Texas Spring/Summer Thread

Western · Mar 20, 2012

Bird said:
Looks like it's over for us; all the rain has moved on east. I just went out and poured about 3.84" out of my gauge.

3.84"?? Bird, that's a big "bottle top"

Sounds like you and I have the newest and bestest rain gauges:laughing: Actualy I didn't find the one I wanted ( comes with a yearly total dial), but the one I have doesn't have a hole in it:laughing::thumbsup:

NativeSon · Mar 20, 2012

10:00 and still raining good. 4.5 inches in the gauge.

Charlie

jinman · Mar 20, 2012

Wow! It appears Delkus really told the truth this time. His map showed us at 1-2 inches and the rest of you at progressively higher numbers. Every once in awhile, the weather guessers get it right.

Traxx · Mar 20, 2012

I was up at 5 watching the radar over my Ranchito getting ready to head that way. It looks like I won't even be able to make it up the drive. The last weather we had to go through there the driveway was a muddy mess. I still need to go to at least check things out.

WM75Guy · Mar 20, 2012

They did get it right about the worst being east of Dallas. Hit us at 12:30 this morning, 60 mph winds, I though the ceiling fans on the porches were going to be blown down. Wicked thunder and lightning, took a hard hit at 3:35 am, took out the DirecTV power unit, blew several arc fault breakers and some GFIs. Went to town at 10:00, had to move several limbs off the driveway that were down. Rain gauge overflows at 5" so I don't have a total. Ponds around me are overflowing and pastures have lots of standing water. It is still raining with some heavy stuff on the backside, but it is starting to clear to the west.

Traxx · Mar 20, 2012

Glad everyone is okay.

EddieWalker · Mar 20, 2012

I'm at 2 inches. My small pond is now full and I'm unsure about my big pond. I was 3 ft down, so it's not enough to fill it, but I am getting nervous that I might not get the concrete poured at the spillway. Mud makes it impossible to get a concrete truck down there, and I haven't done anything to it since pouring the pad. Time to HUSTLE!!!!!

Eddie

Bartcephus · Mar 20, 2012

Rain.... Rain.... sure beats the drought. My potatos probably going to rot in the ground. Onions, corn, lettuce, cabbage, brocolli, radishes, spinach and cauliflower planted a couple of weeks ago should enjoy the moisture. Found an old hiller/bedder yesterday on Craigslist and snatched that up quick. I have some work to do to it, but I can hardly wait, no more manually hilling potatos... what a chore... I just love tractors. Gotta wait for it to dry now and it looks like rain all week. Still have a pond out on my lease that needs A LOT of water. Other ponds have already refilled. Been lovin' the mild winters but the mosquitoes are bad now....

Regards,

Bart

NativeSon · Mar 20, 2012

Finally stopped raining and the total for this episode is 5 1/4 inches. Just went to the pasture and the creek and the word that comes to mind is "Soggy". Doesn't seem to be any wind damage at first look.

Charlie