Articles for July 30th, 2011

So How Hot Is It?

We had this brief, shimmering hope out in the Gulf of Mexico, called Tropical Storm Don. It was supposed to possibly bring rain depending on a cone of uncertainty, according to the meteorologists. Rain. Maybe. This weekend.

Only, there’s been no rain, and Don just kind of sputtered out. As a friend pointed out, incredulously, this Texas heat wave is so big that it ATE A TROPICAL STORM. And now on Sunday, we will tie for the second longest run of days over 100 degrees in Texas. And by Tuesday, it’s projected to be 108 degrees.

What are you doing to beat the heat? Have you become a hermit, like me? Are you still annoyingly running around telling people to suck it up because it’s always hot in the summer in Texas?

posted by Bethany Anderson | July 30th, 2011 10:18pm | filed under Local News | 13 Comments »

Philanthropist Nancy Hamon, R.I.P.

Stubbs Davis and Nancy Hamon

Stubbs Davis and Nancy Hamon

According to Pegasus News, Angus Wynne has reported the death of 92-year-old philanthropist Nancy Hamon, whose life was filled with much happiness and heartache. Her generosity was overwhelming (SMU, the Dallas Zoo, Presbyterian Hospital, UT Southwestern Medical Center, the Winspear Opera House, etc.); her parties, whether on board a yacht in the Mediterranean or at her Turtle Creek penthouse, were legendary; and her personal tragedies (the premature deaths of her son and her husband) were heartbreaking.

posted by Jeanne Prejean | July 30th, 2011 4:51pm | filed under Local News, Philanthropy, Society | 6 Comments »