Severe Weather OutBreak (Houston, Dallas, San Antonio: 2014, buying, costs)

[Nairobi]

Sweet Brown is a crackhead.

This weather has me in utopia.

[Newbe10]

Have any tornadoes actually occured in N. Texas?? I currently reside in SW MO. and even though we here in Springfield never got above 50 degrees today, areas just slightly further east (i.e. West Plains, Cape Girardeau, Jackson, ect.) were near 80 degrees all day and those temps were occurring, as of this afternoon, all the way down to Texas, and those areas had MANY tornado warnings.

Was there any major severe weather in N. Texas?

[KathrynAragon]

Originally Posted by HtownLove

I cant believe its the middle of April and this cold in Houston

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Sweet is a superstar now.
She had made a couple commercials, she is in the upcoming Tyler Perry movie and she made an appearance at the Oscars. I'm surprised she got time for all dat.

I thought ain't NOBODY got time fo dat! Sweet Jesus, she got herself some shoes on now, I bet!

Hope she's over her pneumonia.

[KathrynAragon]

Originally Posted by Newbe10

Have any tornadoes actually occured in N. Texas?? I currently reside in SW MO. and even though we here in Springfield never got above 50 degrees today, areas just slightly further east (i.e. West Plains, Cape Girardeau, Jackson, ect.) were near 80 degrees all day and those temps were occurring, as of this afternoon, all the way down to Texas, and those areas had MANY tornado warnings.

Was there any major severe weather in N. Texas?

Not in Northeast Texas where I live, though we did have a few splatters of hail a time or two this afternoon (small).

[BigDGeek]

Originally Posted by Newbe10

Was there any major severe weather in N. Texas?

Didn't have any in my neck of the woods (Richardson, just north of Dallas). Couple of heavy downpours that lasted maybe 15-20 minutes apiece, but that's it. Mostly it just rained and got cold.

[shyguylh]

Originally Posted by Trainwreck20

Always watching the weather here, lord knows we need the rain.

If I'm being ugly please forgive me, but what is with people in Texas not being satisfied unless we have seemingly 3 feet of rain every single day? Last I heard, after the rain we got from this, we are well within having the normal amount for this time of the year. Thus, if we don't get anymore for a while, we're good. I'm looking around and all the lakes & ponds etc are plenty full. There are no burning bans in effect & haven't been in quite awhile.

In other words, there is no drought. We're fine. We don't need anymore for awhile. Some sunny days won't kill us. Heck I'm about to go into a depression from the lack of it, frankly. I swear it's like I moved to Portland or Seattle lately. We don't need rain every single day from now until the year 2351. Yet at the same time, if you're going to be cloudy--rain, if not, be sunny. Go #2 or get off the pot. Save the cloudy days for the brutal summers, not for when it's in the 70s and 80s and feels NICE for a freaking change.

And yes, to the person that said "I can't believe it's this cold in Houston in April"--I heard that. I've had enough of these cold snaps. It's spring-time now, enough of this chilly nonsense. That was for December to early March, not now. Memo to mother nature--stop!!

LRH

[Nairobi]

Originally Posted by larrytxeast

If I'm being ugly please forgive me, but what is with people in Texas not being satisfied unless we have seemingly 3 feet of rain every single day? Last I heard, after the rain we got from this, we are well within having the normal amount for this time of the year. Thus, if we don't get anymore for a while, we're good. I'm looking around and all the lakes & ponds etc are plenty full. There are no burning bans in effect & haven't been in quite awhile.

In other words, there is no drought. We're fine. We don't need anymore for awhile. Some sunny days won't kill us. Heck I'm about to go into a depression from the lack of it, frankly. I swear it's like I moved to Portland or Seattle lately. We don't need rain every single day from now until the year 2351. Yet at the same time, if you're going to be cloudy--rain, if not, be sunny. Go #2 or get off the pot. Save the cloudy days for the brutal summers, not for when it's in the 70s and 80s and feels NICE for a freaking change.

