Environmental stories are certainly about science and health, but they are also about business, government, population growth, agriculture, and most importantly people. I've been covering the environment for a long time. In fact, I went to college to study marine science, inspired by Jacques Cousteau. But I decided to combine my interests in science and writing and became a journalist. There are signs that ordinary life is returning to downtown Dallas, but these are not ordinary times.
People are back to work, but nine to five is far from normal.
I'm really kind of concerned, said Jerry Vickers, who works downtown. I'm always really checking the people around me and there is a certain amount of insecurity. All over North Texas, people are complaining that the recent rain has brought the bugs out. Crickets, mosquitoes, fleas and fire ants, some of our least favorite pests. For more than a week, the Eastern half of Texas has seen repeated showers and thunderstorms.