Texas Heat!

[jinman]

I don't have a well, but I got a water bill today for $222.76.

That's just not right. Bird, I can't help but believe that's highway robbery. Does Corinth have to pay Dallas for water like so many communities? Didn't you say all the water came from wells? Many towns with wells and their own reservoirs have to pay big prices to Dallas when they need extra water. I am truly lucky to have a great well.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

That's just not right. Bird, I can't help but believe that's highway robbery. Does Corinth have to pay Dallas for water like so many communities? Didn't you say all the water came from wells? Many towns with wells and their own reservoirs have to pay big prices to Dallas when they need extra water. I am truly lucky to have a great well.

Some municipalities were going to a system where the first 8000 gallons or so was cheap and thereafter it went up substantially or even exponentially.

 

[Patriotic Stabilist]

I think some people got some good rain this evening. It showed some really red areas all around us. We got enough to wet the sidewalk.:thumbdown:

Read in the Houston Chronicle yesterday that climatolgists said Texas is not going to get any drought relief in the next 2 OR MORE YEARS! They said showers yes but no discerible rain. Then this will be a desert.

Lake Houston is at a record low for the city of Houston. They are uncertain what they will do, will draw from Lake Conroe and they said Lake Livingston was also built for water for Houston, never heard that before.

It's very bad here, I think we have lost 3 trees so far I figure we will lose a lot more.

 

[Western]

We are dry as He##, and the East Coast is fixing to get pounded!

 

[NativeSon]

Well wind picked up and could hear the thunder and nothing

Looked like rain....but not a drop. But the temp dropped about 15*.

Charlie

 

[Patriotic Stabilist]

We got a shower this morning, hey anything is welcome. The thunder woke me up and I got up to let the dog in the garage, he gets scared. You can tell its a remarkable event when you sign on the computer and tell people you got a shower.

If you follow weatherbug there is one disturbance after another coming out of the Atlantic. There are 2 or 3 after Irene, with the heat we are liable to end up with a monster hurricane this way before its over. That's about the only way we will get some rain I guess.

Ok I'm going back to bed.

 

[Bird]

That's just not right. Bird, I can't help but believe that's highway robbery. Does Corinth have to pay Dallas for water like so many communities? Didn't you say all the water came from wells? Many towns with wells and their own reservoirs have to pay big prices to Dallas when they need extra water. I am truly lucky to have a great well.

No, Jim, I don't think any of Corinth's water comes from wells. It comes from Lake Lewisville via the Upper Trinity Regional Water District. As far as I know, it's all from their Lewisville Treatment Plant. In this hot weather, I guess we take more showers, do more laundry, and I've tried to water enough to keep the grass alive, but certainly not as much as it appears to need. However, according to the bill, we used 30,529 gallons. It's hard to believe we used an average of a thousand gallons a day, which is more than 5 times as much as we used in February or March.

But I don't think we have any leaks indoors or outdoors.

 

[jinman]

We are getting a rogue shower just at this moment. It moved down from northeast to southwest and it has rained enough to connect the dots on my deck. If it continues, we could get a couple of 10ths out of this. I have my sprinklers going too. Woohoo! Free water!

DRAT! It's gone and we maybe got 1/100 th inch. It's just enough to make it steamy as it heats up. Oh well. . . . sigh!

 

[pacerron]

No, Jim, I don't think any of Corinth's water comes from wells. It comes from Lake Lewisville via the Upper Trinity Regional Water District. As far as I know, it's all from their Lewisville Treatment Plant. In this hot weather, I guess we take more showers, do more laundry, and I've tried to water enough to keep the grass alive, but certainly not as much as it appears to need. However, according to the bill, we used 30,529 gallons. It's hard to believe we used an average of a thousand gallons a day, which is more than 5 times as much as we used in February or March.

But I don't think we have any leaks indoors or outdoors.

Bird,
Is your sewerage fee bases on your water meter?
In the East most communities that have water and sewer for the community and/or surrounding communities use the water meter to figure the sewer bill. The sewer bill is usually 2X the water. So if you water grass a lot it really costs you even though you are not really putting that burden on the sewer plant.
Ron

 

[pacerron]

Bird,
Is your sewerage fee bases on your water meter?
In the East most communities that have water and sewer for the community and/or surrounding communities use the water meter to figure the sewer bill. The sewer bill is usually 2X the water. So if you water grass a lot it really costs you even though you are not really putting that burden on the sewer plant.
Ron

Bird,
It looks like your rates are similar to what I said above.
Notice there is a break for senior citizens for both water and sewer that gives you some volume in the base rate. I imagine you have to apply for it though and have the request on file. You could check the useage on your last bill to see if you are getting the discount.
http://cityofcorinth.com/DocumentView.aspx?DID=441
Ron

 

[300UGUY]

No, Jim, I don't think any of Corinth's water comes from wells. It comes from Lake Lewisville via the Upper Trinity Regional Water District. As far as I know, it's all from their Lewisville Treatment Plant. In this hot weather, I guess we take more showers, do more laundry, and I've tried to water enough to keep the grass alive, but certainly not as much as it appears to need. However, according to the bill, we used 30,529 gallons. It's hard to believe we used an average of a thousand gallons a day, which is more than 5 times as much as we used in February or March.

But I don't think we have any leaks indoors or outdoors.

I guess being from a wet state, I can't even concieve of using that much water. I don't water my grass, my garden takes some, but not much. I doubt we use 200 gallons per day. Many older homes here are on 2 in wells. They don't get many gallons per minute.

