Two AM South Of Houston

[TwoTubMan]

And the outside temperature is 86 degrees. Along with maybe 3 drops of rain since January.

I cannot even imagine what July, August, and September are going to be like.

[Stratobuc]

Its always like that here.....

[bluesjuke]

Our grass is getting very brown and crunchy under the feet.

A fire here (south of Dallas) now would be very bad and spread quickly.

[TwoTubMan]

Our grass is getting very brown and crunchy under the feet.

A fire here (south of Dallas) now would be very bad and spread quickly.

Someone told me that North of Dallas is starting to look like 1920's Oklahoma. Is that accurate?

[EightySix]

I'll be working in a 6 story new construction in Houston for the next 2 months. Once the windows & doors are installed, there's not even a draft. Your clothes will be 100% soaked through with sweat by 9am if you're doing any work.

[bluesjuke]

Someone told me that North of Dallas is starting to look like 1920's Oklahoma. Is that accurate?


Haven't heard that but I washed my car two days ago and it is covered in so much dust now it doesn't look like I did.
It was pretty dirty when I washed it and now looks the same.

My trees are dropping a lot of branches lately.

[Mr. Kite]

And the outside temperature is 86 degrees. Along with maybe 3 drops of rain since January.

I cannot even imagine what July, August, and September are going to be like.

it'll probably flood

[Sun Creature]

It's the safest place to be, especially near the ninth ward.:munch

Yeah, I am not looking forward to moving this weekend.

[Bankston]

I've been waiting until 8 p.m. to run at Memorial Park and it is still brutally hot.

We're definitely in for it this summer. Still, it beats the hell out of the cold.

[germs]

sounds like South Louisiana without the humidity to me...

we get all the benefits of the heat without the stalled grass growth. there's so much dew on the ground in the morning, the grass continues to shoot up, while the trees and bushes are dropping branches.

[mge80]

Born and raised in Texas. Got out after college. Moved all around...Alaska, Colorado, Seattle, etc..etc.. Now live in NW Wisconsin. We get a FEW days in the 90s, but mostly when it gets to about 77, we start complaining that it is "TOO HOT".

Been having a stretch of 50s and 50s since the last really hot day about 2 weeks ago.

But, I do understand your pain, having lived through it for the first 20-something years of my life.

[tiktok]

Without air conditioning and water imported from hundreds of miles away, Texas would be empty.

[LHanson]

Without air conditioning and water imported from hundreds of miles away, Texas would be empty.

Houston is the air conditioning capital of the world.

We don't, however, import water. You're thinking of SoCal.

[tiktok]

Houston is the air conditioning capital of the world.

We don't, however, import water. You're thinking of SoCal.

Oh, it will. Just ask Fort Worth about the Red River.

[Bankston]

sounds like South Louisiana without the humidity to me...

we get all the benefits of the heat without the stalled grass growth. there's so much dew on the ground in the morning, the grass continues to shoot up, while the trees and bushes are dropping branches.

Yeah, right, no humidity.

I take it you've never been to Houston.

[Hand of Doom]

I live in Houston. I went to Dallas two weeks ago and walked around in the sun at close to 100. Can't do that in Houston without a heat stroke.

[LHanson]

Oh, it will. Just ask Fort Worth about the Red River.

OK, so I treat water for a living and you are going to school me. Feel free.

[Diablo]

It was officially 105 in Fort Worth today. Hotter tomorrow. This is going to be a brutal summer. It's been between 102-105 everyday for the last week in my shop with humidity below 15%. Drinking LOTS of water. This is only June? Wow!!!

[XKnight]

The tropical storms, hurricanes and floods will get here soon enough. Patience...

[playsarobin]

I was talking about that last night. My classroom at our music school would NOT cool down. 81 the entire time I was there (102 high that day I think" and all I could think as I sweat while teaching was "not even fricken July yet....".

Such is Houston life.

[tiktok]

OK, so I treat water for a living and you are going to school me. Feel free.

