Nice write up by David Allison about how air conditioning has fueled Atlanta’s economic growth. Ask anyone what has driven Atlanta’s economic growth in recent decades and they’re likely to …
Featured image from Kansas City District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Flickr CC). Strewn debris from the EF-5 tornado that struck the Joplin, Mo., area, shown June 14, 2011. By …
Legendary blues singer, Alger “Texas” Alexander was born in Jewett, Texas, north of Houston in 1900. In 1934, Alger composed and sang with his big, deep voice the Frost Texas …
Back to Part I: Some Like It Cool: The Rise of AC in the South Air conditioning now dominates and our ability to cool our indoor climate may have radically changed Southern culture. …
Southerners love, and I do mean LOVE, air conditioning. When a heatstorm, a term that only became part of the meteorological jargon in the mid-1960s and describes a few days …
If architecture represents a mixture of reverence for previous styles, current aesthetics, and function—then Southern architecture is deeply rooted in the latter. You might see a Southern plantation home and …
Pecans trees are water loving. In 1578 when Spanish explorer Cebeza de Vacas shipwrecked on Galveston Island the local Native Americans befriended him. De Vacas noted that the Native Americans …
My scattered, smothered, and covered heart has been intrigued by the idea of the Waffle House Index (WHI) every since I first heard of such a metric. Internet lore is …
Jeff Beane was on a mission. In 1992 and 1993, he spent 1,500 hours traveling across North Carolina. In that time he traversed over 10,000 miles across the state. Jeff …
The sticky Southern summer heat makes me slightly insane. It’s an agitation that grows deep within me as the season ripens, and the humidity and temperature rise in equal fashion. …
