2021 Rain Thread

[Wally Pryor 5261]

Damn thing better not take out Hruska's.

[BrickHorn 18234]

Unusual that it would flood in Austin on Memorial Day weekend.

Edited May 29, 2021 by BrickHorn

[4th_and_18 687]

Shoal is at 9.68 feet at 12th

Up to 12 feet now

[Ten Bears 2481]

I had 4 inches in 30 minutes in SW Round Rock and I'm not even South Austin's mom.

Turd floater.  I'm just about over bad weather.  Fuck this shit.

 

[Horns99 155]

Hydromet shows rookies numbers out west over the basins. The heavy totals are too far East.

What’s new - that’s the way it always is... see last week...

Until it isn’t, & Marble Falls get 25”

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[Steel Shank 9425]

 

Got shot at in Red Rock one night, years ago.

[Dilligas 666]

Turd floaters in Bulverde, I will never say we don’t need rain in Texas.

[Dilligas 666]

obligatory (not sure I did it right)

[TexArcher 37774]

Gross.  That was gross.

Edit: this was supposed to be on the baseball thread.  Fuck that guy out in right.

Edited May 29, 2021 by TexArcher

[MissingInAction 25076]

Just drove from burnet road to Cameron. Flood rescue wrapping up under the 35 flyover, and saw 5 other concentrations of emergency lights. Probably pulling homeless out of the water.

[miguelito 11266]

2.7" in Boerne.

[atomheartbevo 89668]

1 hour ago, 4th_and_18 said:

Shoal is at 9.68 feet at 12th

It's pretty fucking high around 38th street. Not over Shoal Creek Blvd and/or up to the bottom of the bridge (but may later), but another hour of that heavy rain, and I think it would have easily done so.

 

[atomheartbevo 89668]

1 hour ago, Steel Shank said:

Got shot at in Red Rock one night, years ago.

KXAN has shots of their general store, which apparently almost got taken out.  I'm more amazed that they rely on a general store.

 

[NorthLoop 14203]

Friends are having a huge pool party tomorrow so hopefully this shit is done for the next 24 hours

[Bookman 4639]

9 hours ago, Chet Steadman said:

KXAN better bring Uncle Jim back out of retirement for this.  

Although on second thought, he was filling in for David Suits on Tuesday and he predicted less than 10% chance of rain for today.  

So maybe the game has passed him by.  Who knows.  

Turn my fahking power back on. 

10% isn’t 0%

[miguelito 11266]

10 hours ago, miguelito said:

2.7" in Boerne.

Over 5" now.  My gauge is full.  Rain finally seems to be letting up, though.

[Okie State 3821]

That was a crazy storm last night and other than my dipshit neighbors' trash all over the street this morning, it looks like nothing happened.

[Guest Lobo]

One of my taller live oaks in the back split about 25' up (it's about 50' tall overall).  Dropped a 20' limb with multiple branches, totaling about 200 pounds.  Problem is, because my dipshit neighbors like to prune at the worst times of year---a wet April and May is not a good time PAUL!), I'm worried about the massive split up there getting oak wilt.  It's in two parts and is an awful lot of exposed opening.  I'm not getting up there on the extension ladder with the other half of the limb set to fall.  

So my question is, without bothering my husband, how the fuck do I get my sealing paint up there on the split until I can properly and cleanly cut and seal it in July?  

Is there some kinda macgruber-rig y'all have used to get sealing paint way up high in a tree without going up there yourself?  I have all extendable pruning saws and shit that'll reach but how do you get the can to spray up there?  Thanks. 

[miguelito 11266]

First, you'll have to earn the trust of a local squirrel.  Talk to him, feed him peanuts or pecans.  Gradually you can teach him to press the button on the spray can when you give him the signal.  Make sure it's aimed away from his face, or you will lose the trust you built. 

[Guest Lobo]

I worry though that many of the brown squirrels that live in my yard, and do general yard maintenance are here illegally.  And if I give one of them this job to do, I'm enabling the problem even further.  

[hookemATL 11734]

Get the fuck up there in your underwear all covered in tar and just scream “IM OFF MY MEDSSSSSSS!!!!”

it might not fix the tree but it would surely be entertaining. 

[Mr.Hovis 70]

14 hours ago, ROFL BOX said:

Saw some pics just now, kids & family got wet anyhow.

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Yep, they were calling student names out to cross the stage and got into the B's when the rain hit. They were being overly optimistic trying to get this done last night. So it's rescheduled for tonight at 8:00, we'll see .

[Hate 20108]

The forecast into the middle of June calls for continued chances of rain.  Quite a bit of the state may make halfway through June without getting above 90 degrees.

[Chet Steadman 940]

Remember June ‘07 when there was measurable rainfall in like 25 of the 30 days?

That was kinda nice for the lakes.  

[KaiserSoze 998]

22 minutes ago, Chet Steadman said:

Remember June ‘07 when there was measurable rainfall in like 25 of the 30 days?

That was kinda nice for the lakes.  

I spent a ton of time at Sculpture Falls & Twin Falls that Summer- the Greenbelt was glorious. 

[Lerka Lerka 1087]

5 hours ago, Lobo said:

One of my taller live oaks in the back split about 25' up (it's about 50' tall overall).  Dropped a 20' limb with multiple branches, totaling about 200 pounds.  Problem is, because my dipshit neighbors like to prune at the worst times of year---a wet April and May is not a good time PAUL!), I'm worried about the massive split up there getting oak wilt.  It's in two parts and is an awful lot of exposed opening.  I'm not getting up there on the extension ladder with the other half of the limb set to fall.  

So my question is, without bothering my husband, how the fuck do I get my sealing paint up there on the split until I can properly and cleanly cut and seal it in July?  

