2023 Rain Thread

[gsoda3 3,262]

we've gotten 11 inches in the past month.  i'm ok with that.

[NorthLoop 14,205]

pouring like a mofo in NB 

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 2,949]

[Brisketexan 105,143]

9 minutes ago, Wilcox Cummingtonite said:

Yet after all that rain....Travis picked up about 7000 acre feet.   It went up 0.7% of capacity.  

We need a hurricane dropping 10 inches all at once on the watershed to make a real dent.

[miguelito 11,266]

My house was, and still is, in either the Extreme or Exceptional category.  So I got that going for me, which is nice. 

[Brisketexan 105,143]

1 hour ago, miguelito said:

My house was, and still is, in either the Extreme or Exceptional category.  So I got that going for me, which is nice. 

If you want to post about the extreme or exceptional drought going on at your house, this isn't the proper sub-forum for that.  You have enough posts, you should have access to the correct one.

[TXLNGHRN10 341]

I didn't realize there was a chance of rain this evening. Now I see chance of severe storms. What's the likely hood?   I was planning on trying to grill and watch the game tonight on the back porch

[Biff Tannen 45,688]

6 hours ago, TXLNGHRN10 said:

I didn't realize there was a chance of rain this evening. Now I see chance of severe storms. What's the likely hood?   I was planning on trying to grill and watch the game tonight on the back porch

Dallas getting enough storms to divert my flight to Hobby from Love and now I’m sitting on the tarmac for the second straight hour. Flight from LA to Austin is now going to be like 10 hours. This is great. 

[4th&Five 41,554]

[cactusflinthead 27,598]

 

[chainsaw 9,869]

1 hour ago, cactusflinthead said:

 

[Biff Tannen 45,688]

Love Field is an absolute fuck show right now. 

[Hate 20,108]

It's not raining there. Why is it a shitshow?

[hornian 5,219]

27 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

Love Field is an absolute fuck show right now. 

 

4 minutes ago, Hate said:

It's not raining there. Why is it a shitshow?

He said it’s a fuck show, not a shitshow. So I assume he means everyone is getting laid on their layovers. 

[Biff Tannen 45,688]

40 minutes ago, Hate said:

It's not raining there. Why is it a shitshow?

I rained for a couple of hours earlier and diverted everything coming into Dallas. 6 hour delay for me so far 

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1 minute ago, Biff Tannen said:

I rained for a couple of hours earlier and diverted everything coming into Dallas. 6 hour delay for me so far 

It's because you talked to that guy at the hotel bar the other night...............................sinner.

Seriously though, safe travels to all.  The sky to our west is a freakshow right now with light.  Humidity is up but the barometric pressure actually increased since I got home from the game and it got dead calm.  something weird is afoot.  

[BachelorTrek 2,979]

Downpour in south Round Rock has begun.

[Hate 20,108]

The next couple of weeks could be a little wetter than normal…so might your mom.

[NorthLoop 14,205]

1 hour ago, Hate said:

The next couple of weeks could be a little wetter than normal…so might your mom.

So basically the same as the last 2 months? 

[utee94 15,823]

Normally I would scoff at such a map,  but we've got Memorial Day weekend coming up, so, we'll probably end up with some bodies in trees.

Edited May 23, 2023 by utee94

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I think I saw a dumpster on Lamar taking swim lessons.  Shit could get real.  

[Brisketexan 105,143]

47 minutes ago, YGIFS said:

I think I saw a dumpster on Lamar taking swim lessons.  Shit could get real.  

Shoal Creek Saloon gives zero fucks.  Noah and his ark could float by, and they'd be re-opened in three days.

[jimmyjazz 45,957]

3 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Shoal Creek Saloon gives zero fucks.  Noah and his ark could float by, and they'd be re-opened in three days.

My wife and I went down there for a weekend lunch a few weeks ago.  I asked "there's no patio seating, right?  Didn't some homeless guy burn it all up?"

"Nah, man we fixed that in a couple of days.  Wanna sit out there?"

[ftf82 485]

I had a slice at Favorite Pizza today for lunch next to Sammies. Walked back to my office down the Shoal Creek trail behind the new Whole Foods building between 6th and 5th. It was quiet. Too quiet.

[SquishMitten 10,408]

This shit is sooo close, but it looks like the usual where it breaks apart right after it passes Frankie and the rest of us end up with a few drops

[dittohead 92]

Bee Cave getting a massive rain dump right now.   

[Post Oak 20,213]

Just opened up on Hewitt.  Kids are awake. Power off and on.

[atomheartbevo 89,674]

Central Austin getting pounded.  

[YGIFS 19,450]

Yeah.  This just got real can’t see across the street it’s so heavy.  Lotta thunder.  Power okay; knock on wood.  We’re just SW of downtown.   Looks like it’ll last until about 6am or so.  Morning commutes should be okay but given the ground is a bit damp already, we gonna have some creek flooding.  Clockwork for Memorial Day weekend In Austin.  We thank you Mother Earth though.  We need this rain. 

