Welcome To Case's Column
Since this will be my first venture into the mysterious world of blogging, let me say a big welcome to all of you for joining me here. I'm going to call these blog meetings "Case's Column". I wanted to use "Corner", but that was already taken.
In these blogs, I'll just speak whatever is on my mind, but we will be playing within the rules here. I may pick a particular topic, point out an event, or shoot the breeze. I'm a little bit of an essayist at times, so I'll just speak what's on my mind, and I might tell a story or two. Or, I might spew out an opinion or three. There will be some serious moments, some tender, some poignant, but there will also be those moments that you'll just bust out laughing. But, hopefully, everything will be in good fun here. And, of course, I'll set aside a place here for your comments and thoughts as we go along here. So feel free to join me for the ride -- I sure as heck hope I'm doing this right and not making any mistakes.
Here you are. My very first blog page. Come on in and share in the experience. I'm interested in seeing where this is all going. And thanks in advance for dropping by!
Regards,
case44
Since this will be my first venture into the mysterious world of blogging, let me say a big welcome to all of you for joining me here. I'm going to call these blog meetings "Case's Column". I wanted to use "Corner", but that was already taken.
In these blogs, I'll just speak whatever is on my mind, but we will be playing within the rules here. I may pick a particular topic, point out an event, or shoot the breeze. I'm a little bit of an essayist at times, so I'll just speak what's on my mind, and I might tell a story or two. Or, I might spew out an opinion or three. There will be some serious moments, some tender, some poignant, but there will also be those moments that you'll just bust out laughing. But, hopefully, everything will be in good fun here. And, of course, I'll set aside a place here for your comments and thoughts as we go along here. So feel free to join me for the ride -- I sure as heck hope I'm doing this right and not making any mistakes.
Here you are. My very first blog page. Come on in and share in the experience. I'm interested in seeing where this is all going. And thanks in advance for dropping by!
Regards,
case44
Lakes Get Refreshing Rain Water, And Needed For Our Benefit
Posted 03-20-2012 at 03:26 PM by case44
Yesterday came these refreshing bits of rain activity in the form of a round of thunderstorms. Today saw the first day of spring all over the world. 
And in the next few days, lakes in many parts of the great state of Texas are going to see a revival, in that water levels are or will be rising.
You could say that it's about time. If nothing else, it's certainly a step in the right direction when a drought like Texans have seen needs to be busted up. Still, we need to conserve anyway, but we now have the benefit of higher lake levels. That means water to drink, rinse, and bathe with, not to mention watering our plants. I thank God every single day for our reservoirs, and we should all be grateful for them. Water is still our most precious resource. Face it, sports fans: Our lakes get swam in, skied in, peed in, spat in, and trashed in. Thanks to local water supply systems and all that they contain, we've got water piping in to make our quality of life better. Kids like to take sips out of the hose. You used to do that, didn't you?
Now, we need more rain as spring has sprungeth. I am more confident that it will take place as Mother Nature is getting warmed up in the bullpen. Never mind the tornadoes and other types of severe weather that are spawned by thunderstorms and the clashing of air masses. You know how this goes. Any time of year is a good time for rain and living water to fall down from the sky. Although sunshine will be back in the forecast tomorrow and through the weekend, it looks like we could have a more active rain season for this spring than the one that didn't occur last year. Anything that brings an end to a drought-stricken region is fine by me in my book.
And in the next few days, lakes in many parts of the great state of Texas are going to see a revival, in that water levels are or will be rising. You could say that it's about time. If nothing else, it's certainly a step in the right direction when a drought like Texans have seen needs to be busted up. Still, we need to conserve anyway, but we now have the benefit of higher lake levels. That means water to drink, rinse, and bathe with, not to mention watering our plants. I thank God every single day for our reservoirs, and we should all be grateful for them. Water is still our most precious resource. Face it, sports fans: Our lakes get swam in, skied in, peed in, spat in, and trashed in. Thanks to local water supply systems and all that they contain, we've got water piping in to make our quality of life better. Kids like to take sips out of the hose. You used to do that, didn't you?
Now, we need more rain as spring has sprungeth.
I am more confident that it will take place as Mother Nature is getting warmed up in the bullpen. Never mind the tornadoes and other types of severe weather that are spawned by thunderstorms and the clashing of air masses. You know how this goes. Any time of year is a good time for rain and living water to fall down from the sky. Although sunshine will be back in the forecast tomorrow and through the weekend, it looks like we could have a more active rain season for this spring than the one that didn't occur last year. Anything that brings an end to a drought-stricken region is fine by me in my book.Total Comments 2
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I feel bad for those hit in the SA area. There were three tornadoes SW of the city and a microburst on the NE side. the damage looked pretty bad, though obviously not on the scale of other places hit recently. I think two houses were damaged by lightning as well.
With that said, lakes and aquifers along 35 in Texas (at least from SA to the Red River) benefited from the rains, and the landscape might be greener than it's been in those areas since 2010.Posted 03-21-2012 at 11:04 PM by shoe01
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I'm still concerned about Lake Travis in Austin. They've been down since the drought kept them from staying way up after it had been down the previous year. I still believe we'll all have a wet spring; we need it.
Hope you are okay, shoe.Posted 03-22-2012 at 05:33 PM by case44 
