Texas Spring/Summer Thread

[txdon]

Watching the 5 P.M. news it looked like all the rain would miss us with only a 10% chance then the winds came and between 5:45pm and 6:30pm we got 2" and my dangerous tree on the road in the woods fell to the ground. Yea! Another job scratched off the list.

 

[NativeSon]

OK this new TBN has got me a little furmish this morning.

We got a 1/2 inch yesterday morning, then it was "East Texas Sticky" the rest of the day.

Charlie

 

[jinman]

It started a slow rainstorm about 5:30 this morning and it's still going. The radar looks like it will be over soon. There haven't been any heavy downpours, so every drop is soaking in.:thumbsup:

 

[Western]

I drove through it starting about Wichita Falls all the way to Quanah, There was some pretty darn hard rain on the way up to Hereford. Talked to the wife this morning around 6am and she described rain similar to what Jim reported. I guess it lost some steam as it moved South East.

 

[foreman Etexas]

My lease place in Leona it dropped 5 1/2inches yesterday,hope dirt still there

 

[bindian]

We ended up getting 4inches from 4pm to around 6pm today:thumbsup:

We got two inches of that, after the lightning kept shaking the house. So 6.5 inches total in the last week.
hugs, Brandi

 

[txdon]

Fisherman's Park in Bastrop Texas needs a new name "Good Luck, Bad luck Park".
My bad luck - had a heart attack running there last year.
Homeless guy's good luck - he gets to keep the $70,000.00 he found in the park.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/06/1...-keep-70g-find/#ixzz1xkP1mbN8?test=latestnews

Edit: On second thought it could be named "Good Luck Park"
I survived a heart attack there!!

 

[txdon]

The wind damage Tuesday knocked the top part of the my 200 year old oak tree off. It fell on the cow pen. Another maintenance required delaying the paver project.
If you look closely at the part of the tree thats thats still standing you can see a face in shock (with a long nose).

 

[jinman]

Darn! That gate took a direct hit. I really hate to see old oaks damaged like that. I have several oaks that died in last year's drought and we didn't have it nearly as bad as most of the state. I truly believe post oaks are just trees lookin' for a reason to die. In my thin soils above caliche, it doesn't seem to take much to kill trees. They have a hard time adapting to changes in moisture. Trees in my yard where I water are dying or in stess. I sure wish I had red oaks, but I don't think they will grow in these thin soils.

 

[pacerron]

Darn! That gate took a direct hit. I really hate to see old oaks damaged like that. I have several oaks that died in last year's drought and we didn't have it nearly as bad as most of the state. I truly believe post oaks are just trees lookin' for a reason to die. In my thin soils above caliche, it doesn't seem to take much to kill trees. They have a hard time adapting to changes in moisture. Trees in my yard where I water are dying or in stess. I sure wish I had red oaks, but I don't think they will grow in these thin soils.

Any hail damage in your area?
TV showed some big stuff in Dallas area that would wipe out my garden