KRISTV.com http://www.kristv.com/ KRISTV.com Hurricane Alex Coverage Hurricane Alex Coverage en-us Copyright 2013, KRISTV.com. All Rights Reserved. Feed content is not avaialble for commercial use. () () Mon, 20 May 2013 05:05:10 GMT Synapse CMS 10 KRISTV.com http://www.kristv.com/ 144 25 Preparations Begin http://www.kristv.com/blog-entries/preparations-begin/ http://www.kristv.com/blog-entries/preparations-begin/ Hurricane Alex Coverage Tue, 29 Jun 2010 6:12:22 PM Keaton Fox - kfox@kristv.com RAYMONDVILLE -- We are heading out to South Padre Island, but first, my photojournalist, Mike Salazar, and I needed to get some basic essentials in case we had nothing else.

Simple things like bread and batteries. The shelves were pretty empty, especially of water and canned meat. The simple stuff.

Lots of windows were boarded up and the big thing down here, so I'm told, is sandbagging. Lots of sandbags are around.

We're currently driving through some streamer showers, and as soon as I finished this sentence, they're over.

Still about 30 miles from the Island. I'll update this blog as soon as I can. Feel free to leave questions or comments.

-Keaton Fox


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]]> 24 Hours From Landfall http://www.kristv.com/blog-entries/24-hours-from-landfall/ http://www.kristv.com/blog-entries/24-hours-from-landfall/ Hurricane Alex Coverage Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:05:18 AM Keaton Fox - kfox@kristv.com 24 Hours From Landfall

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND -- Forgive me for a quick update here, but I've been up since about 3:00 a.m. and we have a big day ahead of us.

Apologies for not seeing you at nine, as promised, we had a few technical issues, but in a hurricane, those things happen. Glad to see you all at ten.

We'll be live from South Padre Island tomorrow, and we'll be filing as many online reports as time allows. Of course, I'd love to field your questions, if you have any, about what's happening down here.

One of the biggest surprises to me so far is how many people are here. And I'm not just talking locals. Here at our hotel, there are many families who, for whatever reason, chose to ride out the storm. I hope to tell some of their stories tomorrow.

We're of course, also joined here by our friends in the media from a variety of places. We shared resources tonight with NBC, and the Dallas NBC station. Our first stop was to the Weather Channel satellite truck.

Which reminds me, we are using satelitte trucks, so please forgive the slight delay when watching our coverage.

Time for some sleep. Be sure to follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/reporterfox


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]]> Here Comes Alex http://www.kristv.com/blog-entries/here-comes-alex/ http://www.kristv.com/blog-entries/here-comes-alex/ Hurricane Alex Coverage Wed, 30 Jun 2010 7:19:19 AM Keaton Fox - kfox@kristv.com Here Comes Alex

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND -- The island is beginning to feel the effects of Alex, as heavy rain is moving in. Winds aren't that bad right now, breezy, but only somewhere between 5-10 mph.

Last night, the island was pretty busy still. We did see people still trying to board up before Alex makes landfall. Many business are open, but boarded up.

Tourists are still here, which is a little suprising, but the locals seem almost unfased by the storm. We're out finding great stories for you today. See you later on KRIS and KZTV, and of course, all day on http://twitter.com/reporterfox


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