Scotty Hart’s Blog

So there was this story in Newsday and posted on Newsday.com regarding a Wal*Mart losing it’s rights to build a Supercenter in Riverhead. Well now I’m frustrated. I know again.. Read the rest of this entry »

For those observing, I simply wish you an easy fast. As you reflect back on the past year, may you find all the positives you provide to others and allow your goodness to shine through this year!

For those who know little of Yom Kippur, here’s some information courtesy of Wikipedia.
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Yom Kippur, also known in English as the Day of Atonement, is the most solemn and important of the Jewish holidays. Its central themes are atonement and repentance. Jews traditionally observe this holy day with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer, often spending most of the day in synagogue services.

Yom Kippur is the tenth and final day of the Ten Days of Repentance which begin with Rosh Hashanah. According to Jewish tradition, God inscribes each person’s fate for the coming year into a “book” on Rosh Hashanah and waits until Yom Kippur to “seal” the verdict. During the Ten Days of Repentance, a Jew tries to amend his behavior and seek forgiveness for wrongs done against God (bein adam leMakom) and against his fellow man (bein adam lechavero). The evening and day of Yom Kippur are set aside for public and private petitions and confessions of guilt (Vidui). At the end of Yom Kippur, one considers himself absolved by God.

The Yom Kippur prayer service includes several unique aspects. One is the actual number of prayer services. Unlike a regular day, which has three prayer services (Ma’ariv, the evening prayer; Shacharit, the morning prayer; and Mincha, the afternoon prayer), or a Shabbat or Yom Tov, which have four prayer services (Ma’ariv; Shacharit; Musaf, the additional prayer; and Mincha), Yom Kippur has five prayer services (Ma’ariv; Shacharit; Musaf; Mincha; and Ne’ilah, the closing prayer). The prayer services also include a public confession of sins (Vidui) and a reenactment of the special Yom Kippur avodah (service) of the Kohen Gadol in the Holy Temple in Jerusalem.
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It takes just one person to make a difference, what will you do today to change your world?

Scotty

Well the big “walk” happened this past Sunday, and an avid listener and my friend Carol was on the well deserved honor role! Here’s a letter I received from Carol today..

Dear Scotty,
I finished my walk. The weather was horrible Sunday morning, but I was “WALKING ON SUNSHINE”. I just wanted to let you know, I dedicated a song to you. Wendy said she will play it Monday night on the Affection Connection. It’s “CHANGE THE WORLD” by Eric Clapton. I want to thank you for the little interview you did with me on the Love Shack last Saturday night. I also want to thank you for being a FRIEND and helping me get my message across. So this song’s for you, my friend.

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Year after year we all get caught up in the political hype. This time around however shadowed by a financial crises, never ending war, and enough stress to kill each of us a hundred times, we have to endure politics!

Ok, let me see if I have this right.. Obama is a terrorist, Biden out of touch, McCain in poor health and just getting angry, and Sarah.. oh yeah the one with something stuck in her left eye! Yes it’s gotten angry lately. McCain stating that Obama doesn’t talk about the issues. Oh McCain.. clean out the 30 year old wax, and put your hearing aid in. Can you hear anything now?

Do you know I had a soft spot for this guy. At first he seemed nice enough, and actually spoke very concisely. As his poll numbers are dropping however, he’s simply becoming an angry old man. Bad move if the REDS want to get back in. Come on.. smile.. be happy.. Good boy.

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In his passing.. A tribute….

Paul Newman Remembered

Paul Newman Remembered #2

Ok, so it’s pretty obvious I have ADHD. Or is it I just don’t have the time to sit down long enough to do one thing at a time? Lot’s of stuffs been on my head and I have no time to talk to you. Me.. an on air talent (or lack of) that can’t really talk to you. Oh I can go on and on about Hurricanes and rant and rave about politics. But do I really contribute anything? I am as bad as the politically “Red people”, or maybe as inconsistent as the “Blue”. They say December of 2012 it’s over, and if you believe (which is hard to do) all the signs are here. Crashing economics in a super power known as America. Europe, the Middle East, and the Russians going bananas! Yeah a little attitude here from Mr. nice guy of the airwaves. But ya know, that’s my calling. Just to make someone smile among the corporate flagellants we are all left to endure. Read the rest of this entry »

I wanted to take some time out to thank all of you for the wonderful response I’ve been getting since the return of the “Shack” on 96.1. From emails to phone calls, it has been a pleasure! I want to continue stressing this is your show! I have been adding tons of music never heard on 96.1 before out of my own massive personal collection. I note all requests and do my best to find what you are reaching out for. The “Shack” library is growing every day, and includes anything that moves you from the 50s to today!

What do I need from you my friends? Get involved with the show. Phone in your requests during the show. Give me some good ones! They don’t all have to be tried and tested. Email is the other way, either through our website www.love961.com, or just directly requests@love961.com or right to the source scotty@love961.com.

