Stan Blazyk is a life-long weather enthusiast, long-time Galveston resident and author of "A Century of Galveston Weather." He has written about weather for The Daily News for more than a decade.
A cold front slowly sagging south across southeast Texas will bring a chance of showers and thunderstorms to Galveston County, along with cool…
A weak cold front brought sunny skies, lower humidity levels and cool temperatures in the 50’s and 60’s to the County today. In doing so it ch…
Bright sunny skies loomed this morning even as temperatures dipped to 31° in Galveston and the mid to upper-20’s across inland portions of the…
An Arctic blast roared into Galveston County on late Sunday and Monday, bringing sleet, snow and freezing rain and paralyzing the area as road…
Snow blankets Avenue P, between 38th and 39th Streets, in Galveston on Tuesday morning Feb. 16, 2021.
Winter Storm and Wind Chill Warnings are now in effect for most of Texas, including Galveston County. A reinforcing surge of arctic air, an up…
First the good news. Temperatures locally are expected to stay above freezing though Sunday afternoon. That means there is time to prepare pla…
A double-barreled blast of some of the coldest air in several years will bring some decidedly wintry weather to the Galveston area over the co…
First the good news. Milder conditions are in store for the area through Wednesday, with high temperatures in the upper-60’s through much of t…
I have had some gardeners ask about our prospects for a "real" rain anytime soon. Galveston has received only 0.81" of precipitation since Jan…
No. RIP is the debt collector, except they are not predatory. The funds are purchase the delinquent debt, which they then forgive .they forgive rather than harass the ill and try to squeeze enough out of them with threats and intimidation to make a profit on their purchase..
See Mr. Jones comment below. He hits the nail on the head.
Yes. It consist of debt packages sold on the open market. RIP bids for these along with the for profit debt collectors. Perfect description of the process.
Certainly do not need it all at once, though it was quite timely for our yard and garden. More to come this week.
Storm has been upgraded to Tropical Storm Cristobal. No change in overall outlook at this point in time.
I share your sentiments!
Want to share a clarification. The next storm will be named Cristobal, not Chantal, which doesn't appear again until 2025.
It doesn't happen that dramatically that often. We tend to get some heating and drying effect from southwesterly winds, but in this case, it was quite impressive. It actually felt like being in the desert to me.
Stan Blazyk commented on 2020 was also a strange year weather-wise
I know that plants you couldn't grow here 50-60 years ago are now thriving. In the 10 years 2011 through 2020, we had 5 years with no freezing temperatures on the Island. The average number of days per year with 90 degrees or higher was 76.4 days. By contrast, the 10 years from 1951 throu…