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Storm the Field

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  1. Lulz: And from the Comments: "Like unironically slapping a Thin Blue Line sticker on the General Lee."
  2. Pretty clear that July is gonna suck all the way to the finish line. Went back and read through the 2022 thread and it's darkly funny how identical the posts from mid-July 2022 are to this thread lately. Only thing that gives me any kind of hope for relief was that the posts started to get less apocalyptic in August. Went back and checked the weather records for Houston and, I'll be damned, after like 6 straight weeks of misery, the first Saturday in August was 90/74. It got blazing hot again for a few days after, but by 8/20, it only got above 95 twice the remainder of the year, and we even had a handful of days towards the end of August where the high only made it to the upper 80's. First whiff of a "cool" front last year came on 9/14 (89/66). First extended dose of pleasant weather was a front that lasted about a week from 9/27 to 10/5. Daily highs in the mid 80's and lows in the high 50's.
  3. All 3 indexes are at their highest levels since early 2022 and have made some rather solid gains the past 52 weeks. DJIA +3895 (12.5%). S&P +714 (18.65%). Nasdaq +2915 (25.7%).
  4. Post that started this thread is the Surly equivalent of every "edgy" comedian's stand up special the last few years.
  5. The map shows when average highs for a region peak, historically.
  6. September is a month of contrasts. Pretty common to continue hitting high 90's or low 100's multiple times those first 2 weeks. I'm sure just about everyone can relate to spending Labor Day or the following weekend dove hunting or tailgating and being absolutely drenched in sweat. If this Summer keeps on it like it has, some of y'all probably gonna die at the Rice game this year. But then, usually, by the end of the month, we'll catch at least one perceptible cool front. Historical Average temps for Austin and Houston. 9/1: 95/73 and 93/76. 9/15: 92/70 and 90/73. 9/30: 88/66 and 87/69.
  7. Still 3 weeks to go before we hit "peak summer." Kill me. 2nd week of August is historically when daily high temps start to sloooowly average down for most folks in Texas. But that's only like 1 degree every 10 days. Things don't really pick up much steam until mid to late September, when the average high starts dropping a degree roughly every 4 days.
  8. Caught a doctor on one of the morning news programs earlier talking about Summer SAD. It's apparently quite real, but kind of the opposite of the Winter version. Instead of sleeping in and feeling mopey, people with Summer SAD get irritable and don't sleep well. She talked about how a lot of it is frustration with being stuck inside even though it's sunny outside. You feel like you should be doing something outdoors. Also, social media doesn't help. You're stuck at work and there's a heat index of 110 outside and your feed is just non-stop pictures of people you know on vacation in more hospitable climates. I can understand. I practically had to force myself to head outside and knock out a couple chores and then jump in the pool to cool off yesterday just so I wouldn't feel like I wasted my entire Sunday. But I didn't really want to do those things.
  9. Bingo. It's an artifact of youth. You don't care if it's 100 degrees when you're 12 years old and your only concern for 3 straight months is where you are swimming that day and which friend you're spending the night with. Also, all the songs about how awesome Summer is are written by northerners and Californians. I'd probably think it was pretty great too when it tops out at 86 out on the lake or beach and then it cools down enough in the evening to need a light jacket out by the bonfire. Summer in the South is atonement for the Civil War.
  10. High of 89 at 2:00 pm today, humidity 29%, producing a heat index of....89. Back down to 70 by bed time. High 60's when you wake up tomorrow morning. Thoughts and prayers!
  11. Pictured: BofA, JPM, and Morgan Stanley CIO's out there every morning keeping up their imminent recession calls, trying to conjure up a market correction.
  12. Best consumer sentiment reading in almost 2 years. Significant improvements in both "current conditions" and "future expectations", though near-term inflation expectations increased a bit.
  13. 1. Lows in the 60's every morning and evening. 2. Humidity below 40%. "Feels like" temps = actual temps. Doesn't count.
  14. As someone that lives down the street, but far enough away to not have people parking around me, I love having a block of hangout spots just a 10 minute walk away. Big fan of D'Alba but would love to see more dining options in the hood. (Sidenote: somebody's gotta finally shit or get off the pot in regards to Petrol Station). Will be really nice when they give the portion of Wakefield between Alba and Sue Barnett the same treatment as the section between Alba and Golf and install sidewalks. Right now, if I don't want to walk in the street for a quarter mile, I have to take a detour down either Judiway or Fisher.
  15. Hah. I was on a vacation in Dublin in August a few years ago. One day of the trip it was like 80 degrees and sunny, and I swear 90% of the city took off, which means a good half of the country was off work. Parks were literally overflowing with people out sitting on blankets. On a sidenote, an Irish guy told me that you can instantly tell someone is an American tourist, without even talking to them, if they're wearing shorts in public.
  16. After this summer, the first even moderately cool day this Fall should be a state holiday. I'm gonna take the day off and sit outside and drink coffee in the morning, go for a long bike ride, lunch on a patio somewhere...etc.
  17. Just saw some scuttlebutt online that the folks who own Savoir bought the big warehouse behind D'Alba and are planning to open a beer garden on the site late next year. That property is over a full acre, so potential to be a pretty big bar.
  18. No, the number is where each state's first 6 months of the year rank in regards to the last 129 years. 129 means it's the hottest start to a year in Florida over that entire timespan. Virginia's 127 means it's the 3rd hottest start in the last 129 years. Texas' 124 would be the 6th hottest.
  19. WTI a quarter shy of $75 as we speak. Highest price since around Memorial Day. EIA report out today predicts an ongoing supply deficit for at least the next 5 quarters. Eventually, projections of future recessions come into conflict with the reality that the world is currently using more crude than is being produced. Something gotta give.
  20. GOP Whistleblowers having a bang-up week so far.
  21. Quick reminder that Season 5 starts this week. Double episode premiere on Thursday.
  22. Used car market starting to come back towards earth?
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