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posted by admin on Nov 26
I’m riding with a friend of mine to Dallas for a week, and taking a bus back. I need information about what site to buy a ticket, and where to go exactly. I’ll actually be in Euless needing to come to the Alvin or Galveston area. Any information is greatly appreciated.
Try Greyhound.com they’ll get you where you want to go.
posted by admin on Oct 15
1. Refer to the grid map of Galveston at the beginning of the book. Name the
building closest to the shoreline that sustained the least amount of damage.
2. After reading the chapter titled “The Beach,” write two adjectives that best
characterize Isaac Cline’s personality.
3. Explain what was unusual about the weather in Galveston the summer of the
hurricane.
4. Name two weather-related phenomena that were unsettling to Isaac in the time
leading up to the storm.
5. What controversy concerning the U.S. Weather Bureau existed at that time,
according to Larson?
6. What method of communication did the weather bureau use in its beginnings?
7. Explain the “butterfly effect.’
8. Who/what was Mark Twain criticizing in this statement, and why is the
statement humorous? “Probable northeast to southwest winds, varying to the
southward and westward and eastward and points between, high and low
barometer swapping around from place to place probably areas of rain, snow, hail,
and drought, succeeded or preceded by earthquakes, with thunder and lightning.”
9. How did Columbus and his ships manage to weather the hurricane of 1502?
Explain.
10. To what does the “Law of Storms” refer? Have we mastered it today? Explain.
11. Isaac gave a “cruelly detailed” explanation of the Coriolis effect in a presentation
to the 1891 Galveston YMCA. “The crowd listened with iron concentration.” A
twenty-first century audience would have killed him (not literally). Why?
12. Explain how the Horse Latitudes got its name.
13. What is the main reason the U.S. Weather Bureau had a bad reputation?
14. What connection did Isaac see between weather and the study of medicine?
Explain.
15. What unusual weather phenomenon occurred in Abilene, Texas, not long after
Isaac arrived?
16. What first rivalry between brothers Isaac and Joseph is discussed?
17. What did Willis Moore have banned from all U.S. Weather Bureaus? (This
product was believed to make one stupid.)
18. “Against the hubris of the age, what was a mere hurricane?” Explain this quote
and its context.
19. Explain why the citizens of Galveston abandoned the idea of building a sea wall.
20. Give two reasons Larson cites as to why Moore discounted the Cuban
meteorologists’ predictions.
21. Characterize Willis Moore. Support characterization with support examples.
22. Abbreviations on weather maps were as follows: R=rain S=snow M =_______?
23. Explain what the Devil’s Voice is according to sailors.
24. Explain to what the following metaphor refers in Larson’s account: “Where the
Americans saw numbers, the Cubans saw poetry, dark poetry, perhaps- the works
of Poe and Baudelarie- but poetry all the same.
25. Until September 1900, any barometric pressure reading under __________inches
was considered in error.
26. Why did the Weather Bureau at that time prefer to call the “eye of the storm” the
“focus” or “center” ?
27. Explain what it means for a ship to be in the “troughs.”
28. What were Isaac’s actions the morning of the storm, according to Larson.
29. Quote the lines from the newspaper article that Larson says should have gotten
the Pulitzer Prize for bleak irony. Explain why.
30. What did you consider to be unusual about the behavior of the townspeople the
morning of the storm?
31. Why was Louisa Rolfing so angry with her husband, August?
32. Why did Rabbi Cohen instruct his wife to play the piano that day?
33. Describe the tragedy at Ritter’s Café and Saloon on Mechanic Street, the first
tragedy of the storm. Be very specific.
34. These people saw hurricanes in their sleep. What people?
35. Describe what happened to Isaac, his family, and Joseph’s dog immediately after
the storm hit.
36. Explain how Isaac was able to identify his dead wife?
37. What did Willis Moore instruct Isaac to do in the days following the storm?
38. Specifically what was the miracle of Anna Diez?
39. The Galveston Wal-Mart sits on the site of what former building?
40. Describe 3 examples of situational irony that occur in the last section of the book.
Explain what makes each an example of irony.
