Tag: Texas

The brutal cold snap that has frozen Texas hasn’t only numbed unprepared people to the bone – thousands of turtles have been caught off-guard too. Thousands of sea turtles unused to the plunge in temperatures have been washing up on the beaches of South Padre Island, off the southern coast of Texas. Volunteers have brought some 4,700 of them to a convention centre, where they are being kept in tubs and enclosures before they can be released when the water is warmer. “It’s an unprecedented event,” said Wendy Knight, executive director of research and conservation centre Sea Turtle Inc, which ... Read more

Travel expert Kris Kosach shares important tips for choosing the right vacation destination. Timely tips for great getaways in Texas to break the winter blues… Cold weather is still with many around the country, but that doesn’t mean you can’t escape the cold with a ‘hot’ vacation or a weekend getaway. It is also the perfect time to start planning for Spring or Summer vacation. Here to help is travel and technology expert Kris Kosach, an original host of Travel Channel’s ‘Tech Gear’ television show, and a well-known travel and tech expert for Tech TV. Kris gives some hot spots to ... Read more

German carrier Lufthansa said that it has plans to begin service from Austin to Frankfurt in May 2019. The nonstop service will be available on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. The first Austin-Frankfurt Lufthansa flight is scheduled for May 3, 2019. Tickets are already on sale at lufthansa.com. “We are thrilled to announce the launch of nonstop service between Austin, Texas, and our Frankfurt hub in May of next year, which will offer Austin area residents a world of travel opportunities to more than 200 destinations in 100 countries from our European base. Those living in Texas’ state capital will ... Read more

A magnitude of about 3.0 earthquake was measured in the Richter scale at central Oklahoma in the United States. Any kind of damages or causalities are recorded so far. As per the reports from the US Geological Department, the quake had fluttered with a reach of over 5.5 km, in the north-west of Oklahoma City. Oklahoma, being famous for its natural oil resources has faced a large number of earthquakes in the recent times, mainly due to the injection of wastewater from the oil and gas producing companies. Meanwhile, scientist’s reports as the episodes of earthquakes in Kansas, Texas and ... Read more