Weather

[gooner59]

well the sun Hide, the wind picked-up, now it's raining,and all the leave's are coming off the tree's it's autumn ( Fall ) oh well i need to move!!!

[jvcstone]

OMG--it has finally happened.

Central Texas has gotten a good drink of water.

Checked the rain gauge this morning after listening to the beat of rain drops on the tin roof all night---over flowed a five inch gauge. Stock tank (man made pond for you yanks) that has been dry for most of the past year now is brim full. Lake levels along the Colorado drainage should be coming up as well.

More forecasted for the rest of today. Loving it.

JVC

[cx]

Two point six inches downstream in Boerne, John. And the rain has started up again.

Nice, slow, steady rains thus far, but we know the floods are always on the way after a good drought.

[Davestone]

Finally.

[Bugman]

That's wonderful news for you Texans. Frances' cousin said they were getting 40 mph winds and downpours somewhere in Florida. Our reservoir at Clemson is down 8 feet and falling. I guess the Corps of Engineers would rather sell electricity than maintain water for the cities on the lake that depend on it for water supplies. Clemson is talking about implementing voluntary water conservation soon.

[muskymike]

Has been in the 80's here! We need rain bad. It is suppose to cool off toward the end of this coming week.

[tilejoe]

I think we have gotten everyones rain. Something like 15 inches between august and september. Might be more, i cant seem to find te exact total online.

Beatiful days yesterday and today. 80 degrees and perfect.

[jwmezzanotte]

In the last year we have sporadically had about 2wks of sunny days, and maybe 3 weeks total days without rain. In the YEAR! It rained at least a minimal amount everyday in July this year.

I just finished a job where I had to pour an exposed aggregate slab. I had the formwork in place and waited 3wks for 1 day without rain.

I've had several calls to price more driveways this year. So far I havent called them back. I'm pouting.

[tilejoe]

Bout time this was dug up again. I really just want to complain, and complain loudly so you can hear me over the constant noise of the generator!

Friday the 28th- beautiful day. Got lunch with Wes after work and almost sat outside, nice.

Saturday. F Saturday. I'm close to the mountains (hills if your on the west coast). And got about 12" of snow. The trees have not lost their leaves yet, so you know where this is going. My power will be out until the earliest, wed. Lost it on Saturday.

I have one of those inefficient 1970's bi levels. Bout the time the house was built, my local power company was , ahem, "subsidizing" the installation of all thing electric. The good stuff, like heat and stoves. No heat, no hot water, no hot food makes Joey a miserable bastard.

[gooner59]

well i see this on our new's tonight bet that was a shock Joe, get the sled's out
and play with the kid's
we don't get half the snow you guys get and we sink most of the power cable's in the ground , so when your economy pick's up vote for the guy who promises his party will do this IMO Herman will !!!

[cx]

Wass wrong with your motorhome, Joe? Them things is wonderful back-up systems for situations like that.

[tilejoe]

Propane is out, easy fix usually.
Generator is not working.

[cx]

Now that, my son, is just poor planning.

[tilejoe]

Tell me about it! Only one propane place I can get that beast filled I know of....they were closed for the last 3 weeks. (mom and pop gas station that takes checks!)

On my agenda for manana though. Gonna try to get the Jenny running but i wonst hold my breath

[cx]

One of the first modifications I make when I start makin' me a new hovel, Joe, is to provide for a couple removable LP bottles. In the remote places we work sometimes it's just not feasible to take the vehicle to the propane dealer to have the on-board tank filled.

Onliest time I use the on-board tank is when the portables are in transit. Alters the whole usability curve of the vehicle.