41. Explain why Isaac and his brother Joseph never reconciled. (inference question)
42. Describe an incident that occurred during the storm that you found to be most
poignant. Explain what makes it so; support. What writing strategies of Larson’s
make the account particularly moving?
16. What first rivalry between brothers Isaac and Joseph is discussed?
They both write a weather article for a contest, isaac gets excepted an jospeh dosent.
17. What did Willis Moore have banned from all U.S. Weather Bureaus? (This
product was believed to make one stupid.)
Cigerrets
38. Specifically what was the miracle of Anna Diez?
"there were miracles still, like Anaa Diez, sixteen years old, who had been washed to the mainland untill a week later she finally made her way back to galveston."
pg.225
posted by admin on Oct 15
1. Refer to the grid map of Galveston at the beginning of the book. Name the
building closest to the shoreline that sustained the least amount of damage.
2. After reading the chapter titled “The Beach,” write two adjectives that best
characterize Isaac Cline’s personality.
3. Explain what was unusual about the weather in Galveston the summer of the
hurricane.
4. Name two weather-related phenomena that were unsettling to Isaac in the time
leading up to the storm.
5. What controversy concerning the U.S. Weather Bureau existed at that time,
according to Larson?
6. What method of communication did the weather bureau use in its beginnings?
7. Explain the “butterfly effect.’
8. Who/what was Mark Twain criticizing in this statement, and why is the
statement humorous? “Probable northeast to southwest winds, varying to the
southward and westward and eastward and points between, high and low
barometer swapping around from place to place probably areas of rain, snow, hail,
and drought, succeeded or preceded by earthquakes, with thunder and lightning.”
9. How did Columbus and his ships manage to weather the hurricane of 1502?
Explain.
10. To what does the “Law of Storms” refer? Have we mastered it today? Explain.
11. Isaac gave a “cruelly detailed” explanation of the Coriolis effect in a presentation
to the 1891 Galveston YMCA. “The crowd listened with iron concentration.” A
twenty-first century audience would have killed him (not literally). Why?
12. Explain how the Horse Latitudes got its name.
13. What is the main reason the U.S. Weather Bureau had a bad reputation?
14. What connection did Isaac see between weather and the study of medicine?
Explain.
15. What unusual weather phenomenon occurred in Abilene, Texas, not long after
Isaac arrived?
16. What first rivalry between brothers Isaac and Joseph is discussed?
17. What did Willis Moore have banned from all U.S. Weather Bureaus? (This
product was believed to make one stupid.)
18. “Against the hubris of the age, what was a mere hurricane?” Explain this quote
and its context.
19. Explain why the citizens of Galveston abandoned the idea of building a sea wall.
20. Give two reasons Larson cites as to why Moore discounted the Cuban
meteorologists’ predictions.
21. Characterize Willis Moore. Support characterization with support examples.
22. Abbreviations on weather maps were as follows: R=rain S=snow M =_______?
23. Explain what the Devil’s Voice is according to sailors.
24. Explain to what the following metaphor refers in Larson’s account: “Where the
Americans saw numbers, the Cubans saw poetry, dark poetry, perhaps- the works
of Poe and Baudelarie- but poetry all the same.
25. Until September 1900, any barometric pressure reading under __________inches
was considered in error.
26. Why did the Weather Bureau at that time prefer to call the “eye of the storm” the
“focus” or “center” ?
27. Explain what it means for a ship to be in the “troughs.”
28. What were Isaac’s actions the morning of the storm, according to Larson.
29. Quote the lines from the newspaper article that Larson says should have gotten
the Pulitzer Prize for bleak irony. Explain why.
30. What did you consider to be unusual about the behavior of the townspeople the
morning of the storm?
31. Why was Louisa Rolfing so angry with her husband, August?
32. Why did Rabbi Cohen instruct his wife to play the piano that day?
33. Describe the tragedy at Ritter’s Café and Saloon on Mechanic Street, the first
tragedy of the storm. Be very specific.
34. These people saw hurricanes in their sleep. What people?
35. Describe what happened to Isaac, his family, and Joseph’s dog immediately after
the storm hit.
