Texas Fall/Winter thread!

[mikim]

Yesterday I caught a fool just 1/2 mile up the road from me burning a brush pile and it was starting to get into the trees. Wind blowing like anything. He was clearing fence line with a dozer and set the fire. I chewed his butt like he was a boot and told him to bury that fire like NOW. I'm sure he thought I was a grumpy old cuss -- but oh well....he did what I said so he knew he was wrong. The local VFD also came out while he was doing it. Last night the wind blew a dead tree down across the road right at that same spot. Bernice found it leaving for work this a.m. and was able to squeeze past, but I had to get the tractor up there quick so the bus could get through to pick up Trevor. Maybe I should checkout that website y'all are talking about.:laughing:

 

[texasjohn]

wind been whistling and moaning yesterday and still, today. Will have to check electric fence and see if limbs on it,.

 

[Western]

Rolled into Paris TX last night, wind hit, then the rain. Wild was howling as you guys said, going to try and get the job done tonight, but not looking forward to it, 22* with 10-15 mph "breeze" BRRRR

 

[RDrancher]

It got pretty windy here last night as well.

My neighbor has (had) a wood fence that he built to separate his dogs from another neighbors dogs. It blew down and two of the panels took out a section of my pasture fence. Some of it is in my wood burning stove right now.

On a brighter note...I walked out the front door awhile ago to find that the wind actually saved me a bit of work! The former owner of this fixer-upper home that we bought installed a Cape Cod roll-up storm shield on our screened in front porch. The motors were burned out and the tracks weren't functioning anymore, so I removed it at the beginning of the summer. What I hadn't gotten around to removing was the 5'x25' wood and aluminum siding facia that they built to hide the rollers. The wind tore it off and it dropped straight to the ground with no real damage to anything else. :thumbsup:

 

[txdon]

That 45mph wind is not fun when you are working with foam spacers.

1. Blew the bucket over - foam squares all over the pasture.
2. With bricks in the bottom of the bucket the wind blew foam square out of the top of the bucket.
3. With the foam squares in my jacket pocket I reach in to grab one and they were all blown out.
4. I give up.

I pulled one tree off the road and chased some of my neighbors cows back into a wind blown open gate.

Mike glad you stopped that guy from burning, on a day like today. You probably save the other half of Bastrop. The Insurance Co. ought to give you a reward for saving them millions.

 

[texasjohn]

And you just left them there hanging on the gate:shocked::laughing:

I'm concerned...have a weak tree that may have fallen across the road...gotta check..

I pulled one tree off the road and chased some of my neighbors cows back into a wind blown open gate.

 

[jinman]

Well, I said I was going to do an attachment, but I got a phone call and got distracted.:ashamed:

Here is the PDF file.
View attachment National Weather Service _ Observed Weather for past 3 Days _ Bowie Municipal Airport.pdf

 

[txdon]

And you just left them there hanging on the gate:shocked::laughing:

Only one was left hanging.
Cow And Gate. Stock Photo 7319251 : Shutterstock

 

[texasjohn]

And, there she is, swinging slowly in the wind.
With the most accusing look EVER on her face....and, you wouldn't take pity on her? LOLROF...:laughing::drink: Good one!!!

 

[mikim]

Jim -- those weather "obs" come from an automatic system called ASOS Automatic Surface Observation System ... It also has a Freezing precip sensor that amounts to a little metal stick that is suppose to sense freezing conditions. Think miniature flag pole looking for frost. We never had much luck with it around Houston. By the time we had a freeze we'd only discover that half of 'em weren't working. We could check 'em all day long with ice cubes ....but it just wasn't the same. When I left they were just starting to change the wind sensor to one with no moving parts.

 

[jinman]

Mike, on some airplanes they have a finger that vibrates. When it gets covered in ice, it vibrates at a different frequency and they sense that for an icing alarm. Some other designs include a rotating rod with an air gap. When the ice fills the gap, the motor rotating the rod draws more current and that triggers an icing alarm. There are some creative ice detectors out there.

Don, are you sure that cow on the gate is not an Aggie invention to stop a cow from kicking you while milking.

 

[texasjohn]

Don, are you sure that cow on the gate is not an Aggie invention to stop a cow from kicking you while milking.

Probably so...my grandfather taught me to put my head into the flank of a cow while milking to prevent kicking...at least on my side...this invention is a double sided fix for the problem...very advanced:laughing:

 

[txdon]

Don, are you sure that cow on the gate is not an Aggie invention to stop a cow from kicking you while milking.

Now Jim, as you know, with the belly of the cow supported, the cow can now kick multiple times with both feet simultaneously. If anything it would be an Aggie gate tester, and the gate passed unlike my gate when a little limb falls on it it.

 

[txdon]

I want to go around the paver drive with my camera on movie mode and then upload it to my project thread. How would I do it? Can it be done without youtube?

 

[bindian]

Thursday night's rain and wind storm really hit the hangar hard. Very heavy rain. I was disappointed when I got home to see only a tenth of an inch in the rain gage. Sadness prevails.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

Mike, on some airplanes they have a finger that vibrates. When it gets covered in ice, it vibrates at a different frequency and they sense that for an icing alarm. Some other designs include a rotating rod with an air gap. When the ice fills the gap, the motor rotating the rod draws more current and that triggers an icing alarm. There are some creative ice detectors out there.

Don, are you sure that cow on the gate is not an Aggie invention to stop a cow from kicking you while milking.

Best icing indication system I ever saw in action was shown to me by a Captain one night while I was flying in the cockpit jumpseat. He just shined his flashlight outside his window to show me ice. Aggie simple. Gig'em! and Merry Christmas.
hugs, Brandi

 

[ronjhall]

I want to go around the paver drive with my camera on movie mode and then upload it to my project thread. How would I do it? Can it be done without youtube?

If I remember my experience with uploading a video of Whipper and snake. I had put it on YouTube then TBN.

 

[RDrancher]

Now Jim, as you know, with the belly of the cow supported, the cow can now kick multiple times with both feet simultaneously. If anything it would be an Aggie gate tester, and the gate passed unlike my gate when a little limb falls on it it.

So Don, are you done with that gate, or what...? If you are, send it my way. It looks just a tad straighter than the one I have now...

 

[txdon]

So Don, are you done with that gate, or what...? If you are, send it my way. It looks just a tad straighter than the one I have now...

Too late, the guy on county dumpster day (once every 2 months) snatched it up and I head him say: "Only half is bent."

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Yesterday I caught a fool just 1/2 mile up the road from me burning a brush pile and it was starting to get into the trees. Wind blowing like anything. He was clearing fence line with a dozer and set the fire. I chewed his butt like he was a boot and told him to bury that fire like NOW. I'm sure he thought I was a grumpy old cuss -- but oh well....he did what I said so he knew he was wrong. The local VFD also came out while he was doing it. Last night the wind blew a dead tree down across the road right at that same spot. Bernice found it leaving for work this a.m. and was able to squeeze past, but I had to get the tractor up there quick so the bus could get through to pick up Trevor. Maybe I should checkout that website y'all are talking about.:laughing:

I am more worried for the Bastrop area burning now than ever. There are thousands of acres of dead pines still standing. Perfect kindling. They didn't burn before because they were green and alive. But not now. Maybe some were hoping the trees might live and spared them from the dozer, but the forest service or whomever needs to just cut them all down. And the sooner, the safer. If they can be used for timber or anything else commercial, get after it and HURRY!