Rain drought in Texas

[TE]

Anyone in Texas feeling like shit because of the weather? I am seriously hoping some sort of tropical storm hits my area.


:depressed

rain rain rain rain rain

:depressed

[austN Spur]

i mowed my ghetto ass yard this weekend. basically had dirt flying all over the damm place. i just cant make myself use all this water to just keep grass green. maybe if it rained id water once a week but we cant even get that

[Sense]

East Texas doesn't get that bad of a drought... so you can't generalize. I know back in Beaumont we had a lot of rain all year.. although if there is any drought, it's about this time..

[DirkDoesWork]

No rain: Not good for a garden. There's not even a point to water it.

[TE]

I guess the weather models are wrong. I've been watching the weather channel a lot lately (looking for that next possible tropical storm) and I've seen that Texas along with other surrounding states are currently under a long drought.


In my area (Deep South Texas), an average of at least 13-14 inches is expected to fall between January and June (around this time). So far, we've only received two point something inches.

[CubanMustGo]

Unless you live around Dallas or along the Red River east of it, you're in a drought:

http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/pics/tx_dm.png

[Wild Cobra]

Unless you live around Dallas or along the Red River east of it, you're in a drought:

http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/pics/tx_dm.png

I was wondering where all the extra rain we have in Oregon has been coming from.

[boutons_deux]

Drought = death. Plants are stunted or die, crops are reduced or lost, wild animal and insect populations are reduced, along with animals that depend on insects.

Then we've had two severe cold spells of 2 or 3 consecutive days the last two Januaries that killed 1000s of marginally hardy but decades old, mature plants, followed by exceptionally hot summers with many weeks of 100F+. I remember many summers when hitting 95F was rare, and 100F was newsworthy.

And then extreme wet events like this:

http://www.mysanantonio.com/slideshows/news/slideshow/1-year-ago-June-9-flooding-15399.php

Very unstable, almost unlivable weather these past few years in central TX.

[CubanMustGo]

Hmm, if I remember correctly, last summer was pretty decent. The year before was the summer from hell, kind of like this one's shaping up to be. Very happy to be getting to visit the Bay Area for a couple of weeks to get away from this for a while (and, contrary to popular opinion, Mark Twain never said anything about the coldest winter he ever experienced being a summer in SFO).

[boutons_deux]

"last summer was pretty decent"

WTF? 60+ days of 100F+

[leemajors]

"last summer was pretty decent"

WTF? 60+ days of 100F+

At least there was some rain last June, it did stay relatively cool for a bit at least.

[JudynTX]

Is it wrong to wish for a hurricane to come through?

[Drachen]

Is it wrong to wish for a hurricane to come through?

I am glad that I read the whole thread first. I was about to post "Cant a brotha get a damn hurricane?"

[Frenzy]

Yesterday I was watching a movie on tv and it was raining heavily on the guys talking. My son walked by and took a glance at what I was watching and said "dad that's not real it never rains like that anywhere right?" I said "your right son....its just a movie"

[baseline bum]

Hmm, if I remember correctly, last summer was pretty decent. The year before was the summer from hell, kind of like this one's shaping up to be. Very happy to be getting to visit the Bay Area for a couple of weeks to get away from this for a while (and, contrary to popular opinion, Mark Twain never said anything about the coldest winter he ever experienced being a summer in SFO).

As hot as this summer is, it's nowhere near 2009. Didn't San Antonio have it's hottest June and hottest July ever that year?

[CosmicCowboy]

it's depressing. I've only had 1/2" of rain at the ranchito in the last 8 months...Even the "drought hardy" south texas vegetation is suffering...everything is dropping their leaves...I actually strung out irrigation pipe last week to water a grove of 100+ year old oak trees that were starting to stress and turn gray and drop their leaves...I was clearing a 400 yard long lane through the brush with the skid loader this weekend for a rifle range and once the crust on top is broken up the dirt is just like sugar...

[tlongII]

Drought???


:lmao

[mrsmaalox]

Yesterday I was watching a movie on tv and it was raining heavily on the guys talking. My son walked by and took a glance at what I was watching and said "dad that's not real it never rains like that anywhere right?" I said "your right son....its just a movie"

That's funny :)


Hmmm, and then there's the people on my street who still have lawns that look like thick, plush dark green carpet. WTF??

[CubanMustGo]

"last summer was pretty decent"

WTF? 60+ days of 100F+

You have 2010 ("last summer") confused with 2009. According to Weather Underground statistics, and defining summer as Jun 21-Sep 21:
Summer 2009: Avg Max 98, Avg Low 75, 52 100+ days
Summer 2010: Avg Max 93, Avg Low 76, 7 100+ days
Next?


As hot as this summer is, it's nowhere near 2009. Didn't San Antonio have it's hottest June and hottest July ever that year?

Possible; August ended up with more 100+ days than either. Let's compare temps over the last month to May-Jun 2009.

2009, May 14-Jun 13: Avg Hi 91, lo 68;
2011, May 14-Jun 13: Avg Hi 94, lo 72.

Whatever the case, with the drought this summer is shaping up to be another miserable one.

[Dave Mustaine]

I'm surprised one of you annoying inbred hillbillies hasn't posted a texas flood youtube in a tongue in cheek fashion.

cosmiccocksucker, you're up!