36. Explain how Isaac was able to identify his dead wife?
37. What did Willis Moore instruct Isaac to do in the days following the storm?
38. Specifically what was the miracle of Anna Diez?
39. The Galveston Wal-Mart sits on the site of what former building?
40. Describe 3 examples of situational irony that occur in the last section of the book.
Explain what makes each an example of irony.
41. Explain why Isaac and his brother Joseph never reconciled. (inference question)
42. Describe an incident that occurred during the storm that you found to be most
poignant. Explain what makes it so; support. What writing strategies of Larson’s
make the account particularly moving?
16. What first rivalry between brothers Isaac and Joseph is discussed?
They both write a weather article for a contest, isaac gets excepted an jospeh dosent.
17. What did Willis Moore have banned from all U.S. Weather Bureaus? (This
product was believed to make one stupid.)
Cigerrets
38. Specifically what was the miracle of Anna Diez?
"there were miracles still, like Anaa Diez, sixteen years old, who had been washed to the mainland untill a week later she finally made her way back to galveston."
pg.225
posted by admin on Oct 8
from Barnegat Inlet, NJ to Cape Hatteras, NC, including Daniel Island, the entire Delaware Bay and Delaware River, the C&D Canal, the entire Chesapeake Bay to Cape Hatteras Garmin 010-C0261-00 Garmin Map – Gulf of Mexico, Jul 08 (2US505L) Detailed coverage from Brownsville, TX to Plantation Key, FL including Corpus Christi, TX, Matagorda Bay, Galveston Bay, Port Arthur, TX, the Mississippi Delta, Chandeleur Islands, Tampa Bay and the Florida Keys west of Key Largo. Also includes Lake Ponchartrain and Lake Maurepas over to Vermilion Bay. Garmin 010-C0262-00 Garmin BlueCharts g2 are compatible with the following units: Limited Compatibility: GPSMAP 292/298 GPSMAP 3005C GPSMAP 3205 GPSMAP 276C GPSMAP 392/398 GPSMAP 3006C/3010C GPSMAP 3206/3210 GPSMAP 376C GPSMAP 492/498 GPSMAP 2106/2110 GPSMAP 2206/2210 While offering a great value for professionals, athletes and hobbyists alike, all of our our Garmin GPS Accessories units are reliable and dependable GPS Accessories . We guarantee that you will get the best deal when buying from us. Our deeply discounted pricing and our quick shipping cannot be matched by anyone. We know that we offer the best deal and we offer only authentic Garmin GPS Accessories , so you can be sure that your purchase of genuine GPS Accessories manufactured by Garmin is covered by a full warranty and our own 100% Satisfaction Guarantee . OpticsPlanet is your leading online distributor for Garmin GPS Accessories , and we’ll try to make it as easy as possible to find the right Garmin product for you! In addition to our detailed product descriptions from Garmin.com , we have created a Garmin reviews section on our site. Please read Garmin GPS reviews by our customers who have purchased our discount Garmin GPS systems and compare them to other GPS reviews , read and post in our online GPS discussion forum section and feel free to contact us for all your essential navigation needs! Other than Garmin On The Water GPS Cartography BlueChart g2: Southeast
posted by admin on Oct 8
from Barnegat Inlet, NJ to Cape Hatteras, NC, including Daniel Island, the entire Delaware Bay and Delaware River, the C&D Canal, the entire Chesapeake Bay to Cape Hatteras Garmin 010-C0261-00 Garmin Map – Gulf of Mexico, Jul 08 (2US505L) Detailed coverage from Brownsville, TX to Plantation Key, FL including Corpus Christi, TX, Matagorda Bay, Galveston Bay, Port Arthur, TX, the Mississippi Delta, Chandeleur Islands, Tampa Bay and the Florida Keys west of Key Largo. Also includes Lake Ponchartrain and Lake Maurepas over to Vermilion Bay. Garmin 010-C0262-00 Garmin BlueCharts g2 are compatible with the following units: Limited Compatibility: GPSMAP 292/298 GPSMAP 3005C GPSMAP 3205 GPSMAP 276C GPSMAP 392/398 GPSMAP 3006C/3010C GPSMAP 3206/3210 GPSMAP 376C GPSMAP 492/498 GPSMAP 2106/2110 GPSMAP 2206/2210 While offering a great value for professionals, athletes and hobbyists alike, all of our our Garmin GPS Accessories units are reliable and dependable GPS Accessories . We guarantee that you will get the best deal when buying from us. Our deeply discounted