Surviving the Rio Grande Rampage in Marfa
A Marfa couple Tommy Jane and Hugh Howard endured a flash flood on the Rio Grande that wrecked their travel trailer and swept them downstream for hours. They fought debris, cold water, and a hail storm, guided by faith and help from locals, finally reaching safety near Lajitas. Segundo the dog survived and was later found. The event left property destroyed and river towns shocked by the flood.
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Tommy Jane
Hugh Howard
Rio Grande
Howard
Lajitas
Howard’s
How the Silver Turned to Gold
A young trumpeter Norm seizes a major chance with Horton's Herd at a supper club audition. His family’s Savings Bonds fund his dream, transforming a silver trumpet into a gleaming token of a hoped for golden future as critics applaud his debut.
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Orm
Horton
Herd
Sweets
Gary Horton
Norm
U.S
Mama
Savings Bonds
Bear safety tips for grizzly encounters from National Wildlife
National Wildlife offers calm, practical guidance for bear encounters including speaking firmly, backing away slowly, avoiding running, climbing if possible, and using a defensive posture or playing dead if charged. Do not scream or panic. if attacked lie face down or curl up with hands behind neck to appear nonthreatening.
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Don
Elf
National Wildlife
UT Geophysicists Predicted 1978 Mexico Quake Location
UT Austin seismology team from the Marine Science Institute in Galveston issued a forecast a year ahead of the November 1978 Mexico quake, placing the epicenter within 20 miles of their prediction. Their wide network of aboveground and ocean bottom instruments in Central America aims to map seismic risk and potential volcanic events.
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Austin, Texas
University of Texas
Mexico
UT Austin
Marine Science Institute
Galveston
Central America
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Marfa
Pat Ryan
The
Big Bend Sentinel
Marfa, Texas
Hugh
T.J
T. J
Segundo
Colorado Canyon
Calvary Post
Mike Harrison
Noel Gay Howard
Doc Whitman
Highway Department
Gay Howard
Presidio County
Presidio
Redford
Buster Cox
Monahans Pharmacy
4Th
Gary
Ward Memorial Hospital
Bill Neace
United States Savings Bonds
Payroll
America
Raya
Bears
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