[utee94 15,823]

1.2" at my house in NW Travis since this time yesterday. Keep it coming!

[Trey3216 15,346]

Wind/rain knocked over about 10 of my pepper plants and nearly destroyed one of my cherry tomato plants.  Had to spend about an hour rigging some bamboo sticks to get them back upright.   Usually wouldn't have to do that for another month or two when they really start pumping out the fruit.  

[jimmyjazz 45,957]

16 hours ago, ftf82 said:

I had a slice at Favorite Pizza today for lunch next to Sammies. 

Help me out here -- what used to be in that location (Favorite)?  I'm trying to place it.  I need to check them out, looks delicious.

[texasdago 7,573]

3 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Help me out here -- what used to be in that location (Favorite)?  I'm trying to place it.  I need to check them out, looks delicious.

Hut's ... nvm thought you were asking about Sammie's 

Edited May 24, 2023 by texasdago

[Brisketexan 105,143]

10 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Help me out here -- what used to be in that location (Favorite)?  I'm trying to place it.  I need to check them out, looks delicious.

It was a small liquor store, I think a Twin Liquors.

[ftf82 485]

44 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Help me out here -- what used to be in that location (Favorite)?  I'm trying to place it.  I need to check them out, looks delicious.

 

34 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

It was a small liquor store, I think a Twin Liquors.

Correct. And I'm not 100% sure but pretty confident it was the store where Mitch bought a six pack in Dazed and Confused.

[texasdago 7,573]

5 minutes ago, ftf82 said:

 

Correct. And I'm not 100% sure but pretty confident it was the store where Mitch bought a six pack in Dazed and Confused.

You talking about the store where the dude runs up and puts a gun in the car window?  That's this place...

[ftf82 485]

4 minutes ago, texasdago said:

You talking about the store where the dude runs up and puts a gun in the car window?  That's this place...

No. That's the old Ballard's. I'm talking about the liquor store where Mitch buys a six pack to take back to the Emporium.

[jimmyjazz 45,957]

". . . it's money in my pocket."

One of my favorite lines from that movie.

 

[ftf82 485]

Looks like from google search that was actually filmed at the old Centennial liquor store next to El Patio.

[Brisketexan 105,143]

3 minutes ago, ftf82 said:

Looks like from google search that was actually filmed at the old Centennial liquor store next to El Patio.

Correct.  I recognized it well.  From, ummm, memory.

[texasdago 7,573]

23 minutes ago, ftf82 said:

No. That's the old Ballard's. I'm talking about the liquor store where Mitch buys a six pack to take back to the Emporium.

Yeah, correct.  I mixed up the scenes.  

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Yeah, you can tell by that long, covered walkway, that was not that little liquor store on West Sixth.  Although the interior layouts look very similar.  A lot of those scenes were contiguous takes between the pool hall, liquor store, paint warehouse, driving by top notch, walking by neighboring homes, etc.  Then edited heavily later on.  Kind of a "American Graffiti" approach.  

I just noticed two things about that beer buy scene: that clerk looks and sounds a lot like Bob Odenkirk.  And also-the gag with giving the pregnant mom advice on nutrition as you sell her booze and cigarettes was always funny.  But I never notice until now, clerk mumbles "see you tomorrow" as she leaves and Mitch approaches the counter.  Fucking hilarious and demented.  

[4th&Five 41,554]

Hard rain in Lakeway.

[Guest]

38 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

Hard rain in Lakeway.

Take it to the Dazed and Confused thread and quit cluttering up our rain thread.

[Armybrat 40,849]

Never have seen that movie, but we did get an inch of rain here in Brushy Creek.

[MissingInAction 25,078]

I'm really surprised Luna didn't wake me up last night. She usually tries to burrow into my body during nasty storms.

[Bevo 13,577]

Is Luna your pet scarab?

 

[Grade of D as in David 13,253]

24 minutes ago, MissingInAction said:

I'm really surprised Luna didn't wake me up last night. She usually tries to burrow into my body during nasty storms.

Maybe if you start doing kegels you'll feel it next time

[atomheartbevo 89,674]

Dark Sky was a decent weather app, Apple bought it and merged it with its weather app, and now the Apple weather app is absolute shit.  And I loved the Apple Watch app.

Weather.com's app is a lot better, even though they are using some of the same data.

[UnivTex34 1,763]

20 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Dark Sky was a decent weather app, Apple bought it and merged it with its weather app, and now the Apple weather app is absolute shit.  And I loved the Apple Watch app.

Weather.com's app is a lot better, even though they are using some of the same data.

Carrot Weather

 

You can even customize it to look exactly like DarkSky if that is your thing. Has something like 20 different data sources, and the Apple Watch app is also great. I even have a tied in to my Personal weather station, so if I'm within 2 miles of my house, all of the real time data is coming from the weather station in my backyard.