For five hours on Saturday night (7pm-12am) we together take over 96.1! This is your show, your songs, your memories, for every generation! Let me hear from you as together we continue to Rock This Town and Island!!

Have a great week and see ya in the “Shack” this Saturday night at 7!
Scotty

It takes just one person to make a difference, what will you do today to change your world?

Scotty

Well the worst is over, however inland freshwater flooding from heavy rains will continue. Feeder bands will still provide the Houston/Galveston metro with another day of on and off rain. Anywhere from 2 inches to as much as a foot of rain has fallen, and in some places continues to fall. Read the rest of this entry »

Straight from The National Weather Service in Houston/Galveston!
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Hurricane Warning
HURRICANE IKE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
821 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008

…HURRICANE IKE BEARING DOWN ON THE UPPER TEXAS COAST…

AT 800 PM CDT THE CENTER OF VERY LARGE HURRICANE IKE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.4 NORTH…LONGITUDE 94.3 WEST OR ABOUT 70 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS.

IKE HAS BEEN MOVING BETWEEN THE WEST-NORTHWEST AND NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH. A NORTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK…THE CENTER OF IKE WILL BE VERY NEAR THE UPPER TEXAS COAST BY LATER THIS EVENING OR EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

DATA FROM NOAA DOPPLER WEATHER RADARS AND RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 110 MPH. WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IKE IS A STRONG CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE AND COULD REACH THE TEXAS COAST SATURDAY MORNING AS A CATEGORY THREE…MAJOR HURRICANE. STRONGER WINDS… ESPECIALLY IN STRONGER GUSTS…ARE LIKELY ON HIGH RISE BUILDINGS.

IKE REMAINS A VERY LARGE HURRICANE AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 120 MILES FROM THE CENTER…AND TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 275 MILES. DURING
THE PAST HOUR…SUSTAINED WINDS OF 55 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED ON GALVESTON ISLAND AND A GUST TO 70 MPH WAS MEASURED AT A NOAA BUOY JUST OFFSHORE GALVESTON ISLAND BEFORE IT STOPPED REPORTING.

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE RECENTLY REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 952 MB…28.11 INCHES.

Galveston/Houston:

AS THE WINDS INCREASE WITH THE APPROACH OF THE VERY LARGE EYE
TIDE LEVELS WILL CONTINUE RISING FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. WATER
LEVELS SHOULD BE PEAKING BETWEEN 10 PM AND 3 AM TONIGHT AS THE STORM SURGE SPREADS ONTO THE COAST AND BAYSHORE AREAS.

SEVERE INUNDATION IS LIKELY NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND BAYSHORE AREAS! NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THE STORM SURGE…AND POSSIBLY ENTIRE COASTAL COMMUNITIES…WILL BE INUNDATED DURING THE PERIOD OF PEAK STORM TIDE. MANY RESIDENCES OF AVERAGE CONSTRUCTION DIRECTLY ON THE COAST WILL BE DESTROYED. WIDESPREAD AND DEVASTATING PERSONAL PROPERTY DAMAGE IS LIKELY. VEHICLES LEFT BEHIND WILL LIKELY BE SWEPT AWAY. NUMEROUS ROADS WILL BE SWAMPED…SOME MAY BE WASHED AWAY BY THE WATER. ENTIRE FLOOD PRONE COASTAL COMMUNITIES WILL BE CUTOFF. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN MULTI-
STORY FACILITIES RISK BEING CUTOFF. CONDITIONS WILL BE WORSENED BY BATTERING WAVES CLOSER TO THE COAST. SUCH WAVES WILL EXACERBATE PROPERTY DAMAGE…WITH MASSIVE DESTRUCTION OF HOMES…INCLUDING THOSE OF BLOCK CONSTRUCTION. DAMAGE FROM BEACH EROSION COULD TAKE
YEARS TO REPAIR.

THE WIND FIELD SURROUNDING IKE IS UNUSUALLY LARGE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 39 MPH HAVE ALREADY SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA. WINDS OF AT LEAST TROPICAL STORM FORCE WILL LAST UP TO 24 HOURS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 74 MPH WILL REACH THE COASTAL COUNTIES IN THE NEXT 2 TO 4 HOURS. THESE WINDS WILL SPREAD INLAND THROUGH THE HOUSTON METRO AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT. HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST 7 TO 10 HOURS.

PEAK WIND GUSTS OF 90 TO 110 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
HARRIS…LIBERTY…BRAZORIA…GALVESTON…AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES.
WIND GUSTS NEAR 115 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR WHERE THE CENTER OF THE STORM COMES ONSHORE.

