad Texas storm does not have to leave a tree in the living room to do real damage. Sometimes the house looks fine from the street. The roof is still there. The windows are not broken. The fence may be leaning a little, but nothing looks like a disaster. Then a few weeks later,…
Hail is one of those Texas weather problems that can fool you. Sometimes it sounds like somebody dumped a bucket of rocks on the roof. Sometimes it comes down sideways with wind and rain so hard you can barely see across the street. Then, 20 minutes later, the sun is out and the neighborhood looks…
Texas summer does not ease in politely. One week you are enjoying mild evenings on the porch, and the next week the steering wheel is too hot to touch, the grass is begging for mercy, and the air conditioner is running like it signed a full-time contract. That is why smart Texas homeowners do not…
If you own a home in Texas long enough, there is a good chance you are going to notice a crack somewhere. Maybe it is a hairline crack in the driveway. Maybe it is a little stair-step crack in the brick. Maybe it is a thin line in the garage floor, the patio, or the…
A strong Texas thunderstorm can roll in fast, shake the windows, drop hail, throw limbs across the yard, and leave just as quickly as it showed up. Then the sun comes back out, the birds start making noise again, and it is tempting to think everything is fine. Sometimes it is. But after a bad…
Owning a home in Texas is a blessing, but it sure is not something you can put on autopilot. Between the heat, hail, high winds, hard freezes, clay soil, heavy rain, and long dry spells, Texas homes take a beating from just about every direction. A small problem that might sit quietly for a while…
Memorial Day weekend in the Texas Panhandle did not just bring a little wind and rain. It brought the kind of sky people stop and stare at. Across parts of the Panhandle, severe storms rolled through small towns with heavy rain, strong wind, lightning, blowing dust, and at least one rare-looking landspout near Plainview. According…
A West Texas traffic stop did not end with a warning, a ticket, or a routine roadside conversation. It ended with six horses being seized. Presidio County sheriff’s deputies stopped a vehicle along FM 170 on May 26 as part of what authorities described as a livestock smuggling investigation. According to FOX 26 Houston, deputies…
South Texas got another reminder this week that a storm does not have to last all day to make a mess. Severe weather pushed through the region Tuesday night, bringing heavy rain, tornado warnings, flooding, and hail big enough to make people stop and take pictures. By Wednesday morning, some communities were still dealing with…
At first, people on Crystal Beach were not sure what they were looking at. A shrimp boat was sitting unusually close to shore on the Bolivar Peninsula. From a distance, it might have looked like the captain was working, waiting, or dealing with something routine. Then it stayed there. And stayed there. According to the…