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Natural Disasters

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    For the So-Cal Taco Truck, Feeding Tornado Victims Was a Lot Harder Than Expected

    Tuesday evening, after tornadoes struck the metroplex, Scott Wooley, owner of the So-Cal Taco food truck, immediately started devising a plan to help the victims and relief workers. It's all part of his gratuitous spirit, which is partly a result of his fight with cancer several years ago. He's free ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2012

    Images from Forney Suggest How Much Worse Tuesday's Storms Might Have Been

    Dallas photographer Danny Fulgencio rolled out early this morning to capture images from the aftermath of the tornado in Forney. "I started shooting at around 7 a.m., just after the curfew lifted," he tells Unfair Park. "These shots document the swath of destruction from yesterday's tornado which ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2011

    Trinity Levees: Will the Feds' Money Crunch Leave Us Low and Wet?

    ​Am I in the happy-news business? Does a bear use air freshener in the woods? Look, I'm just bringing it to you like it is. As bad as the situation with the Trinity River levees may look locally, you should see what it looks like when you put it in perspective with national levee problems. We ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    Mooney River: Once Again, D Magazine Misses the Trinity River Toll Road Story

    ​Hey, I was out of town last week when the August issue of D hit the streets -- well, given the magazine's target demo, perhaps we should say it hit the winding lanes and parkways -- with an essay titled "Let's Ditch the Trinity River Toll Road." Wow. Pretty remarkable. From the time of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Tom Leppert on the Trinity River Toll Road, Again Slicing the Truth with a Razor Blade

    ​I'm doing an informal poll. Is there anyone left out there who gives a rat's ass what former Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert did or did not say about the safety of the Trinity River toll road project? Wait. Wait. I'm looking. I've got my binoculars on. A-ha! I do spy at least one rat's ass out there ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2011

    National Weather Service Has Upped the Number of Tornadoes in the Area Last Week

    Courtesy the National Weather Service​'Round this very moment exactly one week ago today we were all preparing to duck and cover beneath Kirstie Alley as hailstones the size of calf fries began forming in the skies above North Texas. Turns out, the weather was even worse than we thought the mornin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Yet Another Reminder of the Tornado of 1957

    Courtesy the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Photo Library​From time to time over the years we've revisited the tornado of 1957, which, at the time, was easily the best-documented twister in history. There's even a whole website devoted to the F3 that killed 10 and "carved a sixt ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 14, 2011

    Sit Inside the Eye

    Courtesy the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Photo Library​From time to time over the years we've revisited the tornado of 1957, which, at the time, was easily the best-documented twister in history. There's even a whole website devoted to the F3 that killed 10 and "carved a sixt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    More Party Ideas for Those Who Can't Make It to the French Quarter

    Please don't eat the baby.​ Yesterday we posted a list of Fat Tuesday happenings around town, and now we've got a few more events worth mentioning. If you haven't decided where you're going to indulge in a Cajun feast or down hurricanes and shots, here are a few more suggestions for where to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    10 Cheap Party Spots for Fat Tuesday

    ​ You don't need an excuse to party tomorrow night because it's Fat Tuesday, the official holiday of fatty foods, booze and general debauchery. Restaurants and bars are offering some cheap food and drink deals, but unfortunately many of them are amping up their Fat Tuesday festivities with c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    Why's Leppert So Pissed Off at the Corps of Engineers? Because He Can't Handle the Truth.

    ​O.K., I've been laughing up my sleeve over the mayor's whining remarks last week, complaining that certain unnamed "federal partners" aren't being very nice to him. Hanging around City hall last week for various dumb events, I was able to chat up a couple of people who are keeping quite close ta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    Talkin' Trinity With the Corps Because Dave Neumann's Committee Clearly Doesn't Want To

    Sam MertenLeft to right: Kevin Craig, Mayor Leppert and Dave Neumann.​Ever since Mayor Tom Leppert, City Manager Mary Suhm and Trinity River Corridor Project Committee chair Dave Neumann fired off a missive in which they claimed "public safety and flood control always come first," we've been t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    "Public Safety and Flood Control Always Come First," Except When They Don't

    ​Earlier this morning, those among Mayor Tom Leppert's nearly 2,000 friends on Facebook were treated to a link to the city's Web site where they could find an official response to a recent story in The Dallas Morning News about the Trinity River Corridor Project. Turns out the statement is an ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 25, 2010

