Green Valley Moments

I’m fascinated by No Limit Texas Holdem Poker. OK, I might be a bit obsessed lately.
ESPN is covering this year’s event which is being held in Las Vegas. A total of 5,619 players paid the $10,000.00 entry fee, and the total prize pool which will be distributed to the players is $52,818,610.00. That’s over 52 […]

We can’t see the mountains this morning because of the smoke in the air. In fact, we can’t even see the sun. This might be a welcome change for some of us trying to avoid the seemingly endless days of record (over 100°) heat.
Here’s the latest updates on the fire.
Birds likely to be spared from […]

The Florida Fire in the Santa Rita Mountains is likely to burn 18,000 acres, but that may not be such a bad thing.
The Arizona Daily Star (Good pic of the fire)
Close to 500 firefighters are battling a wildfire in the Santa Rita Mountains that has charred nearly 18-hundred-50 acres since being sparked by lightning Thursday.
KPHO.com
The […]

The Madera Canyon Recreation Area just East of Green Valley was closed today.
“It will take monsoon moisture to extinguish this fire,” Coronado National Forest spokeswoman Heidi Schewel said.
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While we can see the smoke from our patio, the fires in the Santa Rita Mountains are miles away and no threat to any residents of Green Valley.
At least not now.
Fire crews were assigned Friday.
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Yep, it’s me!
With my straw hat (mandatory in the Summer in Green Valley) and my geezer sunglasses, I’m just keeping cool…waiting.
The monsoon season could start any day now, but our first chance (10%) of rain isn’t until Monday. In the meantime, I’ll just check the monsoon stats from the National Weather Service.

Each Friday, Amazon.com holds a sale where selected items are discounted deeper than usual. The kicker is that you have to buy the item that day.
Check out this Friday’s sale.

Since a lot of us have Secure Horizons insurance (owned by PacifiCare), this article may be of interest.
MINNEAPOLIS
July 6, 2005
… UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to merge with PacifiCare Health Systems, Inc. (PacifiCare) (NYSE:PHS), for a combination of cash and stock, furthering the efforts of both companies to […]

The monsoon season is approaching and a common question will be, “Did you get any rain?
Want to check all of Pima County?
Or maybe you’re just interested in the rainfall amounts in the Green Valley.
Now, what are we going to talk about?

You might think that I work for Google, in view of the recent posts. I don’t. It’s just that there are so many new features recently announced.
Google Personalized web search delivers custom search results that are based on a profile you create describing your interests. For example, people with an interest in the outdoors will […]