Pollen: Texas ongoing thread

[miguelito 11,204]

Mountain Cedar showed up yesterday, 12/1/19, at a count of 90.  That's considered "low."  It's not on the count today.

I'll be using the counts from San Antonio, but feel free to use your own local counts.  San Antonio is in the bullseye of where the cedar pollen gets blown.  That's the price we pay for not being Houston or Dallas.

Here's the handy reference chart of the last 3 years so you can impress your friends and family:

[UTPhil2006 3,790]

The one awesome thing about not living in Austin anymore.  Not dying from Dec-Feb because of that shit

[bolverk 29,359]

Woke up this morning with itchy eyes. I've been miserable since going out for lunch earlier this afternoon - sneezing, hacking, etc.

Checked the pollen counts on KVUE and KXAN. Both of them show cedar in the low level, but KXAN shows the last few days and, apparently, today is the first day that they've picked it up.

Now, I get to feel like I'm constantly sick for the next three months. Yay!

[jimmyjazz 45,512]

I've been down with the crud since last Sunday (9 days).  I'm thinking it's mold but this is the worst its been in years.

[MissingInAction 24,765]

I missed work yesterday because my eyes were so swollen I looked like I'd been beaten.

[miguelito 11,204]

Had you been beaten?

[RPM 26,185]

Must have made it's way north to DFW. My allergies have been front & center all day.

[Hate 20,102]

4 hours ago, miguelito said:

Had you been beaten?

 

His meat.

Edited December 4, 2019 by Hate

[bluto 4,872]

Woke up 5AM and snot rocketed at least a quart... then was fine. Noticing some wheezing at night. Thinking the falling leaves are not helping things either dust wise but I’m an idiot.

[HOOKEM4 5,012]

Our place out near Junction has cedars on it that are already pretty yellow and they have a long way to go still. They are generally 2-3 weeks ahead of what I see down around Austin, but have been a decent indicator of what is to come.  I have a feeling this will be a very tough season. Buckle up.

 

Fuck mountain cedar.

[MissingInAction 24,765]

I am shooting anyone I see using a leaf blower. 

[Texas_Rocks 346]

So what we’re seeing here...

[MissingInAction 24,765]

13 hours ago, Hate said:

 

His meat.

Yes.

[miguelito 11,204]

start of the season, north winds....

 

 

And what's weird/stupid, is that 810 is considered high.  But we will have counts above 20,000.  I guess the levels are based on when people will be affected by the pollen, as opposed to a scale of the actual count range.  In any case, it don't make a shit, the number is the important part.

[South Austin 52,037]

I got ahead of this a few weeks ago by starting the morning Allegra/evening Flonase regimen.  So far I haven't felt shitty. 

[MissingInAction 24,765]

Using a CPAP every night is the only thing keeping my forehead from erupting. 

[miguelito 11,204]

1300 Saturday, 2500 Sunday.  I feel like shit.  My nose and eyes have been running all day. 

[BayouBill 835]

I'm miserable. I hate everything.

[hookemATL 11,596]

It’s the most miserable time of the year!

[Parliament 14,111]

53 minutes ago, BayouBill said:

I'm miserable. I hate everything.

Cloak Room is that way --->

[drt 637]

Fuck this.  Feels like death.

[miguelito 11,204]

Christmas Eve update: fuck.

[clapclapclap 9,000]

2 hours ago, miguelito said:

Christmas Eve update: fuck.

The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.

[miguelito 11,204]

Gold, frankincense, and cedar pollen. 11,480. 

I guess my liver is going to find out what happens when I mix lots of allergy medicine with lots of booze.

 

[miguelito 11,204]

14,000 yesterday

19,000 today 

[Hefeweizen 5,307]

I’m suffering right now.  Hopefully the season is short because so far it’s been bad.

[drt 637]

Fuck this. 