pricing and our quick shipping cannot be matched by anyone. We know that we offer the best deal and we offer only authentic Garmin GPS Accessories , so you can be sure that your purchase of genuine GPS Accessories manufactured by Garmin is covered by a full warranty and our own 100% Satisfaction Guarantee . OpticsPlanet is your leading online distributor for Garmin GPS Accessories , and we’ll try to make it as easy as possible to find the right Garmin product for you! In addition to our detailed product descriptions from Garmin.com , we have created a Garmin reviews section on our site. Please read Garmin GPS reviews by our customers who have purchased our discount Garmin GPS systems and compare them to other GPS reviews , read and post in our online GPS discussion forum section and feel free to contact us for all your essential navigation needs! Other than Garmin On The Water GPS Cartography BlueChart g2: Southeast
posted by admin on Sep 20
t University, Sugar Land, Pearland, Clear Lake, Woodlands, Humble, Katy, Pasadena, Tomball, Waller, Spring, Dayton, Huffman, Alief, Spring Branch, Clear Creek, Goose Creek, La Port, Deer Park, Spring Valley, Bunker Hill Village, Highland Heights, Jeanetta, Meyerland, Meadows, Bellaire West, Stafford, Jersey Village, Aldine, Beaumont, Channelview, Jacinto City, Galena Park, South Houston, Mount Houston, Victoria, Richmond, Rosenberg, CyFair, Harris County, Fort Bend County, Brazoria County, Chambers County, Liberty County, Galveston County, Waller County, Montgomery County, San Jacinto County, and Wharton County. Some additional rules : A. Consumers do not have to pay any fees at the time of recycling to recycle used computer equipment made by Directron.com. Fees are not required for most other brands; but they may be required if labor is involved in removing the computers. B. Directron.com provides for the collection from a consumer of any used computer equipment at our site. C. Directron.com provides for the recycling or reuse of used computer equipment not purchased from us. D. Directron.com provides for the collection of computer equipment that is reasonably convenient and available to consumers in this state, and designed to meet the collection needs of consumers in this state. E. Directron.com may sell the following brands of computers, depending on customer requests: Directron.com, Prime Systems, Lenovo, Dell, HP, Acer, Gateway, Toshiba, Sony, Panasonic, Fujitsu, Asus, Shuttle, Gigabyte, and MSI. Only Directron.com brand is assembled by Directron.com. F. Consumers can drop off/return used computer equipment for recycling at 10402 Harwin Drive, Houston, TX 77036. G. For products purchased from Directron.com and if dropping off is not convenient to you, we can pay the inbound shipping with pre-paid shipping labels for you to send the recycled equipment back to us via carriers. In this case, email sunny @ directron.us for more details. Let’s keep the beautiful
posted by admin on Sep 19
I am looking for a list of coastal cities for Texas, specifically for cities or towns within about 2 to 3 hours drive from Galveston area.
I want to move away but be close enough to drive every other weekend back to Galveston.
I would like smallish towns very near the beach. That is the most important thing.
If you have any suggestions, or know an internet site that would list the cities and include information like population, housing market (rental rates) and such.
Thanks
League city, Lake Jackson, Baytown, Friendswood, Clear Lake, Houston, there are a whole lot.
posted by admin on Sep 15
The yellow Lab in this video was brought to us less than two weeks ago. His future was in question because of his aggressive behavior towards other dogs. Using the Pack to Basics system of socialization, we have brought him this far. For more information www.packtobasics.com
Duration : 0:9:47
posted by admin on Sep 13
The May Club’s 2007 trip to Tiki Island, Texas May 2 – 6.
Don Owens www.donowens.tv
Official Site of Don Owens
Duration : 0:3:20
posted by admin on Sep 11
Interesting and unusual building designs from different parts of the world.’
THE HUNDERTWASSER BUILDING – Friedensreich Hundertwasser, an Austrian architect and painter, designed this building, which contains 105 apartments and a restaurant.