Is there some kinda macgruber-rig y'all have used to get sealing paint way up high in a tree without going up there yourself?  I have all extendable pruning saws and shit that'll reach but how do you get the can to spray up there?  Thanks. 

I would probably just say fuck it but appreciate your concern. I think I read the tree naturally seals itself in about 48 hours. Just hope for no beetles. 
 

They do make tree sealant spray pole extenders.  Would need to get one today to be worth the effort IMO. 

[Guest Lobo]

I hate to buy one of those and store it for this rare occasion.  But I may still look into it Tomorrow. Thanks

[Brisketexan 105139]

I hate to buy one of those and store it for this rare occasion.  But I may still look into it Tomorrow. Thanks

Give a neighborhood kid who likes to climb trees $20 and a can of paint.

Don’t overthink this.

[Orange&White 5528]

5 hours ago, Chet Steadman said:

Remember June ‘07 when there was measurable rainfall in like 25 of the 30 days?

That was kinda nice for the lakes.  

They were so full they closed them down! The water was so high the wake was damaging homes at Graveyard Point.
 

I think it was 4th of July a bunch of us that normally lived in Devils Cove took some boats downtown, parked them next to each other, threw each other some ropes and just sat in the boats and drank like we were in the lake.

[Shaggybevo 353]

Power out. 78731, 45th street and MoPac.

Here we go again!!

I still have no power. 24 hours and waiting. The city unable to provide a repair estimate.

[atomheartbevo 89668]

9 hours ago, hookemATL said:

Get the fuck up there in your underwear all covered in tar and just scream “IM OFF MY MEDSSSSSSS!!!!”

it might not fix the tree but it would surely be entertaining. 

Also, a bunch of guys in a shiny red truck will show up with a really long ladder, and if you do things right, you can grab onto that ladder and use it as a platform to do your maintenance.

[atomheartbevo 89668]

Travis County Sheriff's Office towing a party barge in.  Apparently they were operating up on Lake Superior during the gales of November, so I'm not sure why this video just got posted.

 

Edited May 30, 2021 by atomheartbevo

[miguelito 11266]

I love Edmund Fitzgerald's voice. 

[phdhorn 6224]

The legend lives on by the nekkid hippies on down to the big bar they call the Oasis,
Lake Travis it's said never gives up here dead when the drunks of late May Party early....

[gsoda3 3261]

They were so full they closed them down! The water was so high the wake was damaging homes at Graveyard Point.
 
I think it was 4th of July a bunch of us that normally lived in Devils Cove took some boats downtown, parked them next to each other, threw each other some ropes and just sat in the boats and drank like we were in the lake.

We went tubing. Put in somewhere around 360 /Lamar and got out at spyglass. Would never do it again at this age, pretty dangerous. There were a couple four foot drops and some pretty large pieces of driftwood. Took about half an hour to go a mile and a half.

[Shaggybevo 353]

Power out. 78731, 45th street and MoPac.

Here we go again!!

36 hours, still no power.

[dingleberryswitzer 2724]

14 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Give a neighborhood kid who likes to climb trees $20 and a can of paint.

Don’t overthink this.

He’s a lawyer so you know this is sound advice.  But I would also ad you should learn to say “get off my tree!”

in another language so you have plausible deniability when the kid falls and breaks his neck and then becomes governor.

[dingleberryswitzer 2724]

19 hours ago, Chet Steadman said:

Remember June ‘07 when there was measurable rainfall in like 25 of the 30 days?

That was kinda nice for the lakes.  

I remember driving all the way to lago vista to try a new disc golf course and half the damn course was underwater. 

[HornOnTheBayou 8922]

9 hours ago, miguelito said:

I love Edmund Fitzgerald's voice. 

I think Gordon Lightfoot was the boat.
Yeah, and it was rammed by the Cat Stevens.

[Machinator 32099]

Skies got dark in a hurry. Sounds like a car wash outside in central Austin.

[Updawg 2266]

Skies got dark in a hurry. Sounds like a car wash outside in central Austin.

Yeah. Started raining while I was mowing my yard in sw Austin.

[elfenix 34240]

Some fly tighter loops than others while waiting out the weather

[hornian 5219]

 

[Shaggybevo 353]

On 5/28/2021 at 7:40 PM, Shaggybevo said:

Power out. 78731, 45th street and MoPac.

Here we go again!!

 

It's been 48 hours - still NO POWER !!!!!!!!!!

 

 

[Updawg 2266]

 
It's been 48 hours - still NO POWER !!!!!!!!!!
 
 

Damn

[hornian 5219]

8 minutes ago, Shaggybevo said:

 

It's been 48 hours - still NO POWER !!!!!!!!!!

 

 

Fuck. That. 
 

sorry man. 

[Paper_jam 831]

2 hours ago, Machinator said:

Skies got dark in a hurry. Sounds like a car wash outside in central Austin.

I backed my car out of the garage for 10 minutes just for this purpose.

 

[4th_and_18 687]

4.2” in 3 hours by the airport

[Armybrat 40844]

19 hours ago, gsoda3 said:

On 5/29/2021 at 5:54 PM, Orange&White said:

We went tubing. Put in somewhere around 360 /Lamar and got out at spyglass. Would never do it again at this age, pretty dangerous. There were a couple four foot drops and some pretty large pieces of driftwood. Took about half an hour to go a mile and a half.

Several years ago one night my brother’s AFD grandson spent some harrowing moments on the end of his firetruck ladder fully extended out over Barton Creek using grappling hooks  trying to fish the dead body of a female tuber from some sort of a grated floodwater drain entrance just upstream of Barton Springs. Unpleasant it was.

[HenryJames 66052]

Pics?