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    A shot from today. Metro's web site says this should be over by Monday morning.
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    Well, @ChannelTwoNews — I actually went. I drove up to the Conservancy's Warren Lake unit. I didn't stay too long because it was 99°, and there's no place to sit. But I'll go back again when the weather is friendlier, and I remember to bring snacks and a shooting stick. Not too many birds around, but that's to be expected, since there's not much wildlife left in Texas compared with when I lived here last time. Also, it was 99°. I saw a flock of Egrets, and a few Red Wing Blackbirds, and a whole bunch of what appeared to be Swifts. Fortunately, lots and lots of dragonflies, which means not many mosquitoes. But as we've learned recently, Houston is so hot now that it's become inhospitable to even mosquitoes. (Thanks, Exxon!) It's a good place to go and get a sense of what Houston used to be like before strip malls and cheap concrete. Even this far out, the reserve is bring surrounded by boring beige suburban drek. There's one development that looks several years old, and another one being built across the street ("Sunset Prairie" or some similar excretion). Except the new cookie-cutter development is being built six feet higher than the old cookie-cutter development. We've been to this rodeo before: When the rain comes, the water will run off of the new development and flood the old development. Then the property values of the old development will suffer, it will become run down, and it will eventually become gross. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. Wipe hands on pants. Here's some pictures:
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    I'm not going to do anything just because some rando on the internet says I should. Primarily because I'm not sure how it disparages anyone. Rather than derail this thread, I'll discuss it with you in PM.
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    I don't understand what you're trying to say here. You seem to be trying to have an argument, but have me at a disadvantage, because I'm not sure what point you're trying to make.
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    I wonder what it will be like to have one of those apartment/condos facing this development. Will it be quiet like facing a cemetery, or will it be noisy like facing one of those temples that shoots off fireworks every week. (I lived near one of those once. The immediate neighbors were not happy.) If it's quiet, I'd love to have that place as my view.
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    Climate Change

    editor replied to samagon's topic in Off Topic

    This is happening more and more, and I expect that some laws will have to be passed to give guidance before the courts get flooded with similar suits. There's a lot of talk about moving entire towns out of the way of flooding. It's already happening in Louisiana and Washington.
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    What does "NNN" mean?
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    I saw that building from the Amtrak the last time we went through Beaumont. My wife was disappointed that was not open at the time. We're fans of historic hotels.
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    You can, but they're super expensive, for obvious reasons. I've seen large developers save big old trees from one project, and move them to another project they have happening at the same time.
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    Hotels seems like a good idea. With the expense of concerts these days, people are making concerts like a summer vacation trip. It might also help Post get bigger names for its venue. This week, the Federal Reserve in Philadelphia's Beige Book included information about how the Taylor Swift concerts have boosted the tourism economy, and especially hotel occupancy.
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    I walked right by that an hour ago and didn't even notice! Maybe I keep averting my eyes because I'm in mourning for the coffee shop with good fare and no seating.
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    It's on my big list of things to see. I'd love to get out there and ind out what birds there are.
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    I have no personal experience with RMH other than seeing its TV commercials, and when one went up in my neighborhood, that's how it positioned itself as a place where sick children can stay for free while getting medical treatment. At least that's how they presented it on television and to the neighbors in order to get construction approval.
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    I went for a little walk this morning, and found that all three MetroRail lines downtown are closed for construction. They're digging up the tracks connecting the southbound Red Line to the eastbound Green/Purple Line They're also fixing the bricks at westbound Green/Purple/Red frog And they're actually finishing the east end of the Central Station Capitol platform, which has been unfinished for at least two years. There maybe other work happening, as there's lot of trucks parked on tracks around the area.
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    Trinity Historical Marker Dedication Jul 26 2023 - 9:30am to 10:30am Trinity, Texas (Trinity County) Railroad and Main Streets Trinity, TX 75862 Please join the Trinity County Historical Commission as they dedicate the historical marker for the Site of the Gibson Hotel. Location is downtown Trinity at the corner of Railroad and Main streets. For more information, please contact Susanne Waller at tchcmuseum@windstream.net.
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    The often-unpopular decisions Houston made on the road to San Jacinto eventually led to his victory at San Jacinto. Without knowing how the Texas Army reached the fields at San Jacinto, Houston’s true skill as a military leader cannot be understood. However, despite its significance, the Texas Army’s retreat during the San Jacinto Campaign is poorly documented and often overlooked. At the Road to San Jacinto, author Dave Dyer retraces Houston’s route east based on extensive primary and secondary research, bringing each one back to life. https://www.thc.texas.gov/news-events/events/history-under-star-road-san-jacinto-–-retracing-route-sam-houston’s-army
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    It depends on whose poop is the problem. A number of beaches on Lake Michigan were closed over the Independence Day weekend because of poop from birds. It hadn't rained in a long time, then it rained just before the 4th, and shoosh — lots of poop in the water. If it's people poop, that's something that can be handled. Modern cities have separate storm and sanitary sewer systems. Cities like Milwaukee have a unified system, so when it rains too much the whole thing overflows, and poop goes into the lake. I have no idea what kind of sewer arrangements Houston-area cities have, but I'm sure there are smart HAIFers who do.
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    Imagine a pedestrianized Allen Parkway…
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    What banners? The few banners that only exist on one small section of one small street, while the rest of the building presents a blank face to the world? Is it a National Guard armory? Is it a prison? Is it a central chilling station? There's certainly nothing about it that tells me that it's either a museum, or that it has any interest in welcoming the public. It's perhaps the most artless art museum I've seen. Prime advertising space. Put a big Corn Poppy on it. Nothing to see here, citizen. Move along. As a point of reference, I am a paying member.
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    I hope that Santa Fe car gets treated well.
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    With the fake pagination arrows, fake scroll bar, and map icon, it looks like they're trying to make the broadcast signal look like a web cast. IMO, a bad idea. Each medium has its strengths, and should be utilized that way. A one-size-fits-all solution rarely is. The camera-panning-around-a-bookshelf cold open is… pretty old. BBC Bristol has been using that for its Bargain Hunt open for at least a decade. This is an older version, but you get the idea:
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    If we dyed it blue, sure. But if it were dyed different colors for different holidays, that would be less subject to ridicule. You could make a half-day festival out of sequentially dumping in different colors during pride weekend. The problem, though, is that the bayou's rate of flow is erratic. The rate of flow of the Chicago River is almost always precisely controlled, and generally runs pretty slowly compared with Buffalo Bayou. I once had an apartment looking down on the main branch of the Chicago River, and can tell you the green color lasts about a week with its slow flow.
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    Spelling was a little more free-form back then, especially in non-national settings. "To-day" was also very common. It seems like there was a big push toward more standardized spelling after the demise of the campaign to adopt words like "thru" and "thoro." That, incidentally, was the brainchild of newspaper barons like McCormick, who were trying to save money on ink and paper.
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    You're not wrong. But as they say, "all politics is local." See also: "If you tell a lie enough times, it becomes the truth."
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