Texas Heat!

[JESSE1]

Ponds are getting real low, at the beginning of summer they were brimming full. That's what temps of over 100 degrees for weeks on end will do. No pasture to speak of, I do have green grass that will grow out IF we ever get a significant rain. The critters look good but I've been feeding them since last fall. I've got more cows to sell if necessary but I don't plan on feeding any $100 a roll hay. I'll feed breeder cubes and cubed alfalfa and what hay I bale off my place. I also plan on seeding rye and winter wheat and hope for enough rain for some winter grazing. If the drought continues I guess I'll sell off all but a few to keep meat in the freezer until things improve.

 

[txdon]

Yesterday, in central Texas, we had our annual Volunteer Fire Department fundraiser. In a cow field we get a band, fry some fish and have an auction of donated items. This is a very small parsley populated area. We have no post office, no grocery store, not much of anything.

What we do have is the VFD, a Lutheran Church and a beer joint.

With a heat advisory on and predicted temperatures of 109 we were thinking this year would be a bust. In our 29 year history it was the HOTTEST one ever at 111 degrees at 5 p. m. serving time.

To our surprise 950 people showed up! (attendance was down only 200 people) There were no complaints and no heat injuries. We got a tough bunch of Texans out here!:thumbsup:

 

[Western]

What we do have is the VFD, a Lutheran Church and a beer joint.

What else does a Texas town need!!:laughing:

Sounds like you guy's had a good time! even in the heat.
It was a hot one today, but now getting a little cloud cover at least. Seeing all the rain from Irene, sure makes you want some water, unless your on the East coast!!

 

[Bigfoot62]

Yesterday, in central Texas, we had our annual Volunteer Fire Department fundraiser. In a cow field we get a band, fry some fish and have an auction of donated items. This is a very small parsley populated area. We have no post office, no grocery store, not much of anything.

What we do have is the VFD, a Lutheran Church and a beer joint.

With a heat advisory on and predicted temperatures of 109 we were thinking this year would be a bust. In our 29 year history it was the HOTTEST one ever at 111 degrees at 5 p. m. serving time.

To our surprise 950 people showed up! (attendance was down only 200 people) There were no complaints and no heat injuries. We got a tough bunch of Texans out here!:thumbsup:

Don,
were the missing 200 people at the church or the beer joint?

Seriously, that's a good turn-out, and for a good cause. :thumbsup:

 

[Alan L.]

We shut it down for the summer weeks ago. Too hot stir out there, we're just staying in. Went to my grandson's 2nd grader football game at high noon yesterday. Temp was at least 105 and it was 111 when I got home. Its just too hot although it didn't bother him that much. Told his mom he had prayed to God that he could knock the crap out of somebody. Somebody let me know when its October. I might come out then.

Dang, its hot. I'm about ready to be a Texan from afar.

 

[txdon]

History was made today in central Texas!!!!
Austin's official record breaking temperature:
112 degrees F.

 

[LarryD]

Dang, its hot. I'm about ready to be a Texan from afar.

As I decided many years ago. All my family still reside in and around Dallas and I love to visit...just not when the oven is on. :laughing:

Yesterday, 70°, Salmon are just starting to run, and I'm in paradise!

 

[NativeSon]

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What we do have is the VFD, a Lutheran Church and a beer joint.

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Texas is a big place but here's the cultural difference...Central Texas vs. East Texas. We've got VFD, Baptist Churches(lots), Big Trees, and no beer joints(sadly). Although now we can purchase Beer & Wine and not have to leave the county.

In this heat the Beer is only to help us re-hydrate LOL.

Charlie

 

[Reg]

Yesterday, in central Texas, we had our annual Volunteer Fire Department fundraiser. In a cow field we get a band, fry some fish and have an auction of donated items. This is a very small parsley populated area. We have no post office, no grocery store, not much of anything.

What we do have is the VFD, a Lutheran Church and a beer joint.

