Rain Dance

[spurschick]

They say we might get some rain in the next few days... PLEASE RAIN!!!!!!


(Could this be Manny in a previous life?)
http://www.cactusmountain.com/Cards/RainDance.jpg

[ShoogarBear]

Previous life? That was Manny 30 minutes ago!

[zero signal]

I'll make sure to wash my car and water my yard tomorrow, that should guarantee rain.

[NorCal510]

why the hell would you want rain? is there a fire or seomthing

[Das Texan]

manny dont know shit about weather.

[ShoogarBear]

http://www.uploadfile.info/uploads/d1796fbc70.jpg (http://www.uploadfile.info/)

God I suck at this.

[atxrocker]

saw on the news that some nuns were actually doing some sort of rain ceremony/dance here in central texas due to the danger of drought.

[Trainwreck2100]

yep

[Trainwreck2100]

saw on the news that some nuns were actually doing some sort of rain ceremony/dance here in central texas due to the danger of drought.

OMG that made it to Austin.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

(Could this be Manny in a previous life?)

Why, yes, yes it is...

http://www.fao.org/News/1998/img/16095.gif

[SpursWoman]

why the hell would you want rain? is there a fire or seomthing

It's been over 100 degrees the past week or so ... and when our aquifer gets to a certain level they start imposing water restrictions. And as much as I try to water my 1/2+ acre (which is expensive, btw), my lawn is getting pretty crispy.

And with the 4th of July coming, if we don't get enough rain they enforce a burn ban, which includes a $500 fine for shooting off fireworks. They hunt you down big time in Comal & Guadalupe counties, too...it didn't take them 15 minutes to find us on New Years, when there was a burn ban in place.

:fro

[spurschick]

And with the 4th of July coming, if we don't get enough rain they enforce a burn ban, which includes a $500 fine for shooting off fireworks.


User better start saving up some $$. :lol

[SpursWoman]

User better start saving up some $$. :lol


With as much stuff as we bought on New Year's, as well as how much his friend bought...we debated at quite some length as to whether or not we'd all chip in for the ticket if we got busted. It was tough. :lol

[CosmicCowboy]

I am an old fart and I have NEVER seen it this bad. Our ranch is between Poteet and Devine and we have only had three inches of rain in the last YEAR. Everything is brown and dead. The electrical co-op replaced a powerpole at our place last week and drilled a 6' deep hole to set the new pole...the dirt was dry and dusty all the way to the bottom. Unfuckingbelievable just how dry it is...

[Buddy Holly]

saw on the news that some nuns were actually doing some sort of rain ceremony/dance here in central texas due to the danger of drought.

That happened in SA.

They prayed at a well next to UIW.

[desflood]

Okay, I watered my dying rose bushes and left all the car windows down. We've done our part.

[CubanMustGo]

I am an old fart and I have NEVER seen it this bad. Our ranch is between Poteet and Devine and we have only had three inches of rain in the last YEAR. Everything is brown and dead. The electrical co-op replaced a powerpole at our place last week and drilled a 6' deep hole to set the new pole...the dirt was dry and dusty all the way to the bottom. Unfuckingbelievable just how dry it is...

I'm another OF and agree. We're around 25 inches below normal in McKinney over the last 16 months. Not as dry as you have seen in Poteet, but given how much more rain we normally get in North Texas about as significant.

40% chance of rain here Saturday and Sunday, but I'm not going to hold my breath. We've had too many 50%-70% chances without a drop already this year. A lot of areas east, north, and south have seen rain that has bypassed us completely.

http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/drmon.gif

[Taco]

http://www.mrpictureman.com/nss-folder/indianandwesternprints/Indian%20Rain%20Dance.jpg

[ShoogarBear]

That drought monitor is very cool.

Also very scary for the Southwest.

[CubanMustGo]

A lot of the SW should be helped out when the annual late summer monsoon hits. They don't get a whole lot of rain to begin with, a couple of inches and they'll be OK. It's a desert ecosystem.

The valley, on the other hand ... it's pretty scary when you start hoping for tropical systems to hit the relatively uninhabited south Texas coast to get rain, but that's what it's come to with summer upon us.

[SpursWoman]

why the hell would you want rain? is there a fire or seomthing


And also I might add, it helps ease the cooling of our homes .... and keep our damn utility bills less than our mortgage.

[MoSpur]

It is bad. However, this means that we are going to get severe weather when we do get rain. I don't know when that will be, but when its dry like this for a long time, it means some severe weather is coming. I hate that. I like the rain. I hate that it dirtys the car and that it gets all muddy, but water provides life.

[Old School Chic]

It is bad. However, this means that we are going to get severe weather when we do get rain. I don't know when that will be, but when its dry like this for a long time, it means some severe weather is coming. I hate that. I like the rain. I hate that it dirtys the car and that it gets all muddy, but water provides life.


