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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
Anyone in Texas feeling like because of the weather? I am seriously hoping some sort of tropical storm hits my area.
rain rain rain rain rain
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
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..
No rain: Not good for a garden. There's not even a point to water it.
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.
Unless you live around Dallas or along the Red River east of it, you're in a drought:
I was wondering where all the extra rain we have in Oregon has been coming from.Unless you live around Dallas or along the Red River east of it, you're in a drought:
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/slidesho...ding-15399.php
Very unstable, almost unlivable weather these past few years in central TX.
Hmm, if I remember correctly, last summer was pretty decent. The year before was the summer from , 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).
"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.
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?"
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"
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?
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...
Drought???
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??
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+ daysNext?
Summer 2010: Avg Max 93, Avg Low 76, 7 100+ days
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.
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I'm surprised one of you annoying inbred hillbillies hasn't posted a texas flood youtube in a tongue in cheek fashion.
cosmic sucker, you're up!
Yeah, I've been wanting it to rain for quite some time now.
La Nina
I feel like because I won't be able to go tubing down the 'Lupe.
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.
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