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In February of 2012, four Mexican fishermen were found on a beach in South Texas. The men had been missing for several days, after leaving Playa Baghdad. Playa Baghdad is just south of the Texas-Mexico border and the Coast Guard had been on the lookout for the men for 24 hours. The Coast Guard was notified a day after the men failed to return from a fishing trip. The four men had taken out a 25ft long boat for an overnight (more…)

When you think of weather in Texas, you usually think of hot, dry air, maybe a thunderstorm or two rolling across the flatlands there, perhaps even a tornado touching down if there’s extreme weather. But people forget that there’s almost an entire side of Texas that’s coastline, bordered by the Gulf of Mexico. The Texas coastline and even cities inland have experienced flooding from hurricanes and heavy rainfall because once the ground is saturated, the excess water becomes runoff and has nowhere to go. Towns like Corpus Christi and Rio Grande Valley have reported astonishing amounts of rainfall in short periods of time (7 inches in 24 hours!).

If tropical storms and heavy rain are in the future for the coast of Texas, citizens should be concerned and take action. Being prepared is critical and plenty of options are available. While some security systems offer flood and water detection in your home, there are also easy tips you can do as a homeowner to help protect your family and home or know how to quickly and safely escape if waters become too much to handle. Get ideas here: Securitychoice.com for flood detection and home security.

Preparation begins at home by compiling a survival kit with necessary items in case a flood hits or you need to escape one. First aid items, water, non-perishable food items, flashlights, rope/cord/bungees and other safety equipment are a good place to start. Having a radio with batteries and a backup stash will also come in handy of the power goes out and you need to stay in touch with the local news and weather reports. If you have pets, be sure to include their food and water supply in addition to any medications they may need. It’s also a good idea to know which evacuation shelters allow pets and the closest ones to your home if you find that you’ll need to evacuate your home.

On February 10, 2012 a three year old child was killed in Houston, Texas. LaShaun Lovejoy and his family members were walking along Crystal Beach in Houston near Monkhouse Road when the death occured.

A driftwood log shifted and rolled down a sand dune on the beach just after three thirty p.m. The log was described as being 39 feet long and weighing over several hundred pounds. After rolling down the sand dune about four feet, the log struck LaShaun and pinned him.

Deputies investigating the scene said that the sand in front of and on top (more…)

Even though it is no longer headline news, communities on the coast of Texas on the Gulf of Mexico are still reeling in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill in 2010. As BP is attempting to avoid paying out for all of the claims against them, many Texans have fallen on hard economic times. Small business owners are some of the hardest hit.

For owners of seafood restaurants, the BP oil spill saw their (more…)

From the countless oil conflicts to the environmental debates surrounding global warming and public policy there is no escaping the effects of the changing energy market. Recent demands for domestic energy has caused an expansion of heavy industry projects in North American markets

The Gulf Coast region, particularly coastal Texas, has over 44 billion in industrial and manufacturing projects planned for the upcoming year. Industrial Info Resources, a global market intelligence provider specializing in the industrial projects, predicts 60 percent of the 44 billion will be energy related projects. (more…)

As Gulf Coast residents continue to rebuild from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that occurred two years ago, some cities and residents claim they are still waiting for the relief they were promised by BP. Mayor Tony Kennon of Orange Beach, Alabama, claims BP owes his city another five million dollars in addition to the money BP paid to it already. Hotel owners in Florida including the famous Don CeSar hotel in Tampa Bay are also threatening litigation over money it says BP promised (more…)

Mexico is a favorite place for millions of Americans to travel each year, including over 100,000 that go there for Spring Break. More than 150,000 Americans cross the border into Mexico every day.

The United States State Department is warning Americans about the possible danger of traveling to Mexico. Americans are being warned to avoid all or parts of 14 Mexican states because of the significant growth in violence relating to drugs. Chihuahua, Coahuila and Tamaulipas are included in those 14 states that (more…)

Houston police are on the hunt for a man who shot and killed his wife in the presence of their three children. A friend of the wife was also shot and died after arriving at the hospital. Forty-two year old Diego Martinez is wanted in connection with the double shooting.

The children, ages 20, 19 and 13, stated that they attempted to detain the man after the shooting, but he was able to break loose. It is suspected that Martinez was in a jealous rage when he committed the violent (more…)

A federal judge recently ruled against a Houston Texas mother who was fired for wanting to pump breast milk for her baby. The judge decided that lactating is not pregnancy related, therefore her discrimination suit against her former employer was not valid.

Even though President Obama has the new health care rules that require employers to give time for breastfeeding mothers to nurse or pump, it does not protect the mothers from being fired for asking to do so.

According to one attorney the intent of the President’s (more…)