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Our summer report card

After a few days of heat and humidity last week, our weather shifted to a cooler and much drier pattern. A cool front from Canada chased the hot and humid weather southward where it resides most of the summer.So far this summer, the area has experienced seven days of 90 degree or above ...

Mother Nature likes a challenge

This past week, it was Hurricane Barry dumping tropical moisture across the southern states with more flooding and destruction. Ahead of the storm, the city of New Orleans received 6 to 8 inches of rain a week before Barry, so streams were already full. Fortunately, Barry obliged the city of ...

Oh but for the joy of anarchy

Anarchy could be defined as a society without rules or government. If we lived in a community like this we could do what we want build what we want in any shape size or color. We could let the dogs run wild, ride our ATVĢƵ, party late and pretty much disregard the rights of others.ItĢƵ a ...

And the heat goes on

That old song mentions that the “beat goes on,” but the news today is more about the heat going on. After a mild winter, spring took a bit of time to arrive, hampered by more rain than cold temperatures. Five of the last six months have seen above normal rainfall across the region; however, ...

Best place to retire could be right here

We often see articles in our newspapers or magazines or on social media about where and why we should retire to a certain place. Perhaps itĢƵ a beach or a small town location or a cabin in the mountains.The articles go on to tell us about the amenities and the cost of living in these ...

A new fresh water source

It may sound odd or even undoable, but there is a plan being developed to harvest fresh water by towing giant ice bergs over 1,500 miles from Antarctica to South Africa. A recent article in the June 10 issue of Bloomberg Businessweek describes in great detail how sea captain Nicholas Sloan ...