Rain! Rain! Rain! (time, Friday)

[Shredding_Gnar78]

Originally Posted by tibbar

When it does rain and lightning please take precautions......my daughter lost all her TV's and receiver/recorder eguipment, computer and brand new washer and half her power to the house. They are renting and didn't have renter insurance. In hindsight they could have unplugged the high dollar stuff but didn't think of it.

interesting and sad.

where does she live and when did this happen?

[buffettjr]

Originally Posted by G Grasshopper

Why is it that those who forecast weather are always so wrong about the rain? Several times in the last year, there has been a forecast for maybe 5 days of rain that has turned out to be nothing. I know this is an inexact science, but what is it about central Texas that makes rain so unpredictable?

I don't recall there ever being a forecast this year that forecast five days of rain at any time. I recall there being five day periods where any given day had a 10% chance of rain. Those odds mean that on a day with those types of conditions, it will rain one day out of every 10 that have those conditions.

Seems to me like the forecasts have been very accurate. When they forecast 99 or 107, it actually gets to 99 or 107. Amazing.

[Dr.Mom]

Originally Posted by Shredding_Gnar78

interesting and sad.

where does she live and when did this happen?

This same thing happened to my SIL...twice! And she was in a different house each time. Both times were in the DFW area. Always good to have insurance.

[tibbar]

Originally Posted by Shredding_Gnar78

interesting and sad.

where does she live and when did this happen?

She lives SE of Dallas and was in that big band of storms that hit a couple days ago. In another home they lived in they were hailed so bad they got new roof, windows, siding and carpeting. They owned that home and had home insurance that time. She had been intending to get renters insurance but just hadn't done so yet.

[10scoachrick]

Originally Posted by buffettjr

I don't recall there ever being a forecast this year that forecast five days of rain at any time. I recall there being five day periods where any given day had a 10% chance of rain. Those odds mean that on a day with those types of conditions, it will rain one day out of every 10 that have those conditions.

Seems to me like the forecasts have been very accurate. When they forecast 99 or 107, it actually gets to 99 or 107. Amazing.

That dud of a tropical storm(Don) was forecast to bring 40-60% rain chances for five days, if I recall correctly. Not a drop.

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by Dr.Mom

This same thing happened to my SIL...twice! And she was in a different house each time. Both times were in the DFW area. Always good to have insurance.

Or invest in some good surge protectors.
I go with Monster and never lost equipment yet to power outages or surges.

[Dr.Mom]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

Or invest in some good surge protectors.
I go with Monster and never lost equipment yet to power outages or surges.

After the last time, they ended up getting some kind of whole house protector that ties into their electrical system. They haven't had any problems since.

[G Grasshopper]

Originally Posted by buffettjr

I don't recall there ever being a forecast this year that forecast five days of rain at any time.

I guess it depends on whose weather forecast you are seeing. I usually look at weatherchannel.com. Maybe it's time to switch.

[chuck_steak]

There's a 20% chance for rain tomorrow and tomorrow night. Guess we'll see.

[mickey65]

Originally Posted by chuck_steak

There's a 20% chance for rain tomorrow and tomorrow night. Guess we'll see.

And Brrrrr...a little cold front too, where we'll be in the 80's tomorrow (Friday). Time to get out those long pants!