Blastfurnace 2022

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If we can't bitch about mundane things this site is gonna have to merge with SECRant to keep up the content rate.

[Biff Tannen 45681]

1 hour ago, InkaUtexas said:

Move to Maine. I spent the afternoon helping a friend mapping caves. We drank a ton of tea before and now drinking a beer. 

 

Oh man, you're just a dick.

[Hate 20108]

Maine is pretty goddamn great this time of year.  I was there at this time last summer and I fucking loved it.  I could not deal with a winter there at all.

[rage-a-holic 4388]

Come to Puebla. Bring a sweater and ear protection.

[InkaUtexas 25918]

2 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Good grief it was a joke, fuckface.

But I'm sooooooooooo honored to be the recipient of your first neg ever, like anyone gives a shit.

Give me one back! Come on, it is a site about football right? 

Fuck your fucking fuck face. 

Sorry man, a rare night off. I appreciate what you post, I should not have done that. 

[Guest]

10 hours ago, drt said:

I had a guy go down with heat exhaustion today. It’s hot. If you’re working outside, err on the side of caution. 

Why doesn't he move to Maine and map caves while drinking hot tea?

[Js1 85321]

8 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

Give me one back! Come on, it is a site about football right? 

Fuck your fucking fuck face. 

Sorry man, a rare night off. I appreciate what you post, I should not have done that. 

Are y’all gonna fuck or what

[Guest]

I honestly don't think there would be a grid failure like the winter freeze, but today's ERCOT chart makes you raise an eyebrow:

[Sandman 3403]

Supposed to be 106 in OKC today. Fucking hell.

[6th Street 6392]

I haven't lived in Texas in like 15 years, but weren't triple digit temps the exception rather than the norm previously? Now you're looking at sustained daily highs of 100 degrees for months at a time. 

[Js1 85321]

3 minutes ago, 6th Street said:

I haven't lived in Texas in like 15 years, but weren't triple digit temps the exception rather than the norm previously? Now you're looking at sustained daily highs of 100 degrees for months at a time. 

This is our concern 

[Guest]

8 minutes ago, 6th Street said:

I haven't lived in Texas in like 15 years, but weren't triple digit temps the exception rather than the norm previously? Now you're looking at sustained daily highs of 100 degrees for months at a time. 

[6th Street 6392]

That's nuts. And people still want to pretend climate change isn't real?

[sidis 9828]

fuck everything.

[Ollie Slatt 289]

1 hour ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

Super interesting chart, but I have to think urban heat island effects have some influence on Camp Mabry temps over time.  Texas is getting hotter for sure . . . but for the sake of my own sanity I have to believe it is not quite as drastic as depicted here.    

[Trey3216 15346]

1 hour ago, Ollie Slatt said:

Super interesting chart, but I have to think urban heat island effects have some influence on Camp Mabry temps over time.  Texas is getting hotter for sure . . . but for the sake of my own sanity I have to believe it is not quite as drastic as depicted here.    

Correct.  And it’s not as if we had as many super accurate thermometers 90 years ago when 1/3 of the growing region of the country literally turned into a haboob for damn near a decade.  

[gmr548 16576]

And it’s not as if we had as many super accurate thermometers 90 years ago

I mean, this is just completely fabricated. I have to hope this is coming from ignorance as opposed to intentionally trying to spread false information.

[Trey3216 15346]

7 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

I mean, this is just completely fabricated. I have to hope this is coming from ignorance as opposed to intentionally trying to spread false information.

Did we have LIDAR satellite thermal readings 90 years ago?   Did we have Jim Bob riding a horse out to check a thermometer at 2PM instead of 4:45PM?   Get fucking real, man.  
 

I’m not saying we haven’t got warmer, I’m saying accurate shit wasn’t as accurate.   

Edited July 7, 2022 by Trey3216

[ztejas 43420]

10 minutes ago, Trey3216 said:

Did we have LIDAR satellite thermal readings 90 years ago?   Did we have Jim Bob riding a horse out to check a thermometer at 2PM instead of 4:45PM?   Get fucking real, man.  
 

I’m not saying we haven’t got warmer, I’m saying accurate shit wasn’t as accurate.   

I think you just phrased it poorly. We had accurate thermometers. We had less accurate data. 

[Trey3216 15346]

11 minutes ago, ztejas said:

I think you just phrased it poorly. We had accurate thermometers. We had less accurate data. 

Quite likely.  I’ve got my 2 kiddos climbing on me while I’m trying to post, so I likely let the brain run out ahead of the thumbs

Edited July 7, 2022 by Trey3216

[bschoolprof 6252]

It's supposed to be 107-108 Sunday and Monday.  

