Monday, May 08, 2006
Lubbock, Texas
On I-27 between Amarillo and Lubbock is a fancy new rest stop that offers a storm shelter, not a bad idea for this area. I keep telling myself I won't be visiting here during this stormy time of year, but spring just seems to be when everything is happening. Sure nuff, the weather this week is almost identical to last year when I was here making dresses for a wedding: wind, rain, hail and tornado sightings. And again I'm sewing bridesmaid dresses.
Lubbock may be the sandstorm capitol of Texas (except for tiny Estelline), and some alien from the EPA was once in town during this regular movement of topsoil. "This is just unacceptable," he says. "We have to do something about this polution!" He must have been outvoted from higher up, because the sand still blows as always after a hard rain, cotton still grows in large quantities, and people breathing dust are about as healthy as ever.
Traffic in Lubbock is diverted from downtown by a highway that circles the city, providing easy access to residential areas, businesses and college campuses. Like most Texas cities, it keeps growing mainly toward the west. Why is that, you reckon?
Cora Gail Trent
www.cgtrent.com
Lubbock may be the sandstorm capitol of Texas (except for tiny Estelline), and some alien from the EPA was once in town during this regular movement of topsoil. "This is just unacceptable," he says. "We have to do something about this polution!" He must have been outvoted from higher up, because the sand still blows as always after a hard rain, cotton still grows in large quantities, and people breathing dust are about as healthy as ever.
Traffic in Lubbock is diverted from downtown by a highway that circles the city, providing easy access to residential areas, businesses and college campuses. Like most Texas cities, it keeps growing mainly toward the west. Why is that, you reckon?
Cora Gail Trent
www.cgtrent.com