 

[Patriotic Stabilist]

We got .19" of rain, less then a 1/4 inch and I'm excited. Maybe I won't have to water today, but it will burn the moisture off quick.

going to be 106 tomorrow

 

[Western]

We have some cloud cover now, most of the few rain showers have moved South West. Nice little surprise for the lucky few!!

Guy's, I must be loosing my "macho":ashamed:

The story:
My BIL came in for work in Texas this week, since we have only seen him 1 or 2 times in 10 years, my Wife goes on a "cleaning spree". Well, she puts 2 bags of trash out on the back deck that we haven't been using since it's so hot, never mind asking me to haul it off mind you. The next day (yesterday) she said "honey, something got into the trash", I pulled a blank, so she showed me. Yep piss3d me off in a couple of way's.
So being the great white hunter, I set a box trap to put an end to rape and pillage of our rouge trash bags. 1:30am I catch a small black cat, I mean little!! I have been catching some "wild" ones that would take your hand off, but not this guy, as soon as I approach the cage, .22 in hand, it starts purring and "crying" for lack of a better word.
I'm sitting there, knowing what I should do, obviously someone dumped this kitten, so I figured I'll let it out cause I can catch it again if it goes "crazy". After I let it out, it starts rubbing my legs and purring,geez. I've never seen a cat this skinny. So what does dumb me do?? a BOWL of milk and bowl of dog food!!!!

I just couldn't do it!! don't know why, I guess with the drought the animals are dealing with, along with some a-hole dumping this thing out in the "country" I just couldn't take advantage of the situation. I haven't told my wife yet, but she wont believe me, I usually deal swift with theses kind of things.

Sorry to drag it out.

 

[jinman]

I just couldn't do it!! don't know why, I guess with the drought the animals are dealing with, along with some a-hole dumping this thing out in the "country" I just couldn't take advantage of the situation. I haven't told my wife yet, but she wont believe me, I usually deal swift with theses kind of things.

Sorry to drag it out.

That's it! It's all over now. You might as well call up your vet and schedule a time to bring it in for shots and neutering. That way you can at least let it hang around and know there won't be more of them about. If the kitty is already used to humans and likes human contact, it could be a great yard pet, but you don't want it making more kitties.

 

[Western]

Jim you got that right, That's generally why I "deal" with it early on. I don't particularly don't care for cats, but they can serve a purpose.

Wife called, gave her the scoop, she said, well maybe the cat will catch some moles:laughing: She saw it when she left for work, said "it's so tiny"

To add insult to injury, she also said "your getting soft in your old age"

I think it's the decaf myself..LOL

 

[Bigfoot62]

. . . To add insult to injury, she also said "your getting soft in your old age"

I think it's the decaf myself..LOL

That's it, you just need a few cups of Community "Cafe Special." That will fix you right up. :thumbsup:

 

[Western]

:laughing: right, but what she said has a double meaning. I guess I will have to talk to her tonight:laughing:

May have to try the espresso machine again too:thumbsup:

 

[Bird]

Ron, the information in that link is basically right, but there's a little more to it than that. The City looks at our water usage for Nov., Dec., Jan., & Feb., throws out the highest one, averages the other 3, and that sets the sewage rate for the next 12 months, so on my bill, the only thing that varies each month is the water consumption. So this month it was:

Water = $163.48
Sewer = $ 43.54
Garbage = $ 9.92
Rate Cost = $ 0.00
Drainage Fee = $ 5.00
Garbage Sales Tax = $ .82

Total = $222.76

As I said, only that first number (Water) changes each month; the others are always the same. The sewer charge will change next March; may go up or down, depending on our water usage this Winter. And yes, we're on the senior rates.

 

[Bird]

I'm glad some of you got a few drops of rain. I was driving south on F.M. 2499 this morning from F.M. 2181 to Grapevine and 3 or 4 times saw lightning south of me, but didn't even hear any thunder, much less see any precipitation.

 

[pacerron]

Jim you got that right, That's generally why I "deal" with it early on. I don't particularly don't care for cats, but they can serve a purpose.

Wife called, gave her the scoop, she said, well maybe the cat will catch some moles:laughing: She saw it when she left for work, said "it's so tiny"

To add insult to injury, she also said "your getting soft in your old age"

I think it's the decaf myself..LOL

Dennis,
At least it wasn't a polecat/skunk.
While on animals, I have a couple questions about scouting camera's.
I got a Red 6MP the other day and put it where I thought I would catch the deer goingn for the garden corn. Nothing the next morning, but they had been there and crunched a few ears the wife had thrown over in the grass.
So the next night I set it up by the back porch to run some tests.
My question concerns how far back from your deer feeder do you put your camera to get the best results?
I snuck around the corner about 50 feet from the camera where it should have sensed me according to the specs. I realize they stretch specs. At about 40 feet it did pick me up and the red light signaled that it did, but the 36 segment IR flash didn't fire. It did at around 35 feet and closer but the field of view of the sensor that makes the flash fire appears to be extrememly narrow, almost straight on, unlike the field of view of the lens which is pretty wide.
Is this normal for this type of camera or is there a fault?
It takes 3 different resolutions. I used the best which is 2816 x 2112 pixels to give the best possible shot. That shouldn't have anything to do with the IR sensor's field of view. Attached are a couple that I reduced in size to 800 x 600 but you still see the full field of the lens. The first is about 30 feet from the camera and the second ( washed out one) is within 3 feet.
Any suggestions for mounting distance and height?
Ron