Here is another edition of some local short news stories from around my area!

Fort Worth:
Pier 1 is saying that they are going to close 20 to 25 stores by year end.  However the lucky people in the Dallas, Fort Worth Metroplex are saved as they said they shouldn’t be closing any of those stores.

DFW Airport:
Watch what your doing or else you might have your arm ran over by a forklift!  They airlifted him to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Grand Prairie:
What happens when you try to cover up something suspicious and don’t want anyone to find out about it?  You get stopped for a traffic violation and then the cops see suspicious package and it turns out to be ammonia (mainly used for meth (methamphetamine).  I guess they wont be dealing meth till they get some more.

Fort Worth:
Police got lucky looking for narcotics just to find out that the house they raided was running a pirating ring.  Police say they counted 113 burners, 3800 blank cd’s, 7000 blank dvd’s.  They were capable of producing 6700 discs per hour. — Link: Star-Telegram

Well the season starts today.
North Texas Competitive Girls Soccer.

You can hold tryouts at any time from July 1st to the 10th.

So tonight is our first night as a new competitive team.  I really don’t think we did enough recruiting or advertising, but we will see what happens.

If no new girls show up then we might have to combine teams and I don’t think the parents really want to do that, but on the flip side I don’t want to lose the team and then they all don’t get to play.  Not to mention we have all really worked hard the last 9 months to get ready for today!

So I’m about to leave work and head on out to the field…

So yesterday morning we had some pretty good storms blow there through.  The unfortunate part was that the storms were moving Southeast and I had drive Northwest.  So the entire drive I was heading into this downpour or rain and high winds.

Although it added about 15 minutes to the commute it wasn’t all that bad.  I like storms, so it didn’t bother me at all.

I actually wish I had my camera or video camera cause it was pretty crazy.  It was pretty light and then a couple minutes later it turned dark as night.  There was so much lightning I thought I was a pop star on the red carpet at one point.  lol

I’m sure most of our storms will not be severe (Tornados and Hail) but you never know.  I think we are supposed to dry out now for a few days..

Almost every summer Leslie and I head back up to Seattle (My home town) to visit family and friends. And almost every time we travel, regardless where something within the family happens. So this summer we are starting to make our plans for some traveling.

Now this summer and probably every summer from now on prices will being going up and up and up. So right now the decision is being made based on costs versus happy travel time. Based on the prices creeping upward and family health and emergencies, we might look into travel insurance for our trip this year.

That way if something does happen or something comes up, it’s not a total loss if you know what I mean…

Here is another Friday round of local shorts. (might be something I do every Friday)

2 Pit Bulls euthanized after attacking 2 year old in Fort Worth:
The girl remains in critical condition at the hospital. Hope she makes it. The dog owners indicated that both of the dogs were female and neither one was registered or vaccinated. Great now she might have to deal with rabies to. The dogs are going to be tested.

Man killed on 360 in Arlington:
Man was stuck by a truck on Hwy 360 on an off-ramp last night around 7:45pm. They rushed him to the hospital in critical condition. He later died @ 9:35pm.

Back Itch in Fort Worth:
A guy who’s back was itching apparently grabbed the first thing he say to itch his back. Unfortunately he accidentally shot himself, lol. I guess that what happens when you stay up late drinking and playing poker. You forget your gun is loaded, haha….

FC Dallas:
FC Dallas next home game is this Sunday the 18th at Pizza Hut Park against the LA Galaxy (Hopefully Beckham plays) Currently FC Dallas is 2-2-3. Not very impressive from what I have watched so far this year.

Stars:
Stars won game 4, but are still losing the series 1-3. Game 5 is back in Detroit on Saturday at 12:30pm (ct). They better sharpen up the skills since they have to win the next 3 in a row to move on.

Cowboys:
New Stadium ticket prices were released and they start at $59 per ticket.. Wait, who really cares.. “Go Seahawks” lol

Just going to do an quick little shorts on a few topics going on around the Dallas, Fort Worth area.

