Blastfurnace 2023

[Biff Tannen 45,691]

Yay 79 degree mornings!

[atomheartbevo 89,727]

12 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

Yay 79 degree mornings!

79 degrees?  That's the highest temp the part of Vermont I am looking at will see for the next two weeks, most of which will top out in the low/mid-70s.

[Biff Tannen 45,691]

1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

79 degrees?  That's the highest temp the part of Vermont I am looking at will see for the next two weeks, most of which will top out in the low/mid-70s.

Well you can fuck right off!

[atomheartbevo 89,727]

40 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

Well you can fuck right off!

I'd like to. Maybe this will be the summer that convinces my wife that we should move.

[closetohumping 17,447]

7 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

I'd like to. Maybe this will be the summer that convinces my wife that we should move.

Careful. A lot of states won’t have blue bell 

[Wulaw Horn 19,092]

Supposed to be 101 this week with 52 percent humidity in Huffman this week. That’s a tidy little 123 degree heat index. 
Hope the AC works and keeps up. Low of 79. I guess I will go for my walk at 3:00 am. 

[Biff Tannen 45,691]

This is what I call the "constant rage" part of the year.  

Edited June 12, 2023 by Biff Tannen

[Telegraph_it 3,357]

Above. I hate that word. 
 

[closetohumping 17,447]

9 minutes ago, Telegraph_it said:

Above. I hate that word. 
 

If you’re looking for something to gloat about, I was at Newport last weekend and it was too cold to swim 

Edited June 12, 2023 by closetohumping

[texasdago 7,575]

1 hour ago, closetohumping said:

Careful. A lot of states won’t have blue bell 

or Listeria

[6th Street 6,413]

Send some of that sunshine to CO. We were supposed to go rafting tmrw for a group offsite. Cancelled because it's too cold at high 40's and chance of rain. 

[closetohumping 17,447]

2 minutes ago, 6th Street said:

Send some of that sunshine to CO. We were supposed to go rafting tmrw for a group offsite. Cancelled because it's too cold at high 40's and chance of rain. 

Feels like I haven’t seen the sun here in three months

[Trey3216 15,347]

1 hour ago, Telegraph_it said:

Above. I hate that word. 
 

Nice to see that us central Texans are the center bullseye for that above average gradient.  Jeez  

[Brisketexan 105,154]

It's a bit early for this 105 bullshit, man.

[closetohumping 17,447]

23 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

It's a bit early for this 105 bullshit, man.

Maybe Europe is calling you 

[Brisketexan 105,154]

9 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

Maybe Europe is calling you 

Yeah, no trips to such locales for a good while.  Gotta take care of business here.  Still, going to SOCAL in a month - highs in Laguna range from high 60s to mid 70s, so I'll take that reprieve when we get it.

[closetohumping 17,447]

12 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Yeah, no trips to such locales for a good while.  Gotta take care of business here.  Still, going to SOCAL in a month - highs in Laguna range from high 60s to mid 70s, so I'll take that reprieve when we get it.

Yea that's a great spot.  Love that area.  Also, if it happens to be hot, you can just jump in the Pacific.

[atomheartbevo 89,727]

5 hours ago, closetohumping said:

Careful. A lot of states won’t have blue bell 

4 hours ago, texasdago said:

or Listeria

Amen, the only decent amount of Blue Bell I've had since all of that shit went down with the aggy-owned company, has been the Dr. Pepper float Blue Bell.

HEB the rest of the way.

[mchookem 16,336]

4 hours ago, 6th Street said:

Send some of that sunshine to CO. We were supposed to go rafting tmrw for a group offsite. Cancelled because it's too cold at high 40's and chance of rain. 

 

4 hours ago, closetohumping said:

Feels like I haven’t seen the sun here in three months

this is my first spring here...i know CO actually has four seasons (i mean i moved here to experience that), but it feels like this has been above normal rainfall, yeah? 

i'm kind of loving it but it does seem like it's lasted several months now...i can only think it's great for wildfire season! 🙂

[Foosters 17,858]

Picked a helluva week to visit North Texas.

[Trey3216 15,347]

Hello furnace, my old friend.

I've come to bake in you again.

Because the heat came in creeping

Left my arms and cheeks glistening

And the swamp, that has crept into my ass

Shall not pass

Until heard the sounds, of NOEL.  

 

[Biff Tannen 45,691]

Has ERCOT told us to conserve yet?

[YChang 3,453]

Summer... when I re-learn to get up early to run. I guess there are some benefits. 

[swraith 347]

16 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

Has ERCOT told us to conserve yet?

ERCOT has a new 6-day capacity forecast.  So far, ERCOT thinks it will survive.

