texasdago

12 days away from landfall? Step away from the doom scrolling. Model runs gonna model run.

*Laughs knowingly in Italian* Before I lost a good chunk of weight, we were visiting my aunt and uncle in Rome... at the time, I had let my hair grow out longer. Upon seeing my hair, my aunt said, "I like your hair... it makes you look less fat"

To be fair, if you've done your job properly from 0-18, they won't even consider aggy

I keep hearing these tall tales about rain but...

ESTO

We had a 9 day streak by mid-July. Again, y'all are only looking at highs... highs don't tell the whole story but, whatever y'all... keep arguing nuance https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/2024-could-be-worlds-hottest-year-june-breaks-records-2024-07-08/

They can go. They can pay. WTF are we talking about here!?

Would it be cool to see them? Yes. Would I want to pay what it will take? F No.

So you went and paid for your college education using similar numbers to today? If so, more power to you.

Yeah, I'm down with this... if my kids want to go to school with kissin cousins in Arkie or dentally challenged students at OU, I can cope... its a hard no on aggy. Too weird. LoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooL

I can't stand the insufferable douchebag but that's not his worst performance by any stretch. Why does he say sempre fi, though? Hey guys, let's talk about WOOOOOO PIG SOOOEEY the unrealized capital gains

At first I thought you meant what a surprise they were dicks and then I got your meaning... oh yeah, we were regulars despite living a good 15 miles away. I know its shocking.

Pretty sure the official numbers come from Bergstrom. ABIA is more rural and always has lower numbers. Yup... found it... https://www.kut.org/energy-environment/2023-08-22/camp-mabry-austin-airport-weather-station-temperatures "People have been recording the temperature at Camp Mabry since the late 1800s. Record-keeping started later at the airport."

Maybe just banking on the name. Used to know the management staff at Dolce Vita and it sounded like they were not the biggest fans of the Katz's nearby.

But they will let Beth Moore speak... oh, wait...

Also keep in mind nights are getting warmer... A recent New York Times analysis of nighttime low temperatures in America’s fastest growing cities, found that the number of abnormally hot nights in Austin has increased by 137% since the late 1900s. Austin now experiences 60 nights a year, on average, when the temperature never drops below 76 degrees. https://www.kut.org/austin/2024-08-19/hot-triple-digit-heat-temperature-austin-texas-summer

It doesn't. I'll dig deeper but here is an article from July: https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/texas-summer-2024-cooler-heat-dome-records-temperatures/ But yes, the data does show that this is less hot than where we were last year at this time and in 2022 at this time. And I think most people remember what awful summers those were. But right now, the data is indicating that if you look at just June 1 through July 15, our temperatures have been averaging about 2 to 3 degrees above normal, which is still significant. I mean, that’s still hot. But last year at this time, we were running about 3 to 4 degrees above normal – so at least one more degree above normal than where we are at the current time. Also, a lot of people use the number of triple digit days as a barometer of how hot it has been. And right now, so far this year, Austin has recorded 14 100-degree days up through the middle of July. Last year, at this time, we’d had 25 of those.

I don't know Marc Katz but if he was running the business before, maybe that's a good thing? Katz’s Deli and Bar closed in 2010 after three decades in business. Austin Business Journal reported that the business filed for bankruptcy after about $27,500 in unpaid taxes. The restaurant previously filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2004.

Funny thing is that it was the 7th hottest summer in Austin recorded history. We are forgetting that it used to be much nicer. Check out the 2020s... it is 2024. Got a few more summers to go to dethrone the 2010s. More enjoyable content here - https://www.kxan.com/weather/weather-blog/austin-is-hitting-100-degrees-more-frequently-heres-when-its-most-common/

Man, scroll down to "Results by County" and you realize that the vast majority of rural Texas is... man, I'm trying to find the right word... I'll let you pick one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas Sort by % for Trump over Biden. Round about 100 Counties in Texas voted 80%+ for Trump. Roberts did its best to get to 100%. Can you imagine being the poor souls in that county who voted anything but R? One County in Texas, Travis County, Texas voted $70%+ for Biden. Yes, I know land doesn't vote but still... its jarring what rural communities are like.

Yup... same for me yesterday evening in SW Austin... dark skies, wind, rumble..... nothing.

Imagine being surprised that processed meat has bugs in it...

You could've picked some better names... like Ray Romano and Dan Quayle. LOL. Meanwhile, a little flashback from 2020... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/21/donald-trump-g20-pandemic-golf-club

Hey... at least he can golf and crap his pants at the same time. What a champion!