This week, hundreds of people lost their home and a woman was killed when the storms blew through and knocked a crane into an apartment building. Naturally, a bunch of reporters showed up to shove microphones into people’s faces and ask them how this made them feel.Loyal Scaiaholics will recall this ranks near the bottom of my favorite…
I woke up this morning to a notification on Facebook about all my associates who marked themselves safe from the “Western Ohio Tornadoes.” I had gone to bed early and didn’t know what had happened.”Where am I, 1974 Xenia?!” I asked myself. People who grew up in Western Ohio totally get that.Loyal Scaiaholics know I grew up…
It’s been cold back home in the Midwest lately. A little too cold, if you ask the US Postal Service. It’s been more than 20 years since Seinfeld first took up the issue of whether letter carriers were really up to the task.This weather is serious, though. Not Al Roker serious, but serious enough to prompt warnings…
Dallas/Fort Worth has been setting records for rainfall. This week, another round of storms came through, prompting the governor to increase the State Operations Center’s level of readiness from Normal Conditions, to Increased Readiness.”This is getting serious,” I can hear you murmuring to your computer screen.It did get serious. A construction worker died when the storms…
In an unprecedented sequence of events (hashtag: breaking … hashtag: in case you missed it), Texas has become hot.I’ve now lived in Texas for ten years, so I’m happy to share some strategies for everyone struggling with this heat wave:Problem: At the Ol’ Scaia Place, the air conditioner has started struggling to stay below 78 degrees in…
Around 2 o’clock this morning, the end of days started outside my house. I always figured I’d have a hand in it. The storms that would spawn a couple of tornadoes were passing overhead. Naturally, I went back to sleep, turning up the white noise app on my phone so the thunderstorm sounds would drown out the thunderstorm…
I’m spending a few days in Baton Rouge to cover the flooding. I’ve talked to people who were wandering around outside their flooded neighborhood, waiting to go home to survey the damage. Several would remark that last month, three Baton Rouge officers were killed. An additional flood seemed like a bit much to them.Despite the serious nature…