Month: September 2005

Rita’s eyewall has hit land, away from Houston and near Cameron, LA. In the Sharpstown area, we’re seeing some decent wind gusts, but not much rain really so far. The rain will probably come later,

On KTRK-13, Tom Abrahams just said that 2.7 million residents moved inland. That’s HALF the population of Galveston/Houston/Harris County. Wow! That explains the gridlock. UPDATE: KPRC-2 story

We hear the West Alabama Icehouse may be on KTRK-13 later. Callie’s brother is still serving up the brews at the place, and business is booming. This apparently has a chance of being televised “news.”

In addition to streaming their feeds online, local TV news broadcasts are available on the radio. KHOU-11 lists its radio partners as KHJZ 95.7 FM, KIKK 650 AM, KILT 100.3 FM, KRBE 104.1 FM. KRIV-26

KTRK-13 is showing (via their Traffic Jam Cam) a convoy of 18-wheelers cruising along the 610 South Loop at Fannin. The anchors say it’s a military convoy. “It’s good to see,” says Ilona Carson. Neither

Don’t miss Ken Hoffman this morning: It’s perilous times like these that make me realize what is truly most important in my life: my big-screen TV. I’m going to be that knucklehead sitting on the

KPRC-2 just threw it down to Kemah, and apparently the boardwalk is “bowing” just a bit. Tilman Fertitta’s entertainment complex is likely to take quite a hit, even if the storm heads east.

The jackal media just interviewed an elderly man on a gurney who survived that bus that caught fire earlier, resulting in the tragic deaths of a number of passengers. I watched it on KHOU-11. I

Via Michelle Malkin, here’s John Little, at Blogs of War, with a report of looting: Well I just found out why the media was in my parking garage. Looters struck last night and trashed 12

KTRK-13 just threw it back to Deborah Wrigley at Braes Bayou. It’s still mostly empty, just like it was last time we blogged on this. That’s hardly surprising, since it really hasn’t started raining yet