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8/25/2022 7:28 am

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4208 posts
8/25/2022 7:29 am

What is so amazing you may ask? What's amazing is seeing my property turn from brown to green right before my eyes. Not kidding!

Not sure if everyone has known Texas was in a drought. Red flag fire dangers for weeks. Praying for rain and praying that one of your neighbors doesn't decide to barbeque on a windy day.

Driving into town I would see signs on churches saying "Pray for rain", and dog gone it, we did! Prayers were answered and we are maybe one, or two inches away from our yearly total. White Rock Lake got over 15 inches of rain, some areas got 12, I know we got 10 inches where I live, and some places got around 6 inches. That's a lot of water in less than 24 hours.

Sad thing is, a lot of people had to be rescued from their vehicles, homes/apartments were flooded, and sadly, one woman died when her car was swept away by flood waters. I did call both my daughters that morning to make sure they were alright. One stayed home and worked, the other one got to work but had to walk through a somewhat flooded parking garage to get to her office. She said she was freezing because her shoes and jeans were soaked. Better freezing and alive than the other option.

Plus side is, the grass is green and already growing again, down side, looks like I have to get out there and mow again. I think it's been at least two months since I have had to mow. Well, the break was nice, now it's back to work again!!

Rentier2 79M

950 posts
8/25/2022 9:27 am

We are having a dry spell as well.
Fortunately I stored quite a bit of water in rain barrels so I have lots to water the tomatoes.

Nileyears replies on 8/25/2022 9:48 am:
That's good you had water saved. I was using rinse water from washing dishes and then dumping it around my trees and fruit trees so they wouldn't die. Amazing how much water we use when just doing dishes. I kept a 5 gallon bucket next to the sink and dumped it when it got to 3, or 4 gallons.

Hoping you get rain really soon.

myseek1 80F

1376 posts
8/25/2022 8:20 pm

After that long time of hot weather and drought, I would be dancing in the rain, Nile. I read the news about the heavy rain that flooded Texas. Wasn't sure about the areas concerned. We had rain for several days with longer breaks from time to time.
That crossed my plans of wood painting and other maintenance work outside.
Enjoy the fresh air outside now!

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, what you do are in harmony - M. Gandhi

Nileyears replies on 8/25/2022 9:03 pm:
Oh yes, it's been hot here, those 100 degree plus days were wearing me down. I did enjoy the temps since the heavy rain, only in the 80's, but starting tomorrow they will go back into the low 90's. Just for a few days, we have another cool front coming our way next week and a chance for more rain. Hoping to see temps come back down into the 80's again.

I didn't play in this rain, lots of cloud to ground lightening hitting close by. I watched from my window. Awesome light show!

Rain does put a damper on outside painting and maintenance of any kind. I did get rained on when I fed the animals and froze when I walked into my air conditioned house. Had to change clothes and shut the A/C off. It felt great!!

Shartaun03 81F

6199 posts
8/25/2022 10:00 pm

Nileyears sometimes it is just feast or famine. We had lots of rain in June and into July. Now we are having a hot spell and the grass is brown. I'll be glad to see some rain again which may be tomorrow. We are also supposed to get cooler temperatures.

Nileyears replies on 8/26/2022 6:09 am:
Shar, it is so hard for me to picture anywhere in Canada that isn't beautiful and green, or that it gets that hot up there, but I've been watching temps all around and I know about the heat wave up there. You're right, feast or famine, or as I've been saying, all or nothing!

I can predict whether we are going into a drought, or not, by the rain amounts we get in April through June, and this year was really a dry Spring. Texas depends on that rain, we don't have snow covered mountains that melt to help in our water supply. This much rain in August is welcome here.

So cheers to rain and lower temperatures!

Archer62 83F

7096 posts
8/26/2022 5:41 am

WE ARE IN THE SAME SITUATION, DROUGHT, WATER RESTRICTIONS AND WORRY ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN THE STORMS FINALLY IT. IT RAINS EVERY AFTERNOON IN THE MOUNTAINS JUST BEHIND US BUT SO FAR THE COAST IS STILL WAITING. I CAN ONLY WATER MY TWO PLANTS WITH THE WATER FROM MY A/C DEHUMIDIFER.

Nileyears replies on 8/26/2022 3:01 pm:
Wow, that is bad! A/C's do drip quite a bit of water and lucky for your two plants to have that! We weren't restricted yet, but my water company asked us to conserve water by not watering grass and trees. I never water my grass, it's not like I care about having the most beautiful lawn in the neighborhood, but watered the trees with rinse water from hand washing dishes, and then only selected trees, not all.

Praying that the rain leaves the mountains and makes it's way to you!

Maudie1 74F

8151 posts
8/26/2022 3:03 pm

We get our fair share of rain here in Ireland, too much at times 🌧️.☔. We do get the odd dry spell, so I know the problems that can bring,especially for farmers. Good to see you have nice green grass again, even if it means all that extra mowing.Thank God we don't get extreme weather conditions here,just wish we got a little more sun 🌞

Nileyears replies on 8/26/2022 3:43 pm:
Hey there Maudie!

Yes, I heard about the rain in Ireland, too bad we can't balance that out between there and Texas. We give you some sunshine, you give us some rain. Oh well, in my dreams!

TxJW028 81M

8/28/2022 10:58 am

We had a little over 2 inches of rain here. The grass is turning green again. I thought it was dead for the year.

I predict fresh chicken eggs on the 16th of next month. LOL

Nileyears replies on 8/30/2022 5:45 pm:
A couple counties barely got a drop I heard during a weather forecast. How did all those storms miss them?

I didn't think the grass would come back either, but here it is getting taller by the day.

Nileyears replies on 8/30/2022 5:47 pm:
You may be right on that prediction, the girls will be 4 months old by then.