    Fido Vs. The Flood

    ​Earlier this morning, those among Mayor Tom Leppert's nearly 2,000 friends on Facebook were treated to a link to the city's Web site where they could find an official response to a recent story in The Dallas Morning News about the Trinity River Corridor Project. Turns out the statement is an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2010

    Premium Content: While We Argue Over a Word, a Risk Still Runs Through the City

    George Gimarc sent us this photo. Taken in April 1957.​Got a little e-mail debate going with Frank Librio, the spokesman for the city of Dallas, which I thought I should share with the Friends of Unfair Park. Always good to get a second opinion. Maybe people will agree with Frank that I have been ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2010

    SMU, UT Researchers Think They've Found Cause of North Texas Quakes

    Courtesy SMUSeismologist Brian Stump installing equipment to find the cause of the quakes near DFW Airport​SMU just sent word: Its seismologists, Brian Stump and Chris Hayward, joined by researchers from the University of Texas, have found evidence that could very well link those North Texas earth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2010

    Comfort in Time of Grief for Local Haitians

    Kimberly ThorpeChristelle Joseph, born in Haiti and now living in Irving, hasn't been able to reach her family in Haiti since last week's earthquake​Haitians living in the Dallas area came together last night to grieve for a country wrecked by last week's earthquakes (and this week's aftershocks) ... More >>

  • News

    December 3, 2009

    Why the Trinity River Project Could Be a Windfall for the Lawyer Who Sues the Army Corps of Engineers

    Kimberly ThorpeChristelle Joseph, born in Haiti and now living in Irving, hasn't been able to reach her family in Haiti since last week's earthquake​Haitians living in the Dallas area came together last night to grieve for a country wrecked by last week's earthquakes (and this week's aftershocks) ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    Wherein Jim's Just Begging to Have His Invite to the Bridging the Trinity Party Rescinded

    All photos by Jim SchutzeDown at the Margaret Hunt Hill construction site, where, we hope, nobody's in that Porta-John​I had other work to do this morning, but Robert was right: I couldn't stay away from Old Man River. A bit after noon I ventured down to the site of the Calatrava suspension bridge ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2009

    What the Frack?

    This morning's Wall Street Journal investigates the cause of the 18 earthquakes that have rattled the Dallas-Fort Worth area since 2008 -- from just east of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport down to Cleburne most recently -- and concludes, well, ya know, not really sure. Because on the one han ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2009

    Pretty Sure I Saw the Dallas Tornado Play the Cleburne Quake at Cobb Stadium Once

    Brian Stump, the Albritton Professor of Geological Sciences in SMU's Dedman College and part of the team set to study the recent Cleburne quakes, wants you to calm the eff down. Seriously. It's all right. Nothing to worry about. It's nature, for God's sakes. Right, Prof. Stump?The recent earthquakes ... More >>

  • News

    June 4, 2009

    Would somebody just tell Mayor Leppert? His Trinity River toll road doesn’t have a prayer.

    Brian Stump, the Albritton Professor of Geological Sciences in SMU's Dedman College and part of the team set to study the recent Cleburne quakes, wants you to calm the eff down. Seriously. It's all right. Nothing to worry about. It's nature, for God's sakes. Right, Prof. Stump?The recent earthquakes ... More >>

  • News

    April 16, 2009

    A Killer F5 Tornado Rips Through Dallas County -- How Ready Are We for this Nightmare Scenario?

    Brian Stump, the Albritton Professor of Geological Sciences in SMU's Dedman College and part of the team set to study the recent Cleburne quakes, wants you to calm the eff down. Seriously. It's all right. Nothing to worry about. It's nature, for God's sakes. Right, Prof. Stump?The recent earthquakes ... More >>

  • News

    February 26, 2009

    Getting to No | Eat Less Live Longer

    Brian Stump, the Albritton Professor of Geological Sciences in SMU's Dedman College and part of the team set to study the recent Cleburne quakes, wants you to calm the eff down. Seriously. It's all right. Nothing to worry about. It's nature, for God's sakes. Right, Prof. Stump?The recent earthquakes ... More >>

  • News

    February 12, 2009

    Is the Army Corps of Engineers Having Second Thoughts About the Trinity River Project?

