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« on: August 23, 2011, 02:38:52 pm » |
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Today marks the 70th day this summer with temperatures at or above the 100 degree mark in central Texas. With the ten day forecast shownig more of the same we are looking at having 85-90 days of 100+ degree days this year. Pretty hard to believe really with the fact that we have had around 3-4" of rain in the past 8 months. Kinda like put a quarter tank in your car and expecting it to keep running for a 1000 miles. The trees and plants and wildlife for that matter are looking tired. Everyday is one day closer to rain, or so I have been telling myself since January haha
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NMartin
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« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2011, 02:46:43 pm » |
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please just tell me that it is not always like that.... next summer better be a little cooler especially if I move out there this winter
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matt_aggie04
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« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2011, 02:54:59 pm » |
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Since they have been keeping weather records in Texas we have never seen anything like this. Id like to be able to say this is on the low end of things. I think we will easily break the 85 day mark from what I have seen which is crazy from May 15 to Sept 15 is roughly 120 days and we are looking at having around 90 or more days in there above 100 degrees. I can remeber just a few years ago we had on week where it got to 100 a few days and that was it and we had plenty of rain the whole time. This is uncharted territory, its kinda like southern california moved to texas
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« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2011, 04:06:43 pm » |
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Since they have been keeping weather records in Texas we have never seen anything like this. Id like to be able to say this is on the low end of things. I think we will easily break the 85 day mark from what I have seen which is crazy from May 15 to Sept 15 is roughly 120 days and we are looking at having around 90 or more days in there above 100 degrees. I can remeber just a few years ago we had on week where it got to 100 a few days and that was it and we had plenty of rain the whole time. This is uncharted territory, its kinda like southern california moved to texas
Well send this crap back to california tell them they can keep it. |
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NMartin
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« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2011, 04:15:19 pm » |
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it never gets that bad in southern california.... well unless you count the desert out there... but the part where people actually live it doesn't get that bad mainly because of how close the COLD pacific ocean is.
when I was stationed out in Tucson Arizona it didn't even come to be as hot as it is in Texas right now... mainly because we would have our daily "Monsoon" rains that helped everything stay a little cooler
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« Reply #5 on: August 23, 2011, 04:41:32 pm » |
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Matt....all you need to do is rent some heavy equipment to excavate a pond. It WILL bring rain! Two weeks ago I rented a trackhoe to dredge my pond and dig it a little deeper since it hasn't been this dry since I dug it 5 years ago. It had not rained in months. The day I rented it, it rained about an inch. The next day it rained about .5 inches and it proceeded to rain until they came and got it! LOL!  I wasn't complaining, it soaked in so fast it didn't even knock the dust down. I think we got a total of 2 1/2 inches all together and it sure greened things up quick. The water in the pictures is the water table, not runoff from the rain.   |
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Reuben
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« Reply #6 on: August 23, 2011, 04:46:36 pm » |
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Today marks the 70th day this summer with temperatures at or above the 100 degree mark in central Texas. With the ten day forecast shownig more of the same we are looking at having 85-90 days of 100+ degree days this year. Pretty hard to believe really with the fact that we have had around 3-4" of rain in the past 8 months. Kinda like put a quarter tank in your car and expecting it to keep running for a 1000 miles. The trees and plants and wildlife for that matter are looking tired. Everyday is one day closer to rain, or so I have been telling myself since January haha
Houston broke the record that was set in 1980. It was broken day before Yesterday and we should have 3 or 4 more days triple digit temps so we should have this record broken by at least 5 days. Also breaking records for drought conditions and a few others... |
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« Reply #7 on: August 23, 2011, 04:51:11 pm » |
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Matt its hard to believe but the weather man said here a couple weeks ago since they started recording that the average days over 100 a year is seven! I guess it will be eight next year.
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TexasHogDogs
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« Reply #8 on: August 23, 2011, 04:58:21 pm » |
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Well its as bad as I have ever seen it here in Cameron Tx. Tanks I never seen dry are dry . Just not much left as far as water goes other than the rivers Little River and the Brazos, All the wild life looks like they are suffering and also my dogs are tired of it I can see the looks on their faces , I have not hunted in over a month now thats a new record for me and dont look like am going to anytime soon now that a ladder slipped out from under me and I busted my ass bad back and all . So bring it on hell with it !
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matt_aggie04
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« Reply #9 on: August 23, 2011, 06:00:40 pm » |
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Matt its hard to believe but the weather man said here a couple weeks ago since they started recording that the average days over 100 a year is seven! I guess it will be eight next year.
Ill second that by God, we have shook up the average this year for sure! Kevin I cant believe yall got that rain! I am happy for you and jealous all at the same time. The last drop and I mean drop of rain that fell on our place was Jun 23 and it has been 100+ since. |
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