Showing posts with label news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label news. Show all posts
Monday, May 10, 2010
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Videos/Photos of Dolly Aftermath, etc. in Rio Grande Valley
For videos of Hurrican Dolly--before, during, and after: check out these:
KVEO-23 (Brownsville, TX): http://www.kveo.com/home/ondemand/video
KRGV-5 (Weslaco, TX): http://www.krgv.com/News
KGBT-4 (Harlingen, TX):--photo page (video page hard to find): http://www.kgbt4.com/news/photos.aspx
KVEO-23 (Brownsville, TX): http://www.kveo.com/home/ondemand/video
KRGV-5 (Weslaco, TX): http://www.krgv.com/News
KGBT-4 (Harlingen, TX):--photo page (video page hard to find): http://www.kgbt4.com/news/photos.aspx
Friday, July 25, 2008
Dolly Photos/Major Local News Print One Edition
Thanks for your warm wishes for the Valley to all who've commented or e-mailed. Several have also sent photos of your own hurricane drama.
I encourage y'all to upload them to http://www.freedomgalleries.com/vmstar/main.php?g2_itemId=16509 (there's a link on left for uploading photos.)
This link is also good for anyone interested in seeing images of the storm--before, during and after--by professional photographers at Valley Morning Star Newspaper as well as anyone who uploaded them.
Today's (Friday, July 25, 2008) edition of the Rio Grande Valley's Freedom Newspapers was just that--one edition . . . for all papers: The Monitor, The Brownsville Herald, Valley Morning Star, as well as the Spanish-language La Frontera and El Nuevo Heraldo . . . all rolled into one edition due to printing and electric outage problems. Freedom News Service also owns the Mid-Valley Town Crier as well as the island-based South Padre Island Breeze and the Coastal Current Weekly. No word on those.
I know distribution's off because we've been getting somebody's The Monitor, but no one's asked for it; no clue who's missing it.
It's a different kind of TGIF for folks. The weekend will not be restful for many and shelters are still quite busy in many places. Even as power is restored, flooding remains an issue for many in Mercedes, Weslaco, Harlingen, Rio Hondo, Brownsville, San Benito, and La Blanca; likely also in Santa Rosa area, etc.
New rain totals show up to 20 inches in some of the hardest hit areas just mentioned.
I encourage y'all to upload them to http://www.freedomgalleries.com/vmstar/main.php?g2_itemId=16509 (there's a link on left for uploading photos.)
This link is also good for anyone interested in seeing images of the storm--before, during and after--by professional photographers at Valley Morning Star Newspaper as well as anyone who uploaded them.
Today's (Friday, July 25, 2008) edition of the Rio Grande Valley's Freedom Newspapers was just that--one edition . . . for all papers: The Monitor, The Brownsville Herald, Valley Morning Star, as well as the Spanish-language La Frontera and El Nuevo Heraldo . . . all rolled into one edition due to printing and electric outage problems. Freedom News Service also owns the Mid-Valley Town Crier as well as the island-based South Padre Island Breeze and the Coastal Current Weekly. No word on those.
I know distribution's off because we've been getting somebody's The Monitor, but no one's asked for it; no clue who's missing it.
It's a different kind of TGIF for folks. The weekend will not be restful for many and shelters are still quite busy in many places. Even as power is restored, flooding remains an issue for many in Mercedes, Weslaco, Harlingen, Rio Hondo, Brownsville, San Benito, and La Blanca; likely also in Santa Rosa area, etc.
New rain totals show up to 20 inches in some of the hardest hit areas just mentioned.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Dolly be Bad! Hurricane Update
McAllen--2 p.m. July 23, 2008
The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is reporting that Hurricane Dolly is likely to drop 8--12 inches of rain in the Rio Grande Valley.
Updates can be found at http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT4+shtml/231658.shtml
CNN and other national stations are reporting that wind speed maximums are 100 MPH. That's only half-true. That's the highest wind speeds reported thus far. It's not like a hurricane can't decide to blow harder, Category notwithstanding. MSNBC is interviewing the mayor of Corpus Christi, 125 miles north of Brownsville, who reports funnel cloud activity and tons of rain.
Dolly finally crossed--or is crossing over South Padre Island and the eye wall is near land, but there has been no official landfall--in the mainland.
A KRGV-TV news vehicle (or perhaps a private one belonging to the cameraman) had its door blown away when the reporter, Stephanie Stone was asked by the news anchors to try to open the door to take a peek outside.
About 37 people had to be evacuted in Laguna Vista and Laguna Heights area, KRGV-TV reports.
In McAllen we are seeing relative calm, but some gusts had the rain falling at a 45-degree angle for several minutes about 20 minutes ago. Still relatively calm, and not pouring rain just now.
Landfall is expected near Port Mansfield--where Hurricane Allen hit land as well, in 1980.
NOAA's National Hurricane Center (National Weather Service Advisory #13: "...DOLLY HESITATES...EYEWALL OF DOLLY CROSSING SOUTH PADRE ISLAND..."
"DOLLY HAS BEEN MEANDERING FOR THE PAST HOUR OR SO BUT IT SHOULDBEGIN TO MOVE TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR SOON. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE EYE OF HURRICANE DOLLY WILL BE CROSSINGTHE COAST ALONG THE SOUTHERN TEXAS COAST IN A COUPLE OF HOURS.PERSONS ARE ADVISED NOT TO VENTURE OUTDOORS DURING THE RELATIVECALM OF THE EYE BECAUSE WINDS WILL SOON INCREASE QUITE RAPIDLY.MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. "
The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is reporting that Hurricane Dolly is likely to drop 8--12 inches of rain in the Rio Grande Valley.
Updates can be found at http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT4+shtml/231658.shtml
CNN and other national stations are reporting that wind speed maximums are 100 MPH. That's only half-true. That's the highest wind speeds reported thus far. It's not like a hurricane can't decide to blow harder, Category notwithstanding. MSNBC is interviewing the mayor of Corpus Christi, 125 miles north of Brownsville, who reports funnel cloud activity and tons of rain.
Dolly finally crossed--or is crossing over South Padre Island and the eye wall is near land, but there has been no official landfall--in the mainland.
A KRGV-TV news vehicle (or perhaps a private one belonging to the cameraman) had its door blown away when the reporter, Stephanie Stone was asked by the news anchors to try to open the door to take a peek outside.
About 37 people had to be evacuted in Laguna Vista and Laguna Heights area, KRGV-TV reports.
In McAllen we are seeing relative calm, but some gusts had the rain falling at a 45-degree angle for several minutes about 20 minutes ago. Still relatively calm, and not pouring rain just now.
Landfall is expected near Port Mansfield--where Hurricane Allen hit land as well, in 1980.
NOAA's National Hurricane Center (National Weather Service Advisory #13: "...DOLLY HESITATES...EYEWALL OF DOLLY CROSSING SOUTH PADRE ISLAND..."
"DOLLY HAS BEEN MEANDERING FOR THE PAST HOUR OR SO BUT IT SHOULDBEGIN TO MOVE TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR SOON. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE EYE OF HURRICANE DOLLY WILL BE CROSSINGTHE COAST ALONG THE SOUTHERN TEXAS COAST IN A COUPLE OF HOURS.PERSONS ARE ADVISED NOT TO VENTURE OUTDOORS DURING THE RELATIVECALM OF THE EYE BECAUSE WINDS WILL SOON INCREASE QUITE RAPIDLY.MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. "
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