Posted on 09/09/2005 8:07:16 PM PDT by hispanarepublicana
Storm survivors are quickly becoming Lubbock residents. The city and Worksource held a job and apartment fair today to try and get a more stable living condition for survivors planning on staying in the area. NewsChannel 11 was at the job fair and spoke with families moving into Lubbock for shelter, and now making it their homes. Day five, and spirits were high. "I'm having fun, I'm enjoying myself in Lubbock, Texas." When Keith Kelsey got to Reese Center on Sunday, he didn't even know what city he was in. "They said we were going to Texas. I said Dallas? No. I thought they said 'love it.' No, they said Lubbock." But now, five days later, Keith has found a home and a job. "I like to work in the kitchen and see the food being made." Hundreds showed up to the fair and were able to find housing and possible employment opportunities. With new jobs and new homes, these Katrina survivors are moving on, even if they're not sure where yet. "I'm staying on Weber street, I don't even know where it is." Some families are expected to move out as soon as this weekend. All of the apartments rented will be reimbursed by FEMA for six months of residence for each family.
Don't forget the Thai, Vietnamese, awsome pizza & calzone (One Guy from Italy!), barbeque, steak houses, etc.
didja figure it out? (that personnel matter).
I think that I have deduced what you were trying to say.
An over seer of cooking....is that a job? I hate when people watch me cook.
The worst thing about Lubbock is the current "orange-cone plague," huge construction projects underway simultaneously on all 3 of the town's major traffic arteries. Besides those, there is the MacDougal inspired orgy of housing construction that clogs the roads with contractor trucks and clouds of dust. To top it all, small isolated outbreaks of orange cone madness are likely to break out anytime anywhere in the city, with miniature road destruction projects popping up overnight to torment those drivers and businesses that have escaped the main outbreaks.
At one time, you could get anywhere in Lubbock in 15 minutes, but it now takes longer than that to get from my home on 21st street to our office on North University. (for outsiders, this is considerably less than half way across town).
The plague has spread to outlying areas during the summer months. The other day, I had to drive from Crosbyton to Lamesa through Lubbock and was TWICE delayed by contractor dump trucks that had managed to high-centeri themselves while trying to cross the median in a construction zone, thereby blocking both traffic lanes.
One of these was near Crosbyton and the road was blocked for 20 minutes as crews struggled to move the truck and its low-hanging gondola dump trailer. They finally hooked onto it with a giant roller machine and drug the truck-tractor sideways to open one lane. Its tires were probably ruined in the process. The other, near Tahoka, was stuck for about 10 minutes before the crews uncoupled the trailer and drove the tractor out of the lanes it had been blocking.
On West 19th, the plague zone extends for miles, with the orange cones blocking one lane each way right out into the dim boonies at the city limit.
Of course, Lubbock traffic engineering has done nothing to adjust its "famous forever lights" to these new conditions. I have it on pretty good authority that one of the senior traffic engineers suffers from the delusion that traffic light timing exists primarily to "calm the traffic"; that is, slow it down. I don't know if the traffic is calm, but absurdly mistimed red lights and insanely long cycle times do anything but calm local drivers.
Whoops. Sorry for the italics. I forgot to close the tag.
But I thought Lubbock Tx was one of America's most conservative cities.
Let me try again...
I am 63. I started at Tech in 1960. I went horseback riding at a place on 50th st.
My father was offered the land at 34th and University (it was College then) for $100 and thought it was too much money. Big mistake!
We went to the ceremony when they completed the TV towers out around 82nd, and they were out in the country with not a house in sight.
Reese AFB was home to B25 bombers.
The Lubbock Airport was used for training glider pilots and the terminal was tiny.
Ah, well, I guess old age is making me nostalgic.
Perhaps its a case of dishwasher with "Chef" in his head.
When I was there in the late 70's the land past the Loop was mostly homes - I don't recall much else at all out there. I love Lubbock and would move back there in a second if I could. My daughter is a Sophmore at Tech so at least I get to visit her several times a year.
The traffic light system does suck; but, the orange cones are just a sign of growth.
I can buy those tamales at HEB here in Houston but they are incredible when you buy them fresh and hot out there!
Arjay was referring to 1960
During the local business fair in the Civic Centre, the Pedro's Tamales booth is one of the most popular and one of the most crowded.
I can imagine....... way back, long ago and far away, when my alter ego used to "visit" the Strip, we always went to Pinkies for BBQ and then occasionally stopped for a dozen steaming tamales............ ;^)
Now, Pedro's sells packed meals in the local grocery stores and they are pretty tasty.
And, yes, I have been to the strip a time or two, but I have very rarely bought anything. Usually, I go there to show the newbies just how wonderfully gaudy it is. Also, I have been out there on City business - procuring hooch for parties and functions.
Uh huh
When the City sponsored an annual music shindig, they had a reception for the musicians. The reception included booze purchased on the City's dime. I had to drive a van out to The Strip and load it with booze.
As for me, I am too cheap and too busy to buy stuff at The Strip. That, and I imbibe in great moderation.
Me too - my old friend wouldn't recognize me now......;^)
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