By George Slaughter Katy city residents or businesses impacted by broken pipes during the recent winter storm will not need a plumbing permit for emergency pipe damage repairs, the city announced Friday. However, a no-fee permit is required, along with an inspection, for water heaters and all other plumbing altercations, including gas pipe repairs and replacements. The city said the requirement is intended to protect city residents and their properties. To check whether the damages […]
Production challenges of micro coils from the eyes of a manufacturer
If you are deep in the medicine or electronics industry, you must have heard about micro coils. A tiny system of coils that look harmless from a distance but performs tasks that assist in saving lives. These coils develop from a sophisticated system of electromagnetically charged wires spiraled around a core. Themicro-coils have an acute ability to collaborate electric current and magnetic fields. The coils find several applications, especially in the medical arena and electronics. […]
Fire Marshal’s Office Investigating Cause of Midway Bar-B-Que Fire
By George Slaughter Katy Fire Marshal Gregg Peterson and his staff are investigating the cause of a multiple-alarm fire that occurred early Saturday morning at Midway Bar-B-Que, 6025 Highway Blvd. Nobody was hurt in the fire. City Emergency Management Coordinator Greg Goedecker said Katy firefighters were on the scene at 2:58 a.m. Nine Katy units responded to the call, and firefighters from six other, non-Katy, departments were also involved in fighting the fire. Firefighters had […]
Sens. Cruz, Cornyn Back Gov. Abbott’s Request for Federal Assistance for Texans Amid Winter Storms and Outages
HOUSTON, Texas – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) today wrote President Biden in support of Governor Abbott’s request that all categories of Public Assistance, all programs of Individual Assistance, and the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program be authorized for all 254 Texas counties amid severe winter storms and associated outages across the State of Texas. In the letter, the senators wrote: “Emergency resource distribution has been delayed by treacherous road, rail, and […]
Sens. Cruz, Cornyn Urge Support for USDA Disaster Declaration for Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy Counties Amid Agricultural Losses Due to Storms
HOUSTON, Texas – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) today wrote Acting Secretary of Agriculture Kevin Shea in support of Governor Abbott’s federal disaster declaration request for Cameron, Hidalgo, and Willacy counties amid significant agricultural production losses due to severe winter storms across the State of Texas. In the letter, the senators wrote: “While the state continues to assess damages in other counties, Governor Abbott has requested that USDA expeditiously issue a […]
Sen. Cruz Calls on Biden Administration To Immediately Remedy Report on Nord Stream 2 Pipeline
‘The Biden administration is signaling it is willing to let the pipeline be completed with catastrophic implications for American national security and for the energy security of our European allies’ HOUSTON, Texas – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after the Biden administration transmitted to Congress a mandatory, overdue report on construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which reversed years of bipartisan work and […]
AG Paxton Issues CIDs to ERCOT and Other Companies Following Dangerous Winter Storm Power Failures
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton today issued Civil Investigative Demands (CIDs) to ERCOT and other power companies regarding power outages, emergency plans, energy pricing, and more related to this week’s winter weather disaster. The large-scale failure of Texas power companies to withstand the winter storm left multiple millions of Texans without power and heat during lethal, record-low temperatures across the state. “I’m using the full scope of my Constitutional powers to launch an investigation […]
FEMA Announces Emergency Aid for Texas
FEMA announced federal emergency aid has been made available to the state of Texas to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in areas affected by a severe winter storm beginning on Feb. 11, 2021 and continuing. Individuals and business owners who sustained losses in the designated area can begin applying for assistance by registering online at http://www.DisasterAssistance.gov or by calling 1-800-621-3362 or 1-800-462-7585 TTY. The President’s action makes federal funding available to affected individuals […]
Betiton Review: Is This Casino Legit?
Every player online would like to know in advance if the online casino and bookmaker they’re about to visit is legit and of course fun to play on. Today we’re looking at one of the newer players on the market. It has all the looks of an exciting bookmaker and their online casino games are very innovative. Betiton is a newly started online casino/bookmaker (2020) – by experienced people in the online casino/bookmaking world. The company got […]
5 Natural Alternatives to Antidepressants That You Must Know
Depression is a severe mood disorder that can become worse with time, if left untreated. I think we all can agree on one thing that depression must not be neglected or it can take away your life. The stigma of talking about depression still exists. People refuse to accept that depression is for real and can be harmful. On the other hand, many people call it stress and hope for it to go away on […]