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It actually started yesterday but the ice didn’t form fast enough on the road to spread some sand. Today most of the counties in Texas have icy roads.  My wife went to walmart yesterday to do some grocieries and she said a lot of people are panic buying due to the news announcement that there might be some power outages and slippery road. Compared to the northeast where they usually get snow, down here at texas we get ice and everytime there’s ice most of the people tend to stay indoor and only drive when necessary.
The bad part of driving with this icy weather is that you don’t have traction on the tires. But the worst part if the stupid drivers that speeds up on bridges where ice are more likely to form and ends up hitting the slow moving cautious drivers. The thing is some people don’t know how to drive in this kind of weather condition. They are so impatient following the slow moving vehicles and they try to go around them and then hit thier stupid brakes which results to skidding. tsk..tsk..

zeenanoko :: Jan.14.2007 :: In the news :: No Comments »

Ok na salubong sa Monday morning para sa mga taga-New York City!

Nag-amoy utot daw sa NYC at hindi pa rin nila malaman kung saan nanggagaling yun..

 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070108/ap_on_re_us/nyc_gas_odor

Ang haka-haka ng mga tao galing daw siguro ang amoy sa isang chemical called mercaptan na foul-smelling substance na hinahalo sa natural gas para malaman kung may gas leak. If I remember correctly ito rin ang chemical na ginagamit sa mga stink bomb na nabibili sa funshops sa may Quad noong high school pa ako.

zeenanoko :: Jan.08.2007 :: In the news :: No Comments »

Darating na bukas yung matagal ng hinihintay ng mga texan! Temperature drop from 74F today to 33F tomorrow! Mosty daw sa north texas.  Yung ibang tao ngang kilala ko nagbabalak mag-stay home na lang dahil takot sa ice on the road. Tindi rin naman kasi dito pag nag drop ang temperature. Nag-iice ang kalsada! Ok sana kung snow at least may konti traction.

Here’s an excerpt from the weather.com

/O.CON.KFWD.WS.A.0002.061130T1200Z- 061201T0000Z/ GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR- DENTON-COLLIN-HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-PALO PINTO- PARKER-EASTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…SHERMAN…DENISON… BONHAM…PARIS… DENTON… LEWISVILLE…FLOWER MOUND…THE COLONY…PLANO… GREENVILLE… COMMERCE…COOPER…SULPHUR SPRINGS… MINERAL WELLS…WEATHERFORD…BRIAR… CISCO…EASTLAND…RANGER… GORMAN 445 AM CST WED NOV 29 2006

…WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON…

A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONT WILL QUICKLY FALL TO OR SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING AFTER SUNRISE THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BE ONGOING AS RAIN…BUT AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON ELEVATED SURFACES…INCLUDING BRIDGES AND OVER PASSES. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE DAY AND THE FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME MIXED WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO SLEET OR LIGHT SNOW. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE…ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE RED RIVER COUNTIES OF NORTH TEXAS. ICE… SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS COULD ADVERSELY IMPACT TRAVEL ON THURSDAY. THE WINTER PRECIPITATION SHOULD END FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW… SLEET…OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. RESIDENTS OF NORTH TEXAS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES OR WINTER STORM WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY.

zeenanoko :: Nov.29.2006 :: In the news :: No Comments »

Associated Press 

Autumn’s chill is in the air, and little ghosts and goblins are preparing to play trick-or-treat. It must be time to set the clocks back. Officially we will fall back to standard time at 2 a.m. Sunday, though most folks will change their clocks Saturday night.

This is the last time the change will come in October. Thanks to a law passed last year, daylight-saving time will start earlier and end later beginning in 2007. It will last from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November.

Some states and territories don’t observe daylight-saving time and won’t have to worry about changing their clocks. Those are Arizona, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam and the Northern Marianas.

Daylight-saving time returns next March 11.

zeenanoko :: Oct.28.2006 :: In the news :: No Comments »

Hindi pa man dumarating ang Araw ng mga Patay nauuna na ang magnananakaw sa simenteryo!  Uso rin pala dito sa tate yun ano? Ang kapal din ng pagmumukha ng kawatan na yun. Siguro kamag-anak yung ng nakalaban nitong pulis na ito bago pa lang namatay.

Thieves target fallen officer’s grave

09:33 AM CDT on Thursday, September 21, 2006

By CHRIS HAWES / WFAA-TV  

FORT WORTH — Officers are searching for thieves that targeted the grave of fallen Fort Worth Officer H.N. “Hank” Nava, who died in the line of duty in November, 2005.

Officer Nava died at the age of 39 after he was shot in the head while serving a warrant.

In July, two valuable vases were placed next to Officer Nava’s memorial marker at his grave. However, the next day, his widow found that the vases were missing.

She reported the crime and then replaced the vases; but once again, one of the vases was stolen.

The Fort Worth Police Department said the incident is being investigated, but said they had few leads to follow.

No other crimes were reported at the cemetery within the three month period the vases were reported stolen.

E-mail chawes@wfaa.com  

zeenanoko :: Sep.22.2006 :: In the news :: No Comments »