Stars:
The Dallas Stars lost game 1 last night against the Detroit Red Wings (in Detroit) 1-4. Game 2 will take place Saturday night (again in Detroit). Hopefully the Stars will look like they are ready to play that game, cause honestly last night they didn’t look so good. And if they don’t start playing better, this will be a short series for the Red Wings and the Stars, well I guess there is next year, AGAIN!

Rangers:
The Rangers beat my old home town team (Seattle Mariners) last night 5-0 (At least one team from DFW Pro Sports won last night). But it looked more like a hockey match. The Rangers pitcher lofted a pitch that the batter thought was too high (It didn’t hit him) and he decided to clear the benches and go after the pitcher. Nice Sexson, really nice.

Robbery in Fort Worth:
Early this morning a woman was attacked by a 44 year old man at a doughnut shop and started to beat her in the head while she was trying to escape. A neighbor heard the attack in progress, and went and grabbed his shotgun and shot the guy in the chest.
:: Check Mark :: 1 more criminal off of the streets

She Cried Rape and He died (Follow UP):
A Woman who cried rape who was convicted on manslaughter charges was freed yesterday after 1 week in jail on an appeal bond. Yep $25K and she is free probably for at least 1 year. This story is crazy. Husband came home and his wife was taking care of business in her lovers car in the driveway and when the husband came home, she started yelling rape, so husband grabs gun and delivers a lethal blow killing this guy. Wife lied about it and they let him go with no charges and decided to charge her instead. Last week she was sentenced to 5 years in prison.

And Finally GAS Prices = Outrageous:
Yesterday one location in the South Arlington area posted up the following prices.
3.65 for Regular, 3.78 middle, 3.96 for premium. This is crazy for the DFW area. And I know people will say, “It’s way more expensive where I live” I’m sure it is, but for this area, it’s crazy.

Hope you enjoyed my shorts…

Well I thought at one time we were going to lose a window. The hail was coming down so hard and fast I couldn’t believe it. I would say Dime to Marble size hail. Our street turned into a complete river.

I don’t think any of my pictures turned out but will check them out later and see what they look like and post them.

Earlier in the night there was a tornado warning out west by Mineral Wells and Weatherford. Spotters did confirm a touchdown out by Aledo, tx.

Our Sirens went off but not sure why as there was no warning. But always exciting to hear.

After I left the Dallas, Fort Worth area for Seattle on last Wed., The metroplex took a beating. Various tornado warned storms ripped through the area. First of all our house did not have any damage (thank goodness) however our friends down in Alvarado did not escape entirely.

Here are a couple of pictures they took and emailed me. It’s pretty wild how the sign is actually under the car. In addition to these pictures they lost both of the storage sheds. There neighbors however lost all their windows.

We are still under a Moderate Risk today...

Here is the latest Haz. Outlook

.DAY ONE...
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF
NORTH TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. VERY LARGE HAIL...
DAMAGING WINDS...AND A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE
STORMS.

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BEFORE
DAYBREAK...WILL MOVE EAST TODAY. A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET HAS BROUGHT
ABUNDANT WARM MOIST AIR NORTHWARD ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. BY LATE
AFTERNOON...A SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED TO BE SOUTHEAST OF CHILDRESS
WITH A DRY LINE EXTENDING SOUTHWARD INTO THE BIG COUNTRY. A COLD
FRONT IS EXPECTED TO EXTEND FROM SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI SOUTHWEST INTO
THE SOUTH PLAINS OF WEST TEXAS.  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ALONG THE DRYLINE AND COLD FRONT MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THESE
STORMS WILL QUICKLY INTENSIFY AS MOVE EAST.

After a failed attempt to play some raquetball, I was driving home and the sunset was painting a nice picture on the blue sky.  Here are 2 of the better shots I took (while I was driving, yes no one was around, lol)