Blastfurnace 2021

[MissingInAction 25205]

This mild summer has me worried about another snowpocalypse. 

[Guest Lobo]

8 minutes ago, MissingInAction said:

This mild summer has me worried about another snowpocalypse. 

I don't know to which patron saint you pray as an incompetent hack...but the dipshits at ERCOT should be celebrating their feast day.  This mild summer saved us from more grid failures, more unnecessary deaths, and further national embarrassment.  

Cold front gets here in three hours.  I'm having a cocktail to welcome it.  Here's to a real Autumn.  

[Okie State 3848]

I don't know to which patron saint you pray as an incompetent hack...but the dipshits at ERCOT should be celebrating their feast day.  This mild summer saved us from more grid failures, more unnecessary deaths, and further national embarrassment.  
Cold front gets here in three hours.  I'm having a cocktail to welcome it.  Here's to a real Autumn.  

Of course ERCOT is probably standing around patting each other on the backs with high fives all around while doing nothing to actually fix shit putting us right back in the same place next year. Until then though!

[El Diablo 4232]

Front is passing thru Waco now. May stop briefly at Magnolia, let's hope it doesn't get distracted. Air is noticeably drier now than it was an hour ago and thank Me for that, the yoomiddity was unbearable this morning. I like a dry heat.  

[HouTex 1894]

For the first time in seven years Houston did not reach 100 degrees. Seattle hit 100 three times this summer.

[Storm the Field 5302]

3 minutes ago, HouTex said:

For the first time in seven years Houston did not reach 100 degrees. Seattle hit 100 three times this summer.

Weather app says it's only 93 in Houston and 49% humidity right now. I just ran out for lunch and can tell you that's a damn lie.

[MissingInAction 25205]

1 hour ago, Lobo said:

I don't know to which patron saint you pray as an incompetent hack...but the dipshits at ERCOT should be celebrating their feast day.  This mild summer saved us from more grid failures, more unnecessary deaths, and further national embarrassment.  

Cold front gets here in three hours.  I'm having a cocktail to welcome it.  Here's to a real Autumn.  

If there's anything I'm not a hack at, it is incompetence thank you very much.

[Biff Tannen 45750]

Hurry the fuck up cooler air.

[Pancho 45069]

33 minutes ago, Storm the Field said:

Weather app says it's only 93 in Houston and 49% humidity right now. I just ran out for lunch and can tell you that's a damn lie.

It really felt like today was the only day I’ve ever walked from the parking garage into my office and was sweaty.  It’s definitely hotter than 91 where my office is in Nawfwest Houston. 

[Guest Lobo]

Fucking Canadians, always running late.  

Still 92 in South Austin.  But there is the slightest bit, a rumor if you will, of not so much the cooler air moving in, but the hotter air moving out at least.  Looks rain chances have dropped to nil.  I see that by Monday, we're back to 95 and humid as fuck with no rain in sight.  So that's fun.

But in the meantime, should be awesome to play outside with the kids by the time work/school are done.  

[Trey3216 15375]

8 minutes ago, Lobo said:

Fucking Canadians, always running late.  

Still 92 in South Austin.  But there is the slightest bit, a rumor if you will, of not so much the cooler air moving in, but the hotter air moving out at least.  Looks rain chances have dropped to nil.  I see that by Monday, we're back to 95 and humid as fuck with no rain in sight.  So that's fun.

But in the meantime, should be awesome to play outside with the kids by the time work/school are done.  

81 with a 16mph N wind in Hewitt right now.  

[SimonBolivar 10960]

1 minute ago, Trey3216 said:

81 with a 16mph N wind in Hewitt right now.  

Took a 2hr lunch to celebrate 

[Trey3216 15375]

3 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

Took a 2hr lunch to celebrate 

I definitely had a lunch beer, or two.   

[BabaYaga 15328]

1 minute ago, Trey3216 said:

I definitely had a lunch beer, or two.   

Pfft, rookies

[Trey3216 15375]

2 minutes ago, BabaYaga said:

Pfft, rookies

I'm having an office vodka/soda right now as well   

[Biff Tannen 45750]

Alright, I was gonna hold off, but it's hot as shit still and today at work sucks anyway.  Commence beer.

[Bash Riprock 1695]

76 in Lubbock right now. It'll be 50 at 730am tomorrow.

[Guest Lobo]

Anything happening up in North Austin yet?  I know Fitlump is already up there cracking open a beer.  Imma go with a beer I think, too early for bourbon.  Maybe red wine with dinner tonight outside.  

Nothing down here yet, but sky is darkening up a hint.  Still 90.  Fuck it, I'm making a vodka in about 30mts. 

 

[Trey3216 15375]

Ok.  Just left the office and the sun has come back out.   It’s showing 89 in my car and it’s usually pretty damn accurate.   Humidity is a little lower, but it’s significantly more uncomfortable than it was when I got back from lunch.  Hopefully this bitch ain’t trying to quit early 

[Storm the Field 5302]

 

[Biff Tannen 45750]

[Okie State 3848]

It's hot as fuck out still. Hurry up so I can have a porch beer!

[Fudge Nuggets 19227]

8 hours ago, Trey3216 said:

Would've been nice to get a little bit of rain out of this, but I'll be kind and not complain about it.  

There's a first for this thread.

[InkaUtexas 26173]

25 minutes ago, Okie State said:

It's hot as fuck out still. Hurry up so I can have a porch beer!

Still cooler than yesterday. Already had 2. 

[Okie State 3848]

Still cooler than yesterday. Already had 2. 

It dropped about five degrees and started sprinkling since I posted that. Think I'll crack an Oktoberfest.

[MissingInAction 25205]

4 hours ago, Trey3216 said:

I'm having an office vodka/soda right now as well   

My home office offers cocktails during every meeting.

