It is not your imagination. It has been so hot that chickens are laying hard-boiled eggs and cows are producing evaporated milk. (Thank the Internet for those jokes.) Even though we have had a small reprieve this week so far with temperatures in the mid to upper 90’s, I know many of you are wondering, […]


Our Gulf of Mexico neighbors in Florida need our prayers today and tomorrow. Hurricane Idalia is gaining strength and heading for the western coast of Florida, expected to make landfall imminently this Wednesday morning near Florida’s Big Bend area (where the panhandle and peninsula meet) as a possible Category 3 storm. This means wind speed […]

Tonight will be a sky watcher’s dream! Five planets, plus possibly a First Quarter Moon just beyond Mars, will be lining up and visible to the naked eye. So, grab some binoculars or better yet a telescope and head outside about 20-25 minutes after the sun has set, preferably to an area with an unobstructed […]

The two-sided coin of loving extreme weather is understanding the reality of what it can do when it cuts such a destructive path through property and people’s lives. And when those tornadoes hit during the night hours when it’s pitch-black and people are less aware of the weather and the warning sirens, too many are […]