    Brian Stump, the Albritton Professor of Geological Sciences in SMU's Dedman College and part of the team set to study the recent Cleburne quakes, wants you to calm the eff down. Seriously. It's all right. Nothing to worry about. It's nature, for God's sakes. Right, Prof. Stump?The recent earthquakes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2008

    Looks Like It's Not, Um, 3 Doors Down's Time? (Sorry, That Was Too Easy)

    Brian Stump, the Albritton Professor of Geological Sciences in SMU's Dedman College and part of the team set to study the recent Cleburne quakes, wants you to calm the eff down. Seriously. It's all right. Nothing to worry about. It's nature, for God's sakes. Right, Prof. Stump?The recent earthquakes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2008

    "State of Disaster": Dallas's Emergency Planners Do Not Like Ike

    Brian Stump, the Albritton Professor of Geological Sciences in SMU's Dedman College and part of the team set to study the recent Cleburne quakes, wants you to calm the eff down. Seriously. It's all right. Nothing to worry about. It's nature, for God's sakes. Right, Prof. Stump?The recent earthquakes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2008

    You Dropped a Bomb on Me, Gustav.

    Brian Stump, the Albritton Professor of Geological Sciences in SMU's Dedman College and part of the team set to study the recent Cleburne quakes, wants you to calm the eff down. Seriously. It's all right. Nothing to worry about. It's nature, for God's sakes. Right, Prof. Stump?The recent earthquakes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2008

    Gustav Isn't Screwing Around, and Neither is the City of Dallas

    Brian Stump, the Albritton Professor of Geological Sciences in SMU's Dedman College and part of the team set to study the recent Cleburne quakes, wants you to calm the eff down. Seriously. It's all right. Nothing to worry about. It's nature, for God's sakes. Right, Prof. Stump?The recent earthquakes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2008

    It’s Okay, Relax, Nothing to See – or Feel – Here

    Brian Stump, the Albritton Professor of Geological Sciences in SMU's Dedman College and part of the team set to study the recent Cleburne quakes, wants you to calm the eff down. Seriously. It's all right. Nothing to worry about. It's nature, for God's sakes. Right, Prof. Stump?The recent earthquakes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2007

    A Flood of Questions

    Brian Stump, the Albritton Professor of Geological Sciences in SMU's Dedman College and part of the team set to study the recent Cleburne quakes, wants you to calm the eff down. Seriously. It's all right. Nothing to worry about. It's nature, for God's sakes. Right, Prof. Stump?The recent earthquakes ... More >>

  • News

    July 12, 2007

    When the Levee Breaks|God's Gyroplane|White Mavs Can't Jump

    Brian Stump, the Albritton Professor of Geological Sciences in SMU's Dedman College and part of the team set to study the recent Cleburne quakes, wants you to calm the eff down. Seriously. It's all right. Nothing to worry about. It's nature, for God's sakes. Right, Prof. Stump?The recent earthquakes ... More >>

  • News

    March 1, 2007

    Hunt for Truth

    Council member Angela Hunt rips open the Trinity project

  • Calendar

    February 8, 2007

    Bayou Blues

    Katrina hits the big(gest) screen

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2006

    More Bad Medicine

    Katrina hits the big(gest) screen

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2006

    When Evacuees Become Residents, Part 2

    Katrina hits the big(gest) screen

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2006

    Millions for Thousands

    Katrina hits the big(gest) screen

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2006

    When Evacuees Become Residents

    Katrina hits the big(gest) screen

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2006

    Bad Medicine

    Katrina hits the big(gest) screen

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2006

    Here She Comes to Save the Day

    Katrina hits the big(gest) screen

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2006

    Why Houston Hates Dallas

    Katrina hits the big(gest) screen

  • News

    February 23, 2006

    Laissez les bon temps rouler

    Buzz looks for love in all the wrong places

  • News

    February 9, 2006

    Long Road Home

    Buzz looks for love in all the wrong places

  • Music

    September 8, 2005

    Edge of Relief

    Clear Channel wins our good graces (for once) by spearheading local hurricane relief efforts

  • News

    September 8, 2005

    Dang, some good news

    Generosity warms Buzz's cold heart

  • Music

    June 12, 2003

    Mogwai

    Happy Songs for Happy People (Matador)

  • Best of Dallas

    September 20, 2001

    Bad-ass Storm In A Glass

    Category 5, Hurricane Grill New Orleans Oyster Bar

  • Dining

    June 7, 2001

    Hurricane Warning

    There's more to like about the Hurricane Grill than just the 45-ounce hurricanes

  • News

    August 6, 1998

    All wet

    Supporters call the Trinity Plan a flood-control project. It isn't.

  • News

    January 22, 1998

    Flood money

    The Trinity River Plan's billion-dollar vision of levees, parks, and ponds has Mayor Ron Kirk--and most of Dallas--spellbound. But engineers warn it could lead to a flooding catastrophe and destroy the same poor neighborhoods it's designed to help.

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