Go Fish Galvez

Thankfully, things aren’t always bigger in Texas.

Texas tar balls

Well, we finally got hit—knew we couldn’t dodge that BP bullet forever—but, so far at least, the tar balls that washed ashore recently were pretty few and far between. Counting the four locations along the Texas Gulf Coast that reported seeing tar balls on the beach, including East Beach in Galveston and Crystal Beach on the Bolivar Peninsula, the grand total of the dime- to nickel-sized weathered tar balls amounted to only about a dozen gallon bucketsful. By Louisiana standards, that’s a pittance. Read the rest of this entry »

Well, actually, happily, working!

Sun plume

So how ’bout a nice photo to make up for my long absence? (Courtesy NASA, my new contracting employer.)

Yes, I’ve been busy, and a little sick, too (sniff sniff), but recovering nicely now.

In addition to my preoccupation with the new job, I’ve also experienced a little early-season excitement, too. The first named storm of the year, Hurricane Alex, made landfall yesterday far south of us, thank goodness, and without much ado in the immediate vicinity, except for a few downed palm fronds in my front yard and a tremendous amount of street flooding in Houston. Glad I don’t live there (weak joke).

And so, with a rabbit’s foot in my pocket, the hurricane season begins…