Grid and Market Conditions (ercot.com)

 

[Biff Tannen 45,691]

I have never gotten more pissed than a summer or two ago when they were telling people to conserve and I walked down Rock Rose in the Domain and all of the stores and restaurants had all their doors and windows open with ACs blasting.  Fuck right off.  The call for conservation should go to commercial buildings first and residential buildings second.

[sidis 9,832]

it was a lovely spring and a fabulous may (relatively speaking) so i will withhold my fuck everything comments for now but i suspect that sense of grace will be gone by friday.

[atomheartbevo 89,727]

41 minutes ago, swraith said:

ERCOT has a new 6-day capacity forecast.  So far, ERCOT thinks it will survive.

I wonder if it's because all of the people/companies have not quite cranked the AC up all the time, given that we just came out of a decently mild little period.

Will be interesting to see this forecast in a few days.

[swraith 347]

Total load could definitely climb a lot more given the temperatures.  Loads closer to 80k are scary.  However, current conditions have substantial volumes of wind and solar generation during this week.  No CR.  

 

[atomheartbevo 89,727]

107 next Wednesday, with a string of 104-106 before and after…,

[Telegraph_it 3,357]

14 hours ago, swraith said:

Total load could definitely climb a lot more given the temperatures.  Loads closer to 80k are scary.  However, current conditions have substantial volumes of wind and solar generation during this week.  No CR.  

 

What Hydro doing? 

[Deej 76,830]

12 minutes ago, Telegraph_it said:

What Hydro doing? 

Evaporating

[MissingInAction 25,106]

 

 

[bschoolprof 6,263]

Maybe this will be the summer to convince all the carpetbaggers to leave.  

[Guest]

Absolutely no change through the end of the month. What the fuck? How did it go from such a great spring to record-breaking desert hellscape in a matter of a week? 

Edited June 13, 2023 by FirstTimeCaller

[Guest]

It's June. Fucking June.

[Guest]

 

[atomheartbevo 89,727]

Let your kids do soccer and swimteam they said, June is not that bad they said.

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Let your kids do soccer and swimteam they said, June is not that bad they said.

Swim team?

[Trey3216 15,347]

13 hours ago, Telegraph_it said:

What Hydro doing? 

Smell Niño.  
 

 

[Slacks 6,821]

It's so hot the fish are dying in the Gulf and washing up along the shore like seashells. 

[Chet Steadman 940]

6 hours ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

Absolutely no change through the end of the month. What the fuck? How did it go from such a great spring to record-breaking desert hellscape in a matter of a week? 

Yea, can Yeomans or Jim log on here and explain to us what in the world changed these past days?  All we’ve heard was the well-below-average, wetter-than-normal May/early June would buffer temps for at least several weeks then boom, 3-4 days later we’re getting blasted by endless August blastfurnace and talking about a potential week+ of records.  

What’s happening?

[atomheartbevo 89,727]

5 minutes ago, Chet Steadman said:

What’s happening?

[YGIFS 19,452]

Uh, I know there’s a difference between weather and climate.  But there’s a fuckton of burnt fish all around the gulf and it’s not even the Solstice.  We may have a tiny problem.  

[3adays 454]

6 hours ago, Chet Steadman said:

Yea, can Yeomans or Jim log on here and explain to us what in the world changed these past days?  All we’ve heard was the well-below-average, wetter-than-normal May/early June would buffer temps for at least several weeks then boom, 3-4 days later we’re getting blasted by endless August blastfurnace and talking about a potential week+ of records.  

What’s happening?

On last nights weather, Yeomans basically said he doesn’t know what’s going on and can’t explain it. 

[South Austin 52,519]

6 hours ago, Chet Steadman said:

What’s happening?

Austin is Austining.

[closetohumping 17,447]

https://amp.abc.net.au/article/102474300

[Telegraph_it 3,357]

14 hours ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

Absolutely no change through the end of the month. What the fuck? How did it go from such a great spring to record-breaking desert hellscape in a matter of a week? 

Something to do with a high pressure dome that doesn’t know to GTFO. 
 

[Telegraph_it 3,357]

Please be advised that conditions may be warmer than usual at George Bush Intercontinental Airport due to an unexpected air conditioning outage in all terminals. The City of Houston technicians are working to get the matter resolved as soon as possible. We appreciate your patience through this experience. Confirmation Number:

 

[Texzilla58 4,738]

Child of the new south here. Meaning I wilt in this fucking heat and the humidity this week feels like Memphis in August.
I need air conditioning and lots of it.

I admit I am a weakass pussy. My mother was picking cotton at 5 in 100 degree heat and going home to a hot house. My old man went to west Texas to work in the oil fields and slept in a ditch. I am old enough to remember when most cars and many homes had no ac; you went to the movies to get ac relief.

[atomheartbevo 89,727]

3 hours ago, 3adays said:

On last nights weather, Yeomans basically said he doesn’t know what’s going on and can’t explain it. 

Dogs and cats living together?