Lover of Aggie Football | Author of: “HARVEY HELL: OFF THE AIR AND ON THE ROPES.” | Lover of travel, fitness, 🐓 fingers | Insta: blakestakes08 🇺🇸
Dallas, TX
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Here are some more pictures from my debut on the Price Is Right back on September 28th! I still can’t believe I was on the show.
Who knew that the Abomination of Desolation spoken of in the Bible was actually the @AggieFootball team!
Forget the election results. The real winner of this election is us because the thousands of spam texts are over. I’ve been harassed less by actual stalkers.
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Galveston Bay frozen over, 1886. It's pretty amazing to see a boat on frozen ice in Galveston, but it happened.
Courtesy the @Rosenberg_Lib
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🚨 EXTENSIVE STORM SURGE DAMAGE – PENSACOLA BEACH, FL! 🌊⚠️
The aftermath of Hurricane Isaias is incredible across Pensacola Beach, Florida! Thick layers of sand cover many roads after powerful storm surge pushed water and debris inland. Damaged homes, missing roofs, partially collapsed structures, half-sunken boats, downed power lines, and scattered debris paint a devastating picture of the hurricane's impacts. Evidence of significant coastal flooding can be seen throughout the area.
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#HurricaneIsaias #StormSurge #PensacolaBeach #HurricaneAftermath #Florida
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Video captured by Jordan Glass shows the roof being ripped off the Rest and Relax Inn on Plantation Road in Pensacola during Hurricane Isaias earlier tonight.
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The eye wall lurks just offshore. The vertical wind shear is absolutely ripping right now and already disrupting the hurricane substantially. Nearly all the convection is now on the north side of the center of circulation. Landfall soon!
That is one nasty eyewall. Looks to be following the center of the cone. On this path, it should come in very close to Fort Walton Beach. Despite the winds being “120 mph,” many areas will see sustained winds FAR below that. Expect conditions to get worse with every passing hour.
The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season after making everyone think we may not have a hurricane this year.
This is actually insane.
Tropical Storm #Isaias's pressure is down to 994 mb - the lowest for an Atlantic named storm so far this year. 994 mb is not a particularly low pressure... it highlights just how quiet the Atlantic season has been to date!
Pete is spot on. Unfortunately, there are even professional mets who I follow that try to push engagement by always making posts in all caps that this is “THE BIG ONE!” Nowadays, “the big one” seems to occur 2-3x a week. It’s exhausting.
I’ll be candid: Some of the online forecasts I saw—not from other TV stations in town—were unnecessarily alarmist. My forecast consistently called for 2–4 inches of rain, with isolated higher amounts. You can look back through my feed and verify that.
In more than two decades of forecasting weather in North Texas, I’ve never seen this much panic and overreaction surrounding a forecast of 2–4 inches of rain, an amount we see fairly often. Heavy rain deserves attention, and localized flooding can be serious. But the messaging should reflect the actual risk.
I believe some online weather sources helped fuel that anxiety. This kind of fearmongering seems to grow every year, and the consequences go beyond one forecast. Repeatedly overstating threats erodes public trust. Eventually, people may tune out warnings altogether—including the ones they urgently need to hear.
That’s the “boy who cried wolf” scenario, and it’s dangerous. Our responsibility is to help people understand the risk and prepare, without creating unnecessary fear.