Someone turn this thing off.  

 

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1 hour ago, bschoolprof said:

It's supposed to be 107-108 Sunday and Monday.  

Someone turn this thing off.  

Me: It’s going to be 108 Sunday and Monday in Austin.  In Vermont, it’ll be 78 on Sunday and 83 on Monday, with lows in the 50s and 60s, and looking a week out, the highs will be generally in the low 80s.

Wife: 

[Guest]

17 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Me: It’s going to be 108 Sunday and Monday in Austin.  In Vermont, it’ll be 78 on Sunday and 83 on Monday, with lows in the 50s and 60s, and looking a week out, the highs will be generally in the low 80s.

Wife: 

Made a call yesterday to a friend of a friend that made the move from Texas to North Carolina to kick the tires on that idea. First words he said were "do it."

[Guest]

Update for today:

If the grid makes is through Monday, then it should be good to go for the summer. But damn that's going to be brutal:

 

 

 

[gmr548 16576]

Did we have LIDAR satellite thermal readings 90 years ago?   Did we have Jim Bob riding a horse out to check a thermometer at 2PM instead of 4:45PM?   Get fucking real, man.  
 
I’m not saying we haven’t got warmer, I’m saying accurate shit wasn’t as accurate.   

So, I missed the “as many” qualifier and mostly owe you an apology. While thermometers were plenty accurate by the late 1800’s, it’s fair to say the number of stations observing was smaller. Sorry, I can’t read. Delete thread, ban user.

Update for today:

If the grid makes is through Monday, then it should be good to go for the summer. But damn that's going to be brutal:


 
 
 

I don’t like this game

[DixonHur 11301]

1 hour ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

Update for today:

If the grid makes is through Monday, then it should be good to go for the summer. But damn that's going to be brutal:

 

 

 

Hopefully it's windy in West Texas this weekend

[gsoda3 3257]

those baseball games this weekend are going to be fun.

[Biff Tannen 45681]

18 minutes ago, DixonHur said:

Hopefully it's windy in West Texas this weekend

Yep, need some wind to kick in, as the solar becomes less efficient as it heats up.

 

[Guest]

Interesting... generation just dipped about 1,300 megawatts:

[The Dog 44043]

that chart is fucky because it doesn't line up with the one next to it:

[The Dog 44043]

and they just corrected it:

[Fudge Nuggets 19190]

2 hours ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

If the grid makes is through Monday, then it should be good to go for the summer.

Do you even "August in Texas", bro?  It's going to get worse, not better.

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[Js1 85321]

56 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Do you even "August in Texas", bro?  It's going to get worse, not better.

116 degrees by Labor Day or bust! 

[HenryJames 66048]

This is some Phoenix shit.

[TexPx 2323]

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4 hours ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

Made a call yesterday to a friend of a friend that made the move from Texas to North Carolina to kick the tires on that idea. First words he said were "do it."

1 hour ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Do you even "August in Texas", bro?  It's going to get worse, not better.

None of my friends or my wife’s friends who have move to Colorado, Oregon/Washington/Canada, or parts east (North Carolina, NY, Maine, etc.) have regretted it and several even said they wish they’d move sooner.

[Js1 85321]

[Buzzrock 14920]

Hot as balls in Georgia. Heat index of 104° tomorrow for little league.

I’m looking forward to 111° in Vegas next week. I hear it’s a dry heat.

[Buzzrock 14920]

[Biff Tannen 45681]

Feels like 81 at 6:45am. Awesome. 

[kevwun 15783]

10 hours ago, Buzzrock said:

Hot as balls in Georgia. Heat index of 104° tomorrow for little league.

I’m looking forward to 111° in Vegas next week. I hear it’s a dry heat.

The highest heat index my weather station has hit this year is 124.  110-115 has been the norm.

Edited July 9, 2022 by kevwun

[Telegraph_it 3357]

From Teton Village where it’s currently 64. Good luck y’all. 
 

I was supposed to fly home this week. Yeaaaaa that’s not happening. 
 

[ztejas 43420]

 

[Trey3216 15346]

103 w/ 111 index 1:00 in Hewitt.  Brutal

[justhookit 4191]

We are 88-91 over the next 10 days down here. With a nice breeze off the Gulf. I feel for y’all. Also, stop coming down here on vacation this island is way too crowded.

[HenryJames 66048]

1 hour ago, justhookit said:

Also, stop coming down here on vacation this island is way too crowded.

Just need to build more AirBNBs.

[texhorn 351]

Fuck this shit

[bluto 4928]

It’s an unloveable and unlivable hellscape 

[Kel Varnsen 8460]