[achooloco 1,065]

So my homegirl said her cedar allergies are hella bad this year. But she didn’t really get allergies until a couple years ago (around the time she had her first kid). But my other friend, who is also allergic to cedar, said he ain’t really had shit this year and doesn’t take anything for it. Is That possible or are there different kinds of cedar, etc? I’m allergic during other times of the year so never really paid attention to cedar stuff. 

[miguelito 11,204]

Pollen affects people differently, but most likely your girlfriend is pregnant.

[Continental Op 3,934]

But I pulled out! 

[immortal13 4,059]

I've been pretty good until today. I went duck hunting this morning and was out in a lot of wind and stomped through some brush on the bank. I feel like I just did two lines of straight pollen dust.

[atomheartbevo 89,361]

KVUE and some of the others are showing Austin as "high" for cedar, with predictions for high tomorrow..  I've only been checking occasionally, but this seems like the first high cedar stretch we've had.

[atomheartbevo 89,361]

https://www.kvue.com/article/weather/allergy-forecast/allergy-alert-cedar-pollen-highest-recorded-this-season/269-3247feb8-9aff-4bed-9d0d-7ed695c46756

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After recording the highest count of cedar pollen so far this season on Sunday at 3,923 grains per cubic meter (gr/m3), cedar was nearly as high on Monday at 3,663 gr/m3. Cedar pollen count is slowly lowering coming in at 2,730 gr/m3 on Tuesday.

Cedar is considered high when it reaches over 1,000 gr/m3. The last time cedar pollen was this high in Austin was on Christmas Eve 2018, when KVUE recorded cedar at 5,488 gr/m3.

Cedar pollen is expected to remain in the high count on Tuesday, then decrease through Thursday thanks to rain chances on New Year's Day. A drier airmass and a front on Friday will likely increase the pollen once again through the weekend.

[jimmyjazz 45,512]

That graphic made me sneeze.

[hookemATL 11,596]

Had a few miserable days a fortnight ago but breathing easy now. I’ll be sure to wear my hazmat suit if I venture out the next few days. 

[bluto 4,872]

Spent all damn day outside yesterday in DFW... I’m so effed now

[atomheartbevo 89,361]

Took the family hiking this morning at McKinney Falls.  Saw plenty of the demon spawn that will probably run a train on my nose and throat tomorrow.

[miguelito 11,204]

Can I have your watch when you are dead?

[atomheartbevo 89,361]

On 12/31/2019 at 12:04 PM, atomheartbevo said:

A drier airmass and a front on Friday will likely increase the pollen once again through the weekend.

We are officially high, and will be high for a while.

[miguelito 11,204]

As expected, high today, with strong north winds.  17,440.

 

[Hefeweizen 5,307]

 Well I’m taking everything and eye drops and I still feel like I have the flu.  Fucking hell.

[atomheartbevo 89,361]

6,000+ in Austin.

[BottleRocket 644]

 Well I’m taking everything and eye drops and I still feel like I have the flu.  Fucking hell.

#metoo

[miguelito 11,204]

20,080

[Vito Andolini 9,086]

I’m in Belton, and woke up today pretty stuffed up, so I suspected the allergens were out to fuck up everyone’s shit. 

[bluto 4,872]

Southwest wind in dfw tomorrow means ass effing my sinuses just as I’m trying to clear a sinus infection

[bolverk 29,359]

I woke sneezing, watery eyes, and stopped up nose. Ran a couple errands and it got worse, so I'm just going to remain cooped up the remainder of the day.

[Chet Steadman 940]

These past few weeks have been downright abysmal.  Also, where are some of you getting the allergy count numbers?  

This definitely feels like numbers in the 15,000+ range similar to those posted in this thread but for the past few days KVUE has only been showing numbers between 4-8k.  

[cactusflinthead 27,593]

500 billion times a shitload of cedars= snot 

And this makes me feel not great 

 

Edited January 4, 2020 by cactusflinthead

[swraith 336]

Had to do an outdoor irrigation project to replace a broken irrigation pipe. 5 hours outside equals an allergy shitfest. Work needed to be done but I am now hiding inside.