[El Diablo 4232]

After that front pushed thru the skies cleared and the sun went back to work heating that dry air, it's still near 85 out. BUT now that the sun's off for the rest of the night the temps will begin to drop and by morning it will be glorious.

Right? 

[Post Oak 20279]

What a glorious glorious morning.

[Guest Lobo]

I just took a piss in the backyard and it felt mesmerizing.  I felt the kinship with all mother nature, and then found two roaches in my house upon return.  

[gmr548 16617]

This mild summer has me worried about another snowpocalypse. 

Apologize if sarcasm but you know these things are not related at all, right?

[MissingInAction 25205]

17 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

Apologize if sarcasm but you know these things are not related at all, right?

I have no clue. Our weather in Texas has not been normal, that's all.

[Guest Lobo]

8 of our 10 hottest summers and 3 of our coldest winters in recorded history are all in the last decade.  

Yes, it's anecdotal.  But then.....so is weather.  I don't actually care what the weather was like here in the 1970's nor what it will be like in the 2070's.  I don't care what's going on in the last decade in Nigerian weather.  I don't care what the 10-day forecast in the Maldives is.  During my time in Texas, the weather has gotten more and more fucked up.  That's all I know.  My FIL is a cattle rancher and farmer in Kansas.  What's happening in the last ten years is important to him because that's when he farms and raises cattle.  He doesn't wring his hands over 1950 or 2050 or the plight of the Belarusian wheat farmer.  

But Autumn is here bitches, let's drink! 

[InkaUtexas 26173]

Gorgeous outside. Fuck you Blast furnace, see you around halloween. 

[gsoda3 3283]

stick a fork in it.

[MissingInAction 25205]

All the windows open and saw my first set of yoga pants wearing hitties jogging down the street.

[Orange&White 5539]

26 minutes ago, MissingInAction said:

All the windows open and saw my first set of yoga pants wearing hitties jogging down the street.

[AUS-97HORN 11824]

i walked outside this morning and muh bawls wasnt hot, in fact, they decided to hang a little tighter....

Edited September 22, 2021 by AUS-97HORN

[Storm the Field 5302]

95 at 6:30 driving home yesterday evening. Even though I knew the front was coming in over night I still had to check first thing when I work up this morning to make sure it was real. Dragged the bike out of the garage and went for a nice little wake up ride. Good riddance Blastfurnace.

[El Diablo 4232]

2 hours ago, Lobo said:

8 of our 10 hottest summers and 3 of our coldest winters in recorded history are all in the last decade.  

Yes, it's anecdotal.  But then.....so is weather.  I don't actually care what the weather was like here in the 1970's nor what it will be like in the 2070's.  I don't care what's going on in the last decade in Nigerian weather.  I don't care what the 10-day forecast in the Maldives is.  During my time in Texas, the weather has gotten more and more fucked up.  That's all I know.  My FIL is a cattle rancher and farmer in Kansas.  What's happening in the last ten years is important to him because that's when he farms and raises cattle.  He doesn't wring his hands over 1950 or 2050 or the plight of the Belarusian wheat farmer.  

But Autumn is here bitches, let's drink! 

And as he drove on, the rainclouds dragged down the sky after him, for, though he did not know it, Rob McKenna was a Rain God. All he knew was that his working days were miserable and he had a succession of lousy holidays. All the clouds knew was that they loved him and wanted to be near him, to cherish him, and to water him.

Lobo, The Texas Sweatergod. 

[Guest Lobo]

I'm to blame for a lot of things but not our increasingly more miserable summers. 

Speaking of Sweatergod.  Saw a guy this morning on the way into town.  He was wearing a suit, perfectly normal.  But he had on a sweater vest as well.  He was a robust sized man of probably 50 years, not frail, not old, not so skinny his bones hurt in the wind.  Sitting at a corner in suit/tie/sweater.  Because it wasn't quite 70 degrees.  I wanted to hit him.  I'm not even putting on pants today so my balls can finally dry out in the cool autumnal air after being stuck to my inner thigh or South Austin's mom's cheek for the last many weeks.  

[atomheartbevo 89831]

So many fucking sirens in our area in the last half hour or so. Did somebody go outside in shorts and succumb to hypothermia?  Or did somebody put their heater on and discover a gas leak or something?

[texasdago 7584]

53 this morning and I saw out in Fredericksburg it was the mid 40s. Wow.

[Guest Lobo]

This morning was so beautiful, I wanted to take it out behind the middle school and get it pregnant.  

Tried to get a jacket on the 2.5YO on her way to school but she refused.  Said, "No jacket da-da.  I like it outside."  Wanted to hand her a beer, but mom said no.  

 

[Hate 20146]

Your wife was right.  It's too early for beer.  You should have offered an Irish Coffee, Blood Mary, or mimosa.

Edited September 23, 2021 by Hate

[South Austin 52630]

3 minutes ago, Lobo said:

This morning was so beautiful, I wanted to take it out behind the middle school and get it pregnant. 

Have experience in that, do ya?

[Guest Lobo]

I mean yeah, your mom still teaches 7th grade English, no?  

[yoladu 4109]

this morning

[El Diablo 4232]

Yesterday was nice, it turned out to be a cool dry hump day. 

[South Austin 52630]

Looking to be more of the same on Saturday for the Tech game.  Current forecast has the high at 89, which could get toasty in the stadium, but it's a hell of a lot better than the 90s, and it won't be after baking in high temperatures for hours before the game. 

[hornian 5227]

6 hours ago, texasdago said:

53 this morning and I saw out in Fredericksburg it was the mid 40s. Wow.

47 this morning according to my backyard weather station near Bull Creek and 2222