Pollen Pandimonium!!!

Breathing has been a bit difficult for folks with allergies this spring in the triangle region of North Carolina. Now we know why. Levels of pollen are at an all time high. Of course records have only been kept for nine years, but this is the worst. The Allergy Foundation of America released their annual rankings of U.S. cities with the worst spring allergy problems and the southeastern U.S. is ground zero, if you will, for the entire problem. Raleigh/Durham/Chapel-Hill ranks as the 48th worst area in the country for allergies this spring. Tulsa, Oklahoma was number one.
It's mostly tree pollen that causes the problems. I'm taking Allegra and Flonase, which both seem to work really well. I only developed allergies recently and know why people don't like pollen. But it's a vital part of nature, but problematic for lots of triangle residents. I love the springtime though. New life is all around.
For the complete story and list of U.S. cities with the worst allergy problems this spring, click here: http://www.forbes.com/2007/04/02/allergies-health-pollen-forbeslife-cx_avd_0403allergy.html

The Carolina Hurricanes lost last night 3-2 to the Tampa Bay Lighting and thus knocked themselves out of playoff contention. This makes the Canes the first defending Stanley Cup champion since 1996 to not make the playoffs the following year. It was a tough year. Lots of injuries didn't help. But, they've still got two home games left. Friday night at 7pm against the Atlanta Thrashers and Saturday at 7pm against the Florida Panthers. I'll be there Saturday and hope you will as well. It's a great Easter weekend time and let's still show 'um we love 'um!!!

The Durham Bulls open their season on Thursday night at the DBAP and hopefully the weather will be nice. Gametime at 7pm against Syracuse. Get your tickets at the ballpark. The Bulls will be home on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday as well. America's game is back. Bring the kids. I'm ready for some hot dogs and baseball. Details at:http://www.dbulls.com

Coach G is leaving Duke to join the program at Texas. She's had a great career at Duke over the past 15 years. She compiled a 396 wins, 99 losses record. Amazing. Congrats to Coach G. Now that's two coaches Texas has grabbed from the triangle. First Mack Brown from North Carolina and now coach G. Texas knows we have the best folks in the world right here in North Carolina.

And finally, Capitol Records is looking for the next big country star. This is gonna be cool. $50,000 grand and a big time three song demo and possible record deal could be yours. If ya wanna enter then get to this website: http://bix.yahoo.com/contest/6902

Have a great day!! Thanks for listening!

Dallas