Results tagged “tornado”

Londonist are starting to think their city is getting just a little bit too expensive, when even Christian Slater can't afford to go out there. And there's no escaping, as local singer Lily Allen discovered when she was barred entry to the US. The British mapping agency caused further bad karma, by blocking a 3-D representation of London in Google Earth. But the smiles returned to Londonist's faces as they interviewed Baroness von Reichardt,...

Need to know just a little bit about something? Ask a dilettante. Since hurricane season begins Friday, Dilettante thought it might be time to share the tips that have seen her through various weather “events” over the years. Print this up and tape it to the inside of your bathroom cabinet in case of emergency. - If you are faced with an imminent flood, tornado, hurricane or other natural disaster, the first thing you must...

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. Tracking Down Stolen Laptops Police are using a lo-jack type system for tracking down stolen laptops. The system alerts police when a laptop is stolen and the article states that some PC's have been found as far away as Africa! More on this from abc13.com. The Chronicles of Jay Lee Local geek, radio show host and blogger Jay Lee investigates and solves taskbar problems, XP logins...

Good morning, Houston. Score one for Sugar Land's fake downtown: This summer, it will become the location of the Children's Museum of Houston's first satellite location. The Children's Museum of Houston Discovery Center at Sugar Land Town Square — that's CMHDCSLTS for short — will occupy 9,000 square feet of space in the Town Square development for six weeks beginning June 1. Though it's just a temporary deal, museum brass say the Discovery Center...

This must have sucked: Near Kingwood last night, a sleepy driver slammed into a mobile home, knocking the structure off its support blocks. We knew you were asking for trouble if you lived in a mobile home in a tornado-prone area, but who would ever have thought about the danger of a mobile home — a parked one, anyway — being hit by a car? And who'd have thought a car could knock a mobile home three feet off its foundation? We guess we should be a little more careful here at the Houstonist double-wide.

Another night, another series of strong storms: This time, we had isolated reports of 50 mph winds and hail, with a possible tornado reported near Bush Intercontinental Airport. Otherwise, though, things weren't nearly as bad as they could have been except for a couple of incidents: In north Harris County, several cars were stalled on a North Freeway feeder road around 10 p.m. when as much as four inches of rain fell in a short...

We're pretty sure all of you (or at least those of you who are in or around Houston) heard the storms that came through town Monday morning. We remember thinking it sounded like bricks were falling out of the air — and at one apartment complex in southwest Houston, it seems they actually were. According to KTRK, the storm caused a wall at the Pipers Crossing complex near Sandpiper and West Airport to collapse, damaging some cars parked nearby. Channel 13 reports that at least four cars suffered severe damage, and bricks from the wall went through some other vehicles' windshields; another wall similar to the one that fell apparently has a lot of cracks, so residents are worried it could go, too.

Here it is — Houstonist's favorite headline of 2007 (so far): "Thousands could die if a giant tornado ever hits Houston." Excellent stuff — it almost makes us feel like we're watching KPRC during sweeps week — well, or any other time, for that matter.

Wow, it sure rained a lot overnight. We mean a lot — more than seven inches fell downtown, more than six in southern Brazoria County, just as much in east Harris County and part of Liberty County. The good news is that most of the heavy rain has moved north of the Beltway, but the bad news is that it's now sitting over Katy, northwest Harris County, Montgomery County, Bryan-College Station, Huntsville ... yeah, you...

Looks like you guys out to the north could be in for some rough weather today: Several northern counties in the Houston area are under a tornado watch until 2 p.m. as rain moves through.

If you were wondering where all that much-hyped heavy rain was yesterday, just wait: It could get here today. On Tuesday, the band of tropical moisture expected to come on shore and drench us stayed offshore, for the most part, meaning parts of Galveston County and far southeast Harris County got some substantial rain — more than 3 inches — while the rest of us were fairly high and dry. (Speaking of which, did anyone...

Here's something to add to your agenda the next time you're museum-hopping: the John C. Freeman Weather Museum, which opens today in the Museum District. Finally, a museum about something that interests everyone in Houston! We expect the crowds to be enormous. Freeman was a world-renowned meteorologist who died in 2004. He came up with the idea of a museum dedicated to the weather and collected old forecasting equipment that's now on display at the...

The Houston area is under a tornado watch until 1 p.m. today as a cold front moves through, bringing potentially severe thunderstorms. Other parts of the state had a taste of wild weather yesterday: A series of strong storms rolled through North Texas, and in the Valley, winds gusting to near 50 mph knocked down power lines and may have caused a small grass fire near Harlingen. Forecasters say the storms should be out...

Somehow we missed the story of the carnival ride that got stuck at the Rodeo, trapping some kids at the top of a roller coaster — which is one of those irrational concerns that's always in the back of Houstonist's mind when we're riding a coaster.