[Sisk]

Yeah, I've been wanting it to rain for quite some time now.

[PakiDan]

La Nina

http://ivansainzpardo.blogia.com/upload/20080304032701-la-nina-de-rajoy.jpg

[Dex]

I feel like shit because I won't be able to go tubing down the 'Lupe. :pctoss

[Nathan Explosion]

My tomato plant that's on my patio and gets direct sunlight in the morning is starting to turn brown, even though the soil is always moist like it should be. It's sprouting some delicious romas though.

I may have to bring it inside when I'm home in the afternoons just to spare it that hottest time of the day.

[boutons_deux]

http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/spring2011_precip.gif

[JudynTX]

Please don't walk your doggies in this heat. :( Thank you.

[Bill_Brasky]

I've been wishing for a tropical storm....pretty sad state of affairs.

[TE]

BUMP


A forecast predicts it will rain on Wednesday :)

[Drachen]

Wednesday have 0% humidity. I am sure of it.

[TheManFromAcme]

Memo to all:

When it does indeed rain here in this area, bytch-slap anyone in the face that complains about it. One thing I've noticed about this area; when it rains they bitch. when it doesn't rain they bytch. I've never seen a much more fickled group of arsholes than south-texans.

Mini poll here.

Given the the 2 extremes and you can't pick the middle, what do you prefer? Drought or Floods? Again, you can't pick the middle.

I choose floods. Although floods do unfortunately takes life (not just human life here so don't twist this), it also gives it. Phucken droughts take life....period. Phuck you if you choose droughts.

Discuss.

[thispego]

Anyone in Texas feeling like shit because of the weather? I am seriously hoping some sort of tropical storm hits my area.


:depressed

rain rain rain rain rain

:depressed

You're just a kid, fuck you, droughts don't concern you

[baseline bum]

You have 2010 ("last summer") confused with 2009. According to Weather Underground statistics, and defining summer as Jun 21-Sep 21:
Summer 2009: Avg Max 98, Avg Low 75, 52 100+ days
Summer 2010: Avg Max 93, Avg Low 76, 7 100+ days
Next?



Possible; August ended up with more 100+ days than either. Let's compare temps over the last month to May-Jun 2009.

2009, May 14-Jun 13: Avg Hi 91, lo 68;
2011, May 14-Jun 13: Avg Hi 94, lo 72.

Whatever the case, with the drought this summer is shaping up to be another miserable one.

That can't possibly be correct for 2009, unless it's using measurements at the airport. I remember there were something like 25 100+ days in the city in June 2009. Las Vegas actually felt better when I went there that summer.

[MannyIsGod]

All NWS stats for San Antonio are done at the airport. I can't speak for 2010 since I wasn't there, but 2009 was fucking ridiculous.

[Lizard_King]

Memo to all:

When it does indeed rain here in this area, bytch-slap anyone in the face that complains about it. One thing I've noticed about this area; when it rains they bitch. when it doesn't rain they bytch. I've never seen a much more fickled group of arsholes than south-texans.

Mini poll here.

Given the the 2 extremes and you can't pick the middle, what do you prefer? Drought or Floods? Again, you can't pick the middle.

I choose floods. Although floods do unfortunately takes life (not just human life here so don't twist this), it also gives it. Phucken droughts take life....period. Phuck you if you choose droughts.

Discuss.

I'm just straight up gonna say it, you're a fuckin faggot. Seriously.

[TE]

You're just a kid, fuck you, droughts don't concern you

When you live in the crappiest part of Texas, droughts are everything.




























































































Fuck off.

[thispego]

When you live in the crappiest part of Texas, droughts are everything.




Every part of Texas is crappy when there is a drought, but what do you care? You're just a little kid.























































































Fuck off.

[TE]

:cry:cry I have such a crappy life with a shitty low paying job that I have to come on ST to tell other posters who are a couple of years younger than me that they're kids and their opinion is nothing :cry:cry

[thispego]

:cry:cry I have such a crappy life with a shitty low paying job that I have to come on ST to tell other posters who are a couple of years younger than me that they're kids and their opinion is nothing :cry:cry

:lmao :lmao

:cry when oh when can I start taking my 30 minute showers again??!? :cry

My life is awesome, btw, who ever said my life was crappy, tbh?

[TheManFromAcme]

I'm just straight up gonna say it, you're a fuckin faggot. Seriously.

"You need to come home now, Daddy is porking your mom"

- Signed,
Daddy

[desflood]

We've put in five new trees since the beginning of the year. Three have died despite hand watering and one of the remaining two looks like it's fading.

I've been trying to convince the old man to buy a couple of acres up in Alaska to build on, but so far he's not going for it. I bet another month of this does it, though.

[Nathan Explosion]

It's finally raining, and it smells so good. Nice and fresh. I put the tomato plant in the rain.

[baseline bum]

What is this colorless liquid I'm seeing on the ground right now?

[baseline bum]

Is this the first precipitation since it snowed in February?

[Spurtacus]

What is this colorless liquid I'm seeing on the ground right now?

Tears from California. Lakers fans just realized Dwight aint coming.

[TE]

So you guys are getting rain up there...



No rain here yet. :(

[xellos88330]

WTF!!! The sky is falling! I didn't think it would be so wet though.

[TE]

It's a good day today.