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@Lubbockist He did come to LBK in February…guess he didn’t get enough interest in the first primary.🤷🏻

This is what politicians think a "statewide" campaign tour "across Texas" looks like...

@joebud123 I have ridden Waymo in ATX but only going a few blocks downtown. Would never ever ride in one on a freeway!!!

About time.

@TexasTechMBB Wish he was returning. Just say’n. 🤷🏻🤷🏻🤷🏻

He’s like that 😤

@flatland_sports This storm TTU Civil Engineering dept began studying storm damage and the Wind Research Center was born. that lead to development of above ground storm safe rooms. Dr. Earnest Keisling, Dr, James McDonald and Dr. Kishor Mehta studied that building. It is still off center.

*Traces of Texas Tech* Photograph of storm damage from the on May 11, 1970. The accompanying caption reads: “Texas Tech students survey the tornado damage to their apartment building. Several apartment complexes near the campus were destroyed or severely damaged.” The tornado killed 26 people and remains one of the deadliest and most destructive tornadoes in Texas history. Thankfully, most students had already left for the summer by May 11. Had classes still been in session, the loss of life could have been far worse. For the students who remained in Lubbock, the tornado came dangerously close to campus and tore through neighborhoods where many students lived off campus. One former student, Ramsay Banks, shared his recollection of that night with KCBD in 2005: The evening of May 11th 1970, I had a date with my girlfriend Leslie who lived in the Gates dormitory on 19th street. The weather was clear and warm in the early evening, with distant clouds. We went out to eat, then back to the lobby of her dorm to watch tv. It began to rain, then the storm began to gather more and more force. I remember going out to my car for a minute, and the wind was blowing with tremendous gusts. Inside the big steel-framed girls dormitory, you really couldn't hear or feel the storm. Gates dorm on 19th is only a few hundred yards from where the roofs of houses began to be damaged, east and north 19th and University. As I sat with my girlfriend, watching tv, the lights in the dorm went out. We smooched a little while the lights out since no one could see us(dorm rules in those days were pretty strict, they even had monitors to make sure nothing unseemly happened). The lights came back within a few minutes when the TTU backup generators powered up. We began to hear on the radio what had happened. I had to drive back to my parents house in South Lubbock, since I had a curfew and was expected to be home. As I drove out of the dorm parking lot, the storm had stopped, but water was over the curbs. My little white Renault 10 car was great about not drowning out in deep water. I went over to 19th and University. The traffic lights were out, and there was a policeman directing traffic in the flooded intersection. The next day, I went driving around downtown Lubbock to view the damage. National Guard troops were out, and the area around the Great Plains(now NTS)building was barricaded. It was thought that the 20 story building might fall. A large amount of brick had indeed fallen off the North side of the building, and many windows were broken or blown out. Of course I had to go around the barricades to get a better look, but a Guardsman saw me and told me to get out of the area. My family had a friend, an attorney who was working in his office on one of the top floors of the Great Plains building when the tornado hit it, and it was really something to hear him tell how the building was swaying so hard, that he had to hold on to the stair hand rails to keep from falling as he ran for his life down more than a dozen flights. Later, engineering analysis showed that the Great Plains building was moving, at the top, by several inches or more. Must have been pretty scary up on the top floors, when it started swaying like that. The Great Plains building was vacant for years after, because it was believed by many that it might still fall. The Army Corps of Engineers did a study and found it to be structurally sound, so people eventually moved back in. When spring comes to the South Plains, and the tornado weather arrives, I sometimes remember the night of May 11 1970. I've lived in Lubbock all my life, and I've yet to see a tornado firsthand, although I definitely was close enough to a tornado that night.”

@LilaCave @1thread6flags I saw a PBS documentary on Dr. Fujita. He had already developed it but this was his first EF-5. If you ever catch that it is worth watching.

@1thread6flags @RHH3907 That Lubbock tornado helped with the development of the Fujita Scale (F Scale).

On this day in 1953, Waco was ravaged by a tornado that tore through the heart of the city. The storm killed 114 people and seriously injured another 145; 196 business buildings were completely destroyed, and 396 were damaged so badly that they had to be torn down. Source: @TxStHistAssoc

For decades, Cpl. Richard A. Veal’s name was inscribed on the Walls of the Missing. After 84 years, the New Mexico National Guard Soldier who fought in the defense of Bataan during World War II, returned home to New Mexico. #NeverForgotten @dodpaa nationalguard.mil/News/Article-V…

Technically true since Tech won the regular season. But I like the trend of using “holistically”

@stephiegal Never give up a good fight…

@RyanHyattMedia Hey so anyone out there remember Rim Rock City. Outside the loop on E 50th. Somebody tried to do an outdoor putting park years later. Rim Rock was a western themed park. I am guessing early 60’s…just asking. Buffalo Beano hits different for some reason…😜🤪😜

Your Daily Dose of West Texas. If you're of a certain age you know exactly why you went to this store... to buy a Frisbee of course! Photo via If you grew up in Lubbock, Texas, you remember when...... West Texas Is The Best Texas !

It’s got to be demoralizing knowing that your Conference tournament run is over after just 3 innings.

@DannyGreenhands Just never liked them. That’s actually how they were made in the 1800’s. I’m a docent at NRHC and my 1870 Cowboy outfit has square toes. But my Saturday night boots are sharp rounded.

@RHH3907 I’m typically against square toes, can you tell me why you are too?

Which boot should I buy?

@DannyGreenhands I always said, only way to break in a new pair of boots is to go dancing…preferably a Western Swing band….

I’m the proud owner of some new pairs of boots!! Two pairs are caiman, one teju, and the other pair is full quill ostrich! I already have a pair of smooth ostrich, but man am I excited to get my hands on these bad boys!

@72Rhyno @PeteNakos @JacobCHatch @On3 @RedRaiderSports @AndyStaples @AriWasserman Just want him to stay healthy….

@PeteNakos @JacobCHatch @On3 @RedRaiderSports @AndyStaples @AriWasserman Would it be worth betting on him being the starter?

Inside Texas Tech QB Will Hammond's ACL recovery: 'The knee is getting better at a rapid pace' More: on3.com/news/inside-te…

USAAF Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber brought down by flak over France in 1944

@Don_CowboyHyp @ThrowbackPATS Wish I knew the Tech guy standing up in the middle of the aggy corps with both Gunz Up!

@ThrowbackPATS I was at that game

Watching a classic Big 12 shootout: 2002 Texas Tech @ Texas A&M - Red Raiders 18 point comeback (48-47 final score in OT) This game had some former #Patriots in it: TEXAS TECH: • KLIFF KINGSBURY: 49-59 (83.1%) 474 yards, 5 TDs • WES WELKER: 20 touches | 327 all-purpose yards | 2 TD TEXAS A&M: • BETHEL JOHNSON: 3 touches | 124 all-purpose yards | 2 TD • TY WARREN: 7 tackles, 2 TFLs 🫡 @WesWelker

Anne Frank wrote today in 1944: 'What's the point of the war? Why, oh why can't people live together peacefully? Why all this destruction? (...) Why are millions spent on the war each day, while not a penny is available for medical science, artists or the poor? Why do people have to starve when mountains of food are rotting away in other parts of the world? Oh, why are people so crazy?'