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Parts of the Bahamas are under a Tropical Storm Warning. Parts of the Atlantic Coast of Florida are under a Tropical Storm Watch...

Tropical Storm Humberto formed Wednesday in the Gulf of Mexico after a warning was issued for parts of the Texas and Louisiana coasts because of the flooding danger from expected heavy rains, forecasters said. At 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT), the eighth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season had maximum sustained winds of 45 mph and its center was about 70 miles south-southwest of Galveston, Texas, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm already was dropping rain in Texas and Louisiana. Senior hurricane specialist Jack Beven said about 5 inches to 10 inches of rain was expected along the...

Tropical Disturbance has formed in the NW Gulf of Mexico. Radar indicates a defined surface circulation. The system may strengthen into a tropical depression later today, with the possibility of further strengthening into a tropicalstorm prior to landfall. Houston and Galveston are under flash flood watches. Buoy Data NW GOM Storm Model TracksStorm Surge graphic Radar/Satellite ImagesLong Range Houston/Galveston RadarVisible Satellite Still ImageIR ImageWV Image Additional Resources:Central Florida Hurricane CenterHurricane City Category Wind Speed Barometric Pressure Storm Surge Damage Potential Tropical Depression < 39 mph < 34 kts     Minimal Tropical Storm 39 - 73 mph 34 - 63...

Dinner With an Anti-Hunter November 15, 2005 by Humberto Fontova I’d just hung the deer by its neck on the swing set for skinning and butchering when..... "Oh Hum-BERTO! Puh-LEAZE!” I look over and it’s our new neighbor Freddie, wailing from his patio door, his face a mask of horror and disgust. "Humberto! How COULD YOU? Why that’s AWFUL!” Freddie moved here recently from San Francisco. People didn’t skin deer in their backyards there. Freddie used to open his back door, prance to the fence, and discuss the screen and stage with fellow wine sniffers. Now he opens his back...

ERNESTO CHE GUEVARA (PAGE IN SPANISH) Humberto Fontova Tuesday, June 25, 2002 Mike Tyson used to end fights with his arms upraised in triumph. Then he got a Che Guevara tattoo. Now he ends fights on the ground, a bloodied mess, battered and bowed, pounded almost beyond recognition. Lewis didn’t just defeat him, he stomped him. It was a hideous thing to watch, even if you loathe Mike Tyson. Tyson was jinxed by that Che tattoo. There’s no other explanation. Somebody should have enlightened mighty Mike about the real Che Guevara. Che was hell on smiting his enemies, all right...