I'll match your 'appeal to authority' with a link to an article. (http://www.fwweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4336:h2ow&catid=30:cover-story&Itemid=375)

A few weeks ago, two reports by major national environmental research organizations suggested that a number of major American cities could be facing serious water shortages within the next few years. One of the cities near the top of the list in the ratings for water-shortage risk was Fort Worth, based in part on the heavy reliance by the Tarrant Regional Water District on water from reservoirs, which are much more susceptible to drought than aquifers. Another problem: Fort Worth and Dallas both are betting on a plan to draw major quantities of groundwater in the future from Oklahoma, a proposal that is being fought in court and by Oklahoma legislators. Tarrant district officials dispute the conclusions and some of the facts in the report, but it has raised some eyebrows around town.

[MT Buckaroo]

Well boys, when it finally stopped snowing here in Montana around the end of April, it started raining, and it really hasn't stopped yet. East of the Divide here, we are sending lots of water downstream from the headwaters of the Missouri, and the above average high snowpack hasn't even started running off. I can count the number of days above 70 degrees on one hand. Yesterday, when I went out for lunch, temp in the truck said 46. Made it all the way up to 59 by 5pm, woohoo! Pasture grass is coming slow; horse corrals are in a near constant state of mud; I haven't played a round of golf yet. So I'm sort of ready for a bit of summer if you don't mind before it starts snowing again in October. You guys in Seattle quit sending us all that dang rain, and y'all down in Texas quit yer whining. You live in Texas for crying out loud. What do you expect? ;-)

[katuna]

damn, I played at Summerfest two weeks ago and my knees were buckling. This is like the hottest I've ever experienced here.

[rjpilot]

You'll make up for it in the early fall when a tropical system moves in from the gulf. One or two days and you'll be back to average for the year.

[shando98]

Down in Corpus Christi it hit 95 today with a heat index of 107 and 90%+ humidity. For reference, 100% humidity is when it's raining. I can't go outside between noon and 4:00pm.

[Diablo]

105 again today in Fort Worth. No humidity here though. I feel for you with the 100% humidity! That would be rough. It was 114 out west in the panhandle today.

[bluesjuke]

I'm seeing high wind warnings for Ft. Worth/ Tarrant County in the 60-70 MPH range tonight.

My Wife also says there were some big house fires in Ellis County ( not far to the east for the rest of you).

Bad combination.
I hope we can avoid fires here.

[LHanson]

I'll see your "appeal" and raise you a "red herring"...

Without air conditioning and water imported from hundreds of miles away, Texas would be empty.

Then you bring up an article about a PROPOSAL to bring water in from OK, which calling "hundreds of miles away" a bit of a stretch. There's also a lot more to TX than just Ft Worth.



I'll match your 'appeal to authority' with a link to an article. (http://www.fwweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4336:h2ow&catid=30:cover-story&Itemid=375)


A few weeks ago, two reports by major national environmental research organizations suggested that a number of major American cities could be facing serious water shortages within the next few years. One of the cities near the top of the list in the ratings for water-shortage risk was Fort Worth, based in part on the heavy reliance by the Tarrant Regional Water District on water from reservoirs, which are much more susceptible to drought than aquifers. Another problem: Fort Worth and Dallas both are betting on a plan to draw major quantities of groundwater in the future from Oklahoma, a proposal that is being fought in court and by Oklahoma legislators. Tarrant district officials dispute the conclusions and some of the facts in the report, but it has raised some eyebrows around town.

[Turbo Gerbil]

we could use a nice little tropical storm ( little, not big!). Need rain.

[Bankston]

Ran 3 miles at about 7:30 tonight. When I got done, every thread of my clothes was soaked. Felt like I just got out of the pool, only stickier.

[Mr. Kite]

Better now?:wave

[smokey]

Better now?:wave

Much better. I woke like a kid on Christmas when I heard the rain beating down. Longest dry spell I have ever seen in this swampy city.