And yes, to the person that said "I can't believe it's this cold in Houston in April"--I heard that. I've had enough of these cold snaps. It's spring-time now, enough of this chilly nonsense. That was for December to early March, not now. Memo to mother nature--stop!!

LRH

Take a deep breath.

State Drought Monitor

We need the rain.

[shyguylh]

Um, no, we DON'T need the rain, at least not around here. Maybe in the extreme western part of Texas, where I've heard the recovery hasn't been as thorough or such, then maybe--but trust me, around here east of Dallas, we are most certainly doing fine. We don't need rain every 2.5 milliseconds every single day. That's just ludicrous.

http://www.news-journal.com/news/loc...f67cc13a4.html

"Stevens said Wednesday’s rainfall was expected to pull Gregg County out of the U.S. Drought Monitor designation of abnormally dry. Normal precipitation year-to-date Wednesday was 12.84 inches, Stevens said. By 5 p.m., total precipitation was 12.71 inches and by midnight was expected to reach the normal amount."

Yes, if I read the map correctly, "abnormally dry" is the weakest drought designation, barely enough to even register at all, and it's due to pull out even out of that petty designation. We've had the proper amount of rain so far for this year, we're not way behind nor way ahead, but right on schedule. I think we're due a few sunny days--quite a few, actually, and we sure as heck shouldn't have cloudy days where it doesn't rain, because it accomplishes nothing.

What does it take to make you people happy, a designation of "so wet we're soggier than a bath-tub sponge?" Gee whiz.

Not that my assertion or yours will change the weather behavior, obviously.

LRH

[Nairobi]

Originally Posted by larrytxeast

Um, no, we DON'T need the rain, at least not around here. Maybe in the extreme western part of Texas, where I've heard the recovery hasn't been as thorough or such, then maybe--but trust me, around here east of Dallas, we are most certainly doing fine. We don't need rain every 2.5 milliseconds every single day. That's just ludicrous.

Storm lowers temperatures, likely improves drought status - Longview News-Journal: Local News

"Stevens said Wednesday’s rainfall was expected to pull Gregg County out of the U.S. Drought Monitor designation of abnormally dry. Normal precipitation year-to-date Wednesday was 12.84 inches, Stevens said. By 5 p.m., total precipitation was 12.71 inches and by midnight was expected to reach the normal amount."

Yes, if I read the map correctly, "abnormally dry" is the weakest drought designation, barely enough to even register at all, and it's due to pull out even out of that petty designation. We've had the proper amount of rain so far for this year, we're not way behind nor way ahead, but right on schedule. I think we're due a few sunny days--quite a few, actually, and we sure as heck shouldn't have cloudy days where it doesn't rain, because it accomplishes nothing.

What does it take to make you people happy, a designation of "so wet we're soggier than a bath-tub sponge?" Gee whiz.

Not that my assertion or yours will change the weather behavior, obviously.

LRH

Rain isn't exactly a "too much of a good thing" type of situation. We can almost always use some.

That said, your specific area may be doing fine, but we are discussing this region as a whole, and many parts of the state do need it.

[shyguylh]

Originally Posted by Nairobi

Rain isn't exactly a "too much of a good thing" type of situation. We can almost always use some.

That said, your specific area may be doing fine, but we are discussing this region as a whole, and many parts of the state do need it.

I would say it IS potentially a "too much of a good thing" type of situation. Besides the obvious thing of floods, there's also how sometimes excess rain can mean the abundance of nuisance pests like mosquitoes, who seem to prosper in the sogginess. You can also have an abundance of flowers leading to stronger allergic reactions from people who suffer from allergies.

Besides any of that, there's the simple fact that NORMAL people like to have at least SOME sunshine once in awhile to cheer up the place. This may not be the southwest US, but gee whiz, does it have to be raining or cloudy so stinking much? If we have enough rain, I say it's time for some sunshine to brighten things up around here. It's been depressing way long enough.

I'm fine with how not all regions are doing fine & they could use some, I'm just saying that it's my observation that even when a given area HAS had enough you still have plenty of people acting like no amount of rain is EVER enough, as if it must rain 9 days out of 10 or else we're "in a drought." Bullfeathers.

LRH