It's the dog daze of Summer and w/ the heat comes some hot hounds needed a home but more importantly funds to keep them healthy and whole.  And you can help by going to this amazing fundraiser at The Robinson Film Festival on July 19th from 4 to 7pm.  Enjoy dinner by an award winning chef with musical guests and more!

Folks often find it difficult to find fun things to do in the ArkLaTex with the family.  And one local ArkLaTex woman realized shortly after moving here, the difficulties of finding fun stuff for her family to do on a regular basis.  She developed a user-friendly website to search out things your family may be interested in doing on the weekends.  Her website and fb pages cover areas all over the ArkLaTex.

Chris and I will be discussing river flooding and how warnings are issued on rivers, lakes and streams when the rain gets to excessive and the water has nowhere to go.

LiDAR and how it can help us to go back! in time to the days of the civil rights Trail and beyond  into the Civil War

The Mutt House takes in dogs that have been on the streets for a very long time. They are dogs that are reallt difficult to adopt.
And stormy weather can create those conditions where dogs may escape from their owners. But sometimes they are abandoned. 

Chief Meteorologist Patrick Dennis talks about the weather and more with 2-time BASSMASTER Classic Winner Hank Parker

Hurricane season starts on June 1st, and we wanted to talk about some different outlooks and variables in store this year. Hurricane enthusiast and local National Weather Service meteorologist, Ryan Knapp, joins us for the conversation.

This week, Patrick chats with Baton Legion Weather Legend, Jay Grymes. After three decades on WAFB in Baton Rouge, Jay is once again the State Climatologist for the station of Louisiana.

Patrick and Caroline breakdown recent severe weather events, including the tornado that hit southwest Shreveport on May 6th. 

Have you ever heard of a Mesonet? Do you know what it is?Mesonets are interconnected networks of automated weather stations installed across an entire state or region and are built to improve detection and monitoring of local or regional weather conditions.On the latest edition of the Barksdale Bubble, we talk with those behind the Louisiana State Mesonet and what this means for getting better weather data.