HABITAT67 – This apartment building was built for Expo 67, the 1967 world exhibition held in Canada. Although Habitat 67 was supposed to provide affordable housing after the Expo ended—much like the stated plans for Vancouver’s Olympic Village— its apartments go for luxury apartment prices because of the unique architecture.
CONTAINER CITY – The Urban Space Management company designs various Container Cities like this one for use as homes, offices and stores.
THE CROOKED HOUSE – The Crooked House is located in a shopping center. Built in 2003, the house is used for commercial purposes.
BASKET BUILDING – This building is the home office of the Longaberger Company, which sells baskets.
KANSAS CITYS LIBRARY – This funky building is the parking garage for Kansas City’s Central Library. It features 22 book titles, which the Kansas City Public Library Board of Trustees selected from library members’ suggestions
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM – Renowned architect Frank Gehry designed the Guggenheim Museum in an industrial city in Northern Spain. Glass walls link the building’s striking curves, which are made of stone, glass and titanium.
FERDINAND CHEVELS PALACE – Ferdinand Cheval, a rural postman, built this palace between 1879 and 1912. He had no background in architecture or masonry, and a uniquely shaped stone was the inspiration for the project. Today, the castle is a popular tourist destination.
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY CHAPEL – It’s an all-faith place of worship, with four separate chapels—one for Protestants, Catholics, Jews and Buddhists.
CUBE HOUSES – The 38 cubes, built on top of a pedestrian bridge in 1984, are residential homes that overlook a commercial area with restaurants and shops.
THE DOME HOME – San Francisco area architect, Jonathan Zimmerman, conceptually created the unique home. Taking into account the pristine white beaches, the dunes, the emerald waters, and the peaceful nature of the environment, Mr. Zimmerman designed a home that would blend with and compliment its surroundings. Designed to be environmentally friendly.
HANG NGA GUEST HOUSE AKA CRAZY HOUSE – This is a complex of unconventional, misshapen concrete structures serving as both a tourist attraction and a place to stay. It is also decorated with animal figures with glowing eyes, wire spiderwebs and other, equally unexpected things. The designer and namesake, Hang Nga, holds a PhD in architecture from Moscow State University.
KETTLE HOUSE, GALVESTON TEXAS – According to the “Weird Texas” by Wesley Treat, Heather Shade and Rob Roggs, the Kettle House in Galveston was “supposedly erected by a gentleman who used to build storage tanks for oil companies.” Neighbors no little of the man, but the house house has been there over 50 years and has survived Hurricane Ike. No one lives there even though a man is sometimes seen there making improvements only to disappear for months again.
NAKAGIN CAPSULE TOWER – a mixed-use residential and office tower designed by architect Kisho Kurokawa and located in Shimbashi, Tokyo, Japan.
UCSD GEISAL LIBRARY – The distinctive original building was designed in the late 1960s by William Pereira to sit at the head of a canyon. The tower is a prime example of brutalist architecture. It rises 8 stories to a height of 110 ft (33.5 m).
THE UFO HOUSE 三芝飛碟屋 – The futuristic-looking house has been abandoned for more than 20 years. Most likely the damage to the buildings has been caused by the strong winds of the summer typhoon season.
SHOE HOUSE – The Shoe House was built in 1948 (and completed in 1949) by Colonel Mahlon M. Haines, the flamboyant “Shoe Wizard,” for advertising purposes. Haines owned forty shoe stores in Maryland and Pennsylvania, was a millionaire and an honorary Indian chief, and knew the value of self-promotion.
WONDERWORKS – A four-story tall, classically-designed building that appears to have landed, upside down, atop a 1930s era brick warehouse. WonderWorks is a fun filled interactive center featuring a myriad of hands-on experiences and activities.
THE TORE GALATEA FUGURAS – Dali spent the last years of his life in the tower. It is now a public museum.
LUCY THE MARGATE ELEPHANT – a six-story elephant-shaped architectural folly constructed of wood and tin sheeting in 1882 by James V. Lafferty in Margate City, New Jersey, in an effort to sell real estate and attract tourism.
Duration : 0:4:26
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