VERY DANGEROUS WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE AND
DESTRUCTION OF MOBILE HOMES IS LIKELY. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WILL INCLUDE THE MAJORITY OF MOBILE HOMES BEING SEVERELY DAMAGED. THOSE THAT SURVIVE WILL BE UNINHABITABLE UNTIL
REPAIRED. HOUSES OF POOR TO AVERAGE CONSTRUCTION WILL HAVE MAJOR DAMAGE…INCLUDING PARTIAL WALL COLLAPSE AND ROOFS BEING LIFTED OFF. MANY WILL BE UNINHABITABLE. WELL CONSTRUCTED HOUSES WILL INCUR MINOR DAMAGE TO SHINGLES…SIDING…GUTTERS…AS WELL AS BLOWN OUT WINDOWS. UP TO ONE QUARTER OF GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL.

PARTIAL ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED AT INDUSTRIAL PARKS…ESPECIALLY TO THOSE BUILDINGS WITH LIGHT WEIGHT STEEL AND ALUMINUM COVERINGS. OLDER LOW RISING APARTMENT ROOFS MAY ALSO BE TORN OFF…AS WELL AS RECEIVING SIDING AND SHINGLE DAMAGE. UP TO ONE QUARTER OF ALL GLASS IN HIGH RISE OFFICE BUILDINGS WILL BE BLOWN OUT. AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL CAUSE DAMAGE…INJURY…AND POSSIBLE FATALITIES.

NATURAL DAMAGE WILL INCLUDE ALL TREES WITH ROTTING BASES BECOMING UPROOTED OR SNAPPED. NEARLY ALL LARGE BRANCHES WILL SNAP. BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF OF HEALTHY SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED…MOST COMMON WHERE THE GROUND IS SATURATED. UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF NEWLY PLANTED GROUND CROPS WILL BE DAMAGED.

That’s the brief edited version! A Historic Major Metro Hit Tonight, With Millions Effected!!!

No other words……………..

National Weather Service (New Orleans/Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
National Weather Service (Lake Charles, Louisiana)
National Weather Service (Houston/Galveston, Texas)
National Weather Service (Corpus Christi, Texas)
NWS Doppler Radar (Corpus Christi, Texas)
NWS Doppler Radar (Houston/Galveston, Texas)
NWS Doppler Radar (Lake Charles, Louisiana)
NWS Doppler Radar (New Orleans/Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
National Hurricane Center
Gulf Of Mexico Satellite Loop

Houston Television Coverage (Channel 2 - NBC) LIVE STREAM!!!
Houston Television Coverage (Channel 13 - ABC) LIVE STREAM!!!
Galveston Hurricane, 1900 Remembered
Galveston - Glen Campbell

New Orleans 2005.. that was bad. Now another metro area is about to take a hit from quite possibly a similar type storm. Ike is large, and will rock the Northeast Texas coast for many hours. I showed pictures from Galveston Island in 1900 yesterday. The concern may be just as bad tonight and tomorrow!

Ike is heading at the moment straight for Galveston Bay, and the storm surge could be monstrous! Here’s part of the National Hurricane Center’s statement: COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF UP TO 20 FEET…WITH A FEW SPOTS TO NEAR 25 FEET…ABOVE NORMAL TIDE ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES…CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER OF IKE MAKES LANDFALL. THE SURGE EXTENDS A GREATER THAN USUAL DISTANCE FROM THE CENTER DUE TO THE LARGE SIZE OF THE CYCLONE. WATER LEVELS HAVE ALREADY RISEN BY MORE THAN 5 FEET ALONG MUCH OF THE NORTHWESTERN GULF COAST.

Not a good sign already. Ike could get to a category 3 storm before landfall late tonight and into the early morning hours Saturday (tomorrow). Either way, the sheer size of this thing will be potentially catastrophic at the shore. Hurricane winds out to 120 miles and Tropical Storm force winds out to almost 300 miles! Sheesh.. Ike means business.

As a side note.. there may be more stuff brewing in the Atlantic. As a matter of fact, remember Josephine? Well some of those remnants are swirling east of the Bahamas, and not too far from Florida’s southeast coast! Gotta watch that the next few days. And yes another disturbance far out in the Atlantic as well. What a season!!

All the links below will keep you in touch with Ike. Again this could be really bad for Galveston and Houston!

See ya in the shack this Saturday night at 7!
Scotty

It takes just one person to make a difference! What will you do today to change your world?

National Weather Service (New Orleans/Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
National Weather Service (Lake Charles, Louisiana)
National Weather Service (Houston/Galveston, Texas)
National Weather Service (Corpus Christi, Texas)
NWS Doppler Radar (Corpus Christi, Texas)
NWS Doppler Radar (Houston/Galveston, Texas)
NWS Doppler Radar (Lake Charles, Louisiana)
NWS Doppler Radar (New Orleans/Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
National Hurricane Center
Gulf Of Mexico Satellite Loop

Houston Television Coverage (Channel 2 - NBC) LIVE STREAM!!!
Houston Television Coverage (Channel 13 - ABC) LIVE STREAM!!!
Galveston Hurricane, 1900 Remembered
Galveston - Glen Campbell