Hurricane Carla and the September storms that shaped Baytown
Wanda Orton recalls how Baytown changed after Hurricane Carla struck on Sept. 11 1961. The storm brought record tides and tornadoes, revealing subsidence from groundwater pumping and prompting the city to form a subsidence control district and water authority.
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Baytown Marine Corporal Coy to Return to Iraq in 2008
Cpl Derek Coy, 21, of Baytown and a Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 16 member based at Miramar, returned home on leave to tend to his ailing grandfather. He expects to redeploy to Iraq in 2008 for another full year, describing his duty as nonstop and demanding with 12 hour days and constant mortar risk at al Asad base. Coy spoke of family, pride in service, and the challenge of being away from home during holidays.
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Baytown Nature Center Journal Birds and mammals spotted
The Baytown Nature Center Journal details species observed at the center including brown pelican double crested cormorant neotropic cormorant and many herons egrets and waterfowl. Experiences describe a Duck Pond with over a hundred wading birds and sightings of swallows mottled ducks and black belted whistling ducks across marshes and ponds.
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Reunior and the Ghosts On the Beach
Susannah Simon a mediator who talks to the dead helps four prom ghosts who haunt Michael Meducci after a foggy crash. She guides souls to the afterlife while questioning Michaels cruel view of the teens and protecting those in danger.
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Mediator Series review notes and publication data
Meg Cabot writes in New York about Reunion as the third Mediator novel. The review notes the irreverent use of Oh God and calls the series contemporary paranormal, alongside TV series Ghost Whisper and Medium, suggesting readers may want all titles.
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