With a heat advisory on and predicted temperatures of 109 we were thinking this year would be a bust. In our 29 year history it was the HOTTEST one ever at 111 degrees at 5 p. m. serving time.

To our surprise 950 people showed up! (attendance was down only 200 people) There were no complaints and no heat injuries. We got a tough bunch of Texans out here!:thumbsup:

950 people, but how many(/much) parsley ?

 

[xtn]

Watered the yard all night long on accident. In town on postage stamp sized lot with curbed streets. Usually an hour of watering results in a stream running down the curb to the nearest curb drain inlet, which is five houses away.

Watered all night long. No runoff stream. The ground is a bottomless pit of dryness.

 

[DeeDubya]

5 PM, back deck, in the shade, with the ceiling fans on... This is a first for me. I've never seen it this hot and dry before. Last evening at 9 PM it had cooled down to 104.

 

[Western]

Looks like we may get a break back to normal temps by next weekend! at least for a spell.
Right now I see small showers around the state on NOAA, problem is I think we will have to get a week or more of rain/fog/mist before we get any long term improvement.

I dug 4 holes 30" deep for parking stall post, never hit ANY moisture and we had over a half an in rain less than 2 weeks ago.

Most any critter around gravitates to my yard, or at least the places I water, armadillos have been wreaking havoc and so has the .22

110 at my house yesterday

 

[Bartcephus]

There is wet stuff falling from the sky this morning.... thought my thermometer was broken, it said 68 degrees. Whoowee!!!!! I got shivers in this cold wet weather. :laughing: Ground is just soaking up this slow drizzle. This last weekend, I spent two days on the tractor fixin' roads at my deer lease. (Which got burglarized this past week. Probabably Thursday night.) I didn't know that I could make it rain by moving some dirt around. Used to be I'd wash my car... now its building roads. :laughing:

 

[txdon]

You must be in that part of Texas near Canada!

 

[Bartcephus]

Don,

Bout as close as I can get and still be in Texas here in the "non-panhandle" area. Closer to the Atlantic Ocean too, but didn't see any of Irene... :laughing:

 

[Bird]

It was only 106 here yesterday and got all the way down to 83 this morning. Sure was some pretty clouds for awhile, but that 10% chance of showers was ridiculously over optimistic. Once again, I did a lot of lawn watering yesterday and again this morning, in hopes of just keeping the grass and trees alive until it rains. Some of the leaves have turned brown and fallen; others just look sickly and shriveled up on the trees.

 

[jinman]

Heat - ditto
Dry - ditto
Watering - ditto
Armadillos - ditto
Miserable - ditto

That about wraps up my report.

With the cloud cover and cool breeze, I thought we'd likely not make 100 today. Now it's clear and the sun's out. It's 96.5 at 1 pm and it will easily make 100.

 

[pacerron]

Heat - ditto
Dry - ditto
Watering - ditto
Armadillos - ditto
Miserable - ditto

That about wraps up my report.

With the cloud cover and cool breeze, I thought we'd likely not make 100 today. Now it's clear and the sun's out. It's 96.5 at 1 pm and it will easily make 100.

Texas
Cooler weather is just around the corner.
Up here it is 75 right now with 43% humidity. Last night it was 56.
I quit mowing about 2100 and was chilly walking back to the house.
Since I fixed the finish mower it is mow, mow, mow. I could almost bale it.

Just in for a coffee break.
No watering
No Armadillos
No time for TBN
Should be 92 and stormy by Friday
Ohio

 

[Bigfoot62]

Heat - ditto
Dry - ditto
Watering - ditto
Armadillos - ditto
Miserable - ditto

That about wraps up my report.

Jim, you talk too much!

 

[Bigfoot62]

. . . Most any critter around gravitates to my yard, or at least the places I water, armadillos have been wreaking havoc and so has the .22

Haven't seen a 'diller arond here in months. Maybe they all went to TX. :laughing: