September 2010 - Posts
I know a girl who has a house for sale in my neighborhood, Apache Shores, and it is a very cool house. I will give the vital stats and show the house in photos. Square feet = 2180 Bedrooms = 3 with one master up, one master down and a guest bedroom on
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If you took the time to drive around Lakeway on the west side of RR 620, aside from Rough Hollow, you wouldn’t think there were many vacant lots left. If you had a Lakeway REALTOR check the MLS early in the year, you would see no Lakeway lot sales
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The November, 2010 elections are getting closer every day and it looks like the Republicans will pick up a lot of seats in the House and Senate. I have talked with a lot of people looking to move to Austin who are sitting tight until the elections are
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Tropical Storm Hermine moved over central Texas and dropped a huge amount of rain last night. The Colorado River at Austin rose around 20 feet overnight because of the massive amount of water flowing into it. I live in Apache Shores, which is around a
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People unfamiliar with Austin frequently ask me about the weather here. The questions are usually about heat and tornadoes. What comes up in the conversations often also is flash flooding, which is probably the most serious weather threat here. I have
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The image pretty much sums up Texas weather today, right? This is part of a screen capture of the National Weather Service Southern Plains radar sector. The forecast had Tropical Storm Hermine tracking farther to the west, but it just passed directly
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I took the quick drive from my house just after noon today to the Lake Austin park in my neighborhood, Apache Shores. It was nice to see so much activity. A couple with small kids had a BBQ grill going, 3 kids were playing at the rope swing, multiple
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Tropical Storm Hermine is strengthening in the Gulf of Mexico. The latest computer models have it going right over Brownsville, TX and then into west central Texas. What does that mean for Lake Travis and other Highland Lakes? Current models have Hermine
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The Austonian, at 55 stories, is the tallest building in Austin. It can literally be seen from all over the city. But I was very surprised where I could see this downtown Austin landmark from. I was showing one of brothers the athletic facilities at Lake
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