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WalMart runs low on stock as hurricane Alex closes in [PHOTOS]

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Last night I had to make a late run to WalMart to get some extra oil for the generator and saw the store’s “hurricane” inventory had been depleted.

What was a large shelf of tarps a few days ago was mostly gone.

Hurricane Alex - WalMart Tarps

Hurricane Alex - WalMart Tarps

The flashlights? Except for the very expensive sets, they were sold out.

Hurricane Alex - WalMart Flashlights

Hurricane Alex - WalMart Flashlights

The camping lights were all out and so was all of the propane.

Hurricane Alex - WalMart Camping Lamps

Hurricane Alex - WalMart Camping Lamps

And you know things are getting bad when all the Ramen shelves are bare.

Hurricane Alex - WalMart Ramen

Hurricane Alex - WalMart Ramen

As I was leaving, the night shift workers were pulling palettes of inventory out to re-stock.

On a related note, if I was an inventory manager for WalMart and saw there were “emergency” items that nobody wanted to buy even in a hurricane situation, I would seriously reconsider keeping the item in stock at all.

Current oil spill photo from NASA [PHOTO]

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This is how bad the oil spill in the Gulf Of Mexico is right now…

Oil Spill as of 06/22/10

That little white dot in the lower left area is where the oil spill started.

Those little patches of blue are what’s left of the ocean.

Click here to visit the NASA site with the original photo.

Click here to see a giant photo of the region from a little higher up (NOTE: large 10mb image)

Disgusting. Absolutely disgusting.

EDIT / UPDATE: Just found this forecast of its’ potential spread…

The Texas Double Whopper makes treadmills weep

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So I was at the drive through getting a BK Mocha Joe (my Friday crack fix, thankyouverymuch), when I saw this billboard on the side of the drive-thru.

BK Texas Double Whopper

BK Texas Double Whopper

I usually don’t hit the Whoppers because I know they’re bad, but this one actually looked pretty good. Double beef, bacon, cheese, and jalapenos! I actually forgot about Whataburger for a brief second!

Out of curiosity, I Googled the Texas Double Whopper to see just how bad it is. Caloriecount confirmed what I suspected…

TEXAS DOUBLE WHOPPER

Calories – 1050
Calories from Fat – 621
Total Fat – 69.0g (106% Daily Value)
Saturated Fat – 26.0g (130% Daily Value)
Cholesterol – 210mg (70% Daily Value)
Sodium – 1910mg (80% Daily Value)

I don’t think my treadmill has a setting for DAMN.

Anyhow, I also found this commercial about the Texas double Whopper too. It made me laugh, but I still ain’t touching that sandwich with someone else’s 10 foot pole.

77 CDs for $77

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I’ve been lagging behind posting because I found a local department store in town that’s been quietly getting rid of their entire audio CD department.

Every new shrink wrapped CD with a red sticker is $1.

This is a major brand-name store too, so I know they’re all legit CDs.

Sooooo needless to say I’ve been going slightly bananas. Last night I picked up 77 CDs for $77. If I bought them for their average price of $11.99, I would have spent $923.23 to get these same 77 CDs, so I actually saved $846.23.

The photo has last night’s run stacked 5 CDs high (except for the top left corner with Stevie Wonder).

77 CDs for $77

77 CDs for $77

White Stripes, Ray Charles, Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, She Wants Revenge, Parliament, BB King, Usher, Lenny Kravitz, Elton John, Black Eyed Peas, MGMT, Paula Cole, Melissa Etheridge, Staind, Static X, Willie Nelson, The Boxmasters… they’ve got everything. Even The Rocky Horror Picture Show Soundtrack!

I’m going back later today to see if there’s anything left after the official announcement was made earlier today.

Now I need to get a really big frikin’ hard drive to rip these to!

Return to Falfurrias Overpass [PHOTOS]

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While driving around south Texas last week, I saw there was some more progress on that overpass in Falfurrias.

Return To Falfurrias Overpass 1

Return To Falfurrias Overpass 1

The wiry strands from my last visit are now encased in pillars of concrete, and horizontal support beams for the overpass are now in place.

Return To Falfurrias Overpass 2

Return To Falfurrias Overpass 2

The “downtown” area of Falfurrias is directly behind me where I took the photos. If you take the road going straight past the Burger King, you’ll get to Kingsville in about 40 minutes. To the left where the overpass is pointing is North and will get you to Alice, Texas. To the right going south about an hour is McAllen.

Return To Falfurrias Overpass 3

Return To Falfurrias Overpass 3

The overpass project is moving pretty fast. Since Falfurrias is the first town past the inspection checkpoint, I wonder if they’re going to run the overpass all the way south to meet it?

Survivor Tree [Photos]

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While I was on the road trip I took last week, I saw this tree for the first time on the side of the freeway.

Survivor Tree 1

Survivor Tree 1

Somehow this tree lost half of itself, but kept on growing.

Survivor Tree 2

Survivor Tree 2

The withered, sun-bleached remnant was stretched on the ground beside the living tree, still wrapped along its’ roots.

Survivor Tree 5

Survivor Tree 5

Standing midway between the treeline and the freeway, it really was a striking sight.

Survivor Tree 6

Survivor Tree 6