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16 years ago

After a sweltering summer, with August daily temperatures over 100 degrees, the Lord blessed us with four days of not steady but significant rain. Here in the Nashville area we officially got 2", maybe a bit more. To the west, where it was even dryer than here, some places got 3". I had the joy of mowing a substantial portion of the front yard yesterday evening for the first time since June. The only thing growing in the intervening months was the grass over the septic field lines.

How about all you other guys in the southeast? Is it raining there yet?

John

Comments (8)

lkbum_gw
16 years ago
You lucky dog!! After a bone dry spring, we had normal rain in July. Then in August the rain stopped completely. Looks like a dust bowl round' here. Since I believe in the law of averages, we are in for a doosey of a wet spell. The NWS has declared a La Nina and said the south would have a dry winter. That's the best news I've gotten in some time as these yo-yo's are rarely right. Since you're in Tenn., I've got to plug my alma mater... Go Gators!!
tennesseetoro
Original Author
16 years ago
lkbum,

I have to confess to being a VT Hokie, victims of LSU's machine last week. Both my daughters, however, are UT grads, so I have a certain amount of loyalty to the Vols. It's gonna be a tough game for the Tennessee boys.

Looks like surprise storm Humberto is headed your way. The way the map reads you might be getting some wet stuff about Saturday.

John
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That is a non poisonous checkered garter snake. These aren't the kind that give you coronaries. You can pick him up and all he will do is piss on you. Some of these guys come with pretty colors on them and get much larger. They are right down in the center of town too. I had them in my yard when I lived on Deep Eddy 2 blocks from the river. I had a 6' rat snake down there that made me take a deep breath. And an even larger Brown snake that I found wrapped in a tree branch by my path. It made the tree so exotic all of a sudden in a Adam & Eve way. I am surprised you never saw them in Vegas. Every other city I haver been in out that way like Phoenix Tucson Santa fe Albuquerque had LOTS of snakes and they all seemed able to send me to the hospital. In 40 years that I have lived in Austin area I have only had 1 run in with a Rattlesnake in my garden and that had a good ending for both of us.
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One half inch in San Antonio, but also appreciated. A friend near Boerne said a tornado was spotted. An alert was issued and everyone was advised to take cover, but thankfully it didn't touch down. Interestingly her cat dashed under the bed just before the alert and came out just as the alert ended. On another but related subject; with all the showers we've had off and on we have surprisingly few mosquitoes. How about y'all?
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Thanks all!! Debra, I suppose our rain is going south of you? Unbelievable how much it has rained lately after a nearly rainless May. Nancy, Lady Dragon is one I got from Guidry during his sale last year. I always write notes beside my purchases about size of fans, condition, etc. On this one I made lots of notes on how small and puny the fans were. I recently went back and added notes on how well these plants multiplied and bloomed!! I also got Diamond Shores and Mega Monster and they have been fabulous! Kay, I think you were the enabler on Catastrophe Waitress!!
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lkbum_gw
16 years ago
It actually rained today, I hope that steve2ski has been spared this latest round. A couple of Vol fans near me are actually rooting for Florida because the are tired of Fulmer (AKA Elmer Fudd).

Sorry about the situation earlier this year at VT and the way the media reacted to it (as a dad with a college student at the moment and one more headed that way soon, it was really distressing to view what the kids, faculty and victims families were having to endure). There was a serial killer on the loose in gainseville a few years back and it was really tough on the students.

On a lighter note, it really tickled me that out-of-control media didn't have a chance to do their "Normal" screaming and yelling about the pending doom coming from Humberto (no weathermen in the driving rain, references to Kartrina etc), although this moring they were trying their best to recover by predicting that some models had the hurricane moving back out to sea and hitting the coast again. What nuts.
misoilman
16 years ago
lkbum

Go Gators. As a graduate in 1998 living in Michigan its fun having Ohio State fans close by. As a Gator, who could forget Danny Rollings.
johntommybob
16 years ago
I've had not had to mow my yard since late May: it's that dry here. It's the worst drout here on record, being about 12" of rain below normal. And what has fallen has been spotty, so some areas are worse off than that. and a few better. Right
where we live it is worse.

There is a light rain falling here this morning, but we are thankful for anything we can get. But the forecast is for a 100% chance all day. Yea!
tennesseetoro
Original Author
16 years ago
johntommybob,

One of my daughters and her husband live in Johnson City, so she's kept us up to date on the dry conditions in ET. We got some more rain last night off the fringe of Humberto. Maybe you'll get it tonight. Yards are greening up. The fertilizer I put down May 31 has awoken! If it's dry tomorrow, I plan to overseed.

John
tennesseetoro
Original Author
16 years ago
lkbum,

Thanks for the kind words about the April mass murder evil at VT. I have lots of thoughts about that, but this is not the forum for those. I do think that event continues to live more in the mind of the media and political folks, as it seems for the most part the students have gotten back to normal college life. Our niece is a sophomore there and she's looking forward.

As far as the coaching situation at UT is concerned, that's a perennial topic on sports talk shows around here. Big Orange alumni are a demanding bunch.

Hope you get some more rain.

John
earl3
16 years ago
After having to mow once this summer we are having rain today and last night.It's going to be good to get some seat time!For sure we can use the rain.

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