:violin

[CosmicCowboy]

I still think the drought is gonna break soon. The mesquite trees down south don't have a very big bean crop this year and the prickly pear have fewer apples than normal...both are indicators of a reasonably wet year to come...

[ShoogarBear]

LMAO . . . Manny gives us the computer algorithmic predictions are high-love-overfront gobblespeak.

CC gives us the Rancher's Almanac and prickly pears.

[MoSpur]

I'll go with the Cowboy's forecast.

[atxrocker]

goddamnit i went out for lunch and its fucking scorching out there. gotta love central texas!

[Old School Chic]

My Dad is in San Diego right now and says It's only 71 degrees. How nice!

[atxrocker]

My Dad is in San Diego right now and says It's only 71 degrees. How nice!

i was born in the san diego area and follow the weather sometimes.. i miss it.

[Hook Dem]

I still think the drought is gonna break soon. The mesquite trees down south don't have a very big bean crop this year and the prickly pear have fewer apples than normal...both are indicators of a reasonably wet year to come...
The Cowboy knows what he speaks about! Never doubt the Mesquite tree. Every south Texan knows that! That being said, tie your ass to a pole Margaret. A big storm is coming from the Gulf!

[CosmicCowboy]

The Cowboy knows what he speaks about! Never doubt the Mesquite tree. Every south Texan knows that! That being said, tie your ass to a pole Margaret. A big storm is coming from the Gulf!

Mesquite trees are also a 100% reliable indicator of when winter is over. They never get fooled by "false springs" and won't bud out till after the last frost. A lot of old timers won't plant their gardens till the mesquites bud.

[01Snake]

Lots of rain to the east of SA. Bummer

[Taco]

Lots of rain to the east of SA. Bummer
QUICK!!!

SOMEONE GO WASH THEIR CAR

[Taco]

QUICK!!!

SOMEONE GO WASH THEIR CAR

ok ok I'll go to the carwash myself

http://www.goyk.com/photos/040807carwash/images/IMG_2670.jpg

Anything so we can get some rain around here

[exstatic]

My rain gauge is showing about half full after this first morning storm. It's in my back yard, about 15 yards from my door. I'll give an update after I have my coffee and go check it up close.

Looks like another line is right behind this one.

Good Times.

[exstatic]

OK, the rain gauge read just a bit under 2 1/4 inches.

I didn't mind being woken at 7:45 AM for this. I didn't even have to count the lightning. For a solid 20 minutes, it was like flashBOOM! Fucker rolled right over my house. :wow

[2Blonde]

We're going to be driving to Allas today so it'll be raining all weekend. My niece's engagement party is an outdoor event. So the rain is assured, don't worry about a thing. :lol

[KEDA]

well I was going to go to La Cantera to go shopping


looks like North Star it is!

[Taco]

I was going fishing :(

[SpursWoman]

I was going to work in the yard. :elephant

[spurschick]

I was going to try and water my lawn! :lol

[shelshor]

One of my renters tells me that a large part of the wheat crop in the Panhandle has already been disastered out and the guys will be getting there crop insurance checks soon
A bit farther south, 1/2 of my cotton will likely be zeroed out by the end of the month--the other 1/2 has a chance if it rains in the next 2 weeks

[zero signal]

I'll make sure to wash my car and water my yard tomorrow, that should guarantee rain.
It worked. :spin

[NASpurs]

There was a rogue cloud over us and we got rain!

http://spurstalk.com/forums/images/smilies/smielephant.gif

[exstatic]

Yeah, I got trace rain, too. Most of this went East of us, and unfortunately, most of what is out NW of us looks like it will pass to the West.

[McKenzie]

I'll make sure to wash my car and water my yard tomorrow, that should guarantee rain.


Worked for me last weekend.

I'm game if anyone else is. Why not give it another try.

[McKenzie]

OK, the rain gauge read just a bit under 2 1/4 inches.

I didn't mind being woken at 7:45 AM for this. I didn't even have to count the lightning. For a solid 20 minutes, it was like flashBOOM! Fucker rolled right over my house. :wow

It's killer when shit like that happens, right? I used to live in St. Martinville, Louisiana. Certain times of the year, mostly spring, we got these massive storms with high wind and lightening, 8" of rain that lasted all night, or rolled in and woke us up. Shit. That was so incredible. Just laying there in bed, watching the skylights, watching the lights and water, not getting up much, except to maybe grab the bottle of wine...make it closer. Just lounge there listening to it.

I miss home.:sick

[boutons_]

Bexar cty didn't get but a trace of rain (0.2 inches) Sunday accumulated in the last 12 hours:

http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?product=NTP&rid=EWX&loop=yes

In the past couple weeks, I drove east to Beaumont and west to Concan.
Corn seen from the highways is totally brown and stunted.

2005/06 are looking like the driest two years in 50 years:

http://www.edwardsaquifer.net/climate.html