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05-30-2025 - 6:30 AM - ERCOT (Texas) snapshot of grid conditions - ERCOT reports that conditions are normal and there is enough power for current demand with an operating reserve of 10,539 Megawatts.
05-30-2025 - 6:30 AM - NWS Forecast - Today: A 30 percent chance of showers before 7am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 79. Northeast wind around 6 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 61. Light and variable wind.
05-30-2025 - 6:15 AM - Good Morning! It's Friday. I heard thunder last night but haven't checked the weather stats, so I don't know if we got any rain. I'd love to see all three monitored lakes at 100% capacity. We're close! My cup of Folgers Black Silk coffee is at 100%, so I'll work on that.
05-29-2025 - From the U.S. Federal Communications Commission - FCC ENFORCEMENT BUREAU ISSUES NOTICE OF ILLEGAL PIRATE RADIO BROADCASTING (NIPRB) TO RAY DOLPH BROWN AND WILSONIA BROWN. The FCC Enforcement Bureau issued a Notice of Illegal Pirate Radio Broadcasting (NIPRB) per its authority from the PIRATE Act to Bronx property owners for allowing illegal broadcasting from their property.. by NIPRB. EB.
05-29-2025 - From my corrections consultant - It was the evening meal at "7" Chow Hall. An older inmate - around 70 years old - deposited his empty tray at the proper place, walked over to me, and asked, "Boss Man, I'm old. Can I eat again?" I told him it was a nice try, but ''No." I should have told him to go to his house and hit the sack, because sleep is a time machine to breakfast.
05-29-2025 - FEMA Daily Operations Briefing - National Current Ops / Monitoring – May 28–29, 2025 -
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• No new significant incidents/operations
Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe Thunderstorms – Southern Plains and Southeast
• Heavy Rain/Flash Flooding – Southern/Central Plains
• Tropical Activity
Eastern Pacific:
• Tropical Depression One-E
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• No declaration activity
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
05-29-2025 - International Space Station over Wichita Falls - Time: Thu May 29 9:30 PM, Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 63°, Appears: 10° above NW, Disappears: 16° above SSE. Listen on 145.800 & 437.800 MHz for possible Amateur (ham) Radio communications.
05-29-2025 - 5:30 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 97.3% Kemp: 100.0% Kickapoo: 100.0%. Monitored Water Supply Reservoirs are 98.8% full. The City of Wichita Falls uses combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo (98.65%) to determine drought stage.
05-29-2025 - 5:30 AM - ERCOT (Texas) snapshot of grid conditions - ERCOT reports that conditions are normal and there is enough power for current demand with an operating reserve of 11,048 Megawatts.
05-29-2025 - 5:30 AM - NWS Forecast - Today: 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. Light and variable wind becoming north 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. North northeast wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
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05-29-2025 - 5:30 AM - Good Morning! It's Thursday, and the Texas Rangers lost again last night. I can see that guy speaking to the team in the movie The Natural: "Losing is a disease." There are no Amateur (ham) Radio contacts between U.S. schools and the International Space Station listed for the very near future. I'll keep you posted. My Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready.
05-28-2025 - From our Allred Unit consultant: All cells at the James V. Allred Unit come equipped with a toilet, washing machine, drink cooler, and garbage disposal-never mind that they all look like toilets. I could add "hot pot" because one Correctional Officer reported that an inmate used a homemade stinger to heat water in the toilet to cook ramen noodles.
05-28-2025 - FEMA Daily Operations Briefing - National Current Ops / Monitoring - May 27-28, 2025
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• No new significant incidents / operations
Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe Thunderstorms - Central and Southern Plains
• Excessive Rainfall / Flash Flooding - Southern Plains
• Tropical Activity:
Eastern Pacific:
• Disturbance 1 (Invest 90E): High (near 100%)
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• No new declaration activity
Event Monitoring:
• No new significant events
05-28-2025 - From our law enforcement consultant: In the early 1980s, on the night shift, a man was found passed out across one of the two sets of train tracks behind what was then the Railroad Inn at Iowa Park Road and North Broadway. A train driver going by on the other tracks reported the incident! It is unknown if the man passed out there or was helped there by others. He had a 50% chance of having a split personality-and a split everything else-and won.
05-28-2025 - From my corrections consultant - Two Allred Unit cooks (offenders) got into a fistfight over who made the best biscuits. Yep, it happened. In my opinion, the biscuits were nothing to fight about. The cake, on the other hand, was delicious! Tune in to Allred at 153.815 MHz on your scanner.
05-28-2025 - At 6:10 AM, the North Texas State Hospital, Wichita Falls edition, is active on 154.800 MHz. Tune in with your scanner radio!
05-28-2028 - 5:50 AM - The nearby Walmart is coming alive on 154.570 MHz. At the same time, CB Radio Channel 19 is waking up with local trucking traffic.
05-28-2025 - 5:40 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 97.0% Kemp: 100.0% Kickapoo: 100.0%. Monitored Water Supply Reservoirs are 98.8% full. The City of Wichita Falls uses combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo (98.5%) to determine drought stage.
05-28-2025 - 5:40 AM - ERCOT (Texas) snapshot of grid conditions - ERCOT reports that conditions are normal and there is enough power for current demand with an operating reserve of 9,647 Megawatts.
05-28-2025 - 5:30 AM - NWS Forecast - Today: A slight chance of showers between 10am and 1pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. East southeast wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. Southeast wind 5 to 9 mph becoming east northeast after midnight.