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Fri Jun 29, 2007 6:35 am
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OK, so I shouldn't complain; I'll probably be begging for it about mid-August. But I'm tired of it! Fortunately I'll be in Colorful Colorado next week, where I plan to be in water of a different sort  ! See ya'll later...
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Sat Jun 30, 2007 6:29 am
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| Welcome to my life. Normally the summers here in the NW are glorious, and second to none. This year though, has been been particularly wet. I'm tired of it too, and I'm really looking forward to July and August. |
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Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:40 am
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Was "raised" in South Texas (the Wild Horse Desert) during the 1947-1958 drought. I remember very well "burning pear", i.e. burning the thorns off cactus so the cows had something to eat. And the dead cattle, and no deer, and no quail, and dry river beds.
My opinion is that rain, in whatever amount, beats blowing, dry, hot dirt and 100 plus temperatures any day.
Your experiences and opinions may vary.
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Sat Jun 30, 2007 12:35 pm
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| rayb wrote: |
Was "raised" in South Texas (the Wild Horse Desert) during the 1947-1958 drought. I remember very well "burning pear", i.e. burning the thorns off cactus so the cows had something to eat. And the dead cattle, and no deer, and no quail, and dry river beds.
My opinion is that rain, in whatever amount, beats blowing, dry, hot dirt and 100 plus temperatures any day.
Your experiences and opinions may vary.
rayb
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Well, it's not desert here in East Texas, the green part of the state. Last year , actually year before last, in the fall of '05 when the drought started, continued through the winter,and all of '06, everything was brown here. Remember all the fires all over N. Texas. I'll take the rain.
Personally I think we are fortunate. We have already had more this year than all of last year. I do feel sorry for all those folks that got flooded, but crops should be good, if they can plant. At least here the temperature has barely hit 90 only once or twice, better than the upper 90's or 100+ days.
There is always a good and bad, no matter what the weather. We just have to deal with what God sends our way. |
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Sun Jul 01, 2007 8:22 pm
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One of those fires last year started about 15 miles North of here.....
One of the lawsuits regarding the origin was dismissed last week....
Hopefully this year will continue to be a little more peaceful
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Mon Jul 02, 2007 12:33 pm
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My brothers, I'm with you! It's an inconvenience for my line of work, but I appreciate the cooler temps and absence of blistering sun.
I just hope we don't have a winter drought! |
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Mon Jul 02, 2007 7:12 pm
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| We'd give anyting for some rain out here. Our "rainy" season just ended with the least amount of precipitation in recorded history. I was on the South Fork Kern River in the Sierra last weekend, one of my favorite valley quail haunts, and the river was just a trickle, lower than I've ever seen it, even the times I've hunted the area in November before the rain and snow come. I really fear it could dry up completely this year, which would be devastating for both quail and (obviously) trout populations. Send some our way! |
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Tue Jul 03, 2007 12:06 pm
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We have been so dry in Florida I had about forgotten what rain looked and smelled like. Three good rains in the last handful of days have been greatly appreciated.
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Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:09 am
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| As opposed to last year, the Front Range has had a lot of moisture and it has been greatly appreciated. Hopefully, all the KS rain is not going to wipe out the hatch after the birds endured such a horrific winter. |
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Thu Jul 05, 2007 2:23 pm
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My wife called and said the rain gauge had 5" in it today, I think there was about 1/2" left over from last night.
We are soaked here. |
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Mon Jul 09, 2007 1:22 pm
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Howdy jkingrph,
I heard that you all got hit again this past weekend. My country place is north of the Poynor School, but I didn't get over there this past weekend. Heard that Lake Palestine and Neches River were highest ever.
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