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BREAKING NEWS: This Stinks

Winter Wonderland

This is what the world looks like outside my front door this morning. And this is what I moved to North Carolina to get away from. I am so ready for Spring weather to get here! Help me out here folks and say a prayer that this is the last [...]

Weather Report and Thank You

North Carolina Snowstorm

This is not funny! The picture on the left is the scene outside my front door this morning. So far, we have received at least three inches of snow in Raleigh with another couple of inches still to fall.

To be sure, this is a significant weather event for [...]

Breaking News…

One of our local television stations, WTVD, in Raleigh is screaming about “breaking news” with every broadcast. This morning, the breaking news was trumpeted by one of their reporters standing out in the pre-dawn darkness, under an umbrella, as rain sprinkled down on her. She wasn’t out there reporting on this “breaking news” [...]

Welcome to the North Carolina Desert

It’s going to be another sunny day in Raleigh, North Carolina. Unfortunately, that’s not good news, considering our county has only a three month supply of water left. What is really sad is that the situation did not need to become quite this critical. We are in this situation because community leaders refuse [...]