Blastfurnace 2018 Thread

[Updawg 2,266]

Right there with you. Eyeballing downsizing here and getting a second place somewhere in the Rockies.

I'm with y'all as well

Don't want to spend the winter up there but the summers are great. Lots of swimming is the only thing that helps me survive summer now.

[Deej 76,758]

31? Lulz. PM me in 20 years. Lightweight.

[Telegraph_it 3,357]

I can see snow. It’s not so bad.

[InkaUtexas 25,895]

2 minutes ago, Telegraph_it said:

I can see snow. It’s not so bad.

I can see a cold beer and there is a breeze coming off the river. I think I will, at 45, survive this summer. Plus I bet there is a rabid grizzly up there that would eat your ass. 

[Deej 76,758]

3 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

Plus I bet there is a rabid grizzly up there that would eat your ass. 

Kinky.

[Pato del Muerto 52,489]

Hi. Winter weather advisory for those above 9000 feet. 

[Trey3216 15,346]

7 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Hi. Winter weather advisory for those above 9000 feet. 

Haven’t been that high in about 2 years 

[Post Oak 20,209]

2 hours ago, Trey3216 said:

Was tension running high in ‘65?

Maybe fights between blacks and whites

[Trey3216 15,346]

1 minute ago, Post Oak said:

Maybe fights between blacks and whites

I know.  I was dropping song lyrics to his “My Hometown” start 

[bolverk 29,659]

Farmer's Almanac offering some hope for this winter?

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Brace yourself, Texas: Farmer's Almanac warns that a brutal winter awaits

A beastly cold season is on the way this winter, the Farmer's Almanac predicts, with "stinging cold" weather expected in Texas and exceptionally frosty conditions forecast from the Continental Divide east through the Appalachians.

The 2019 edition of the venerable publication calls for "teeth-chattering" cold with an arctic cold front delivering above-average snowfall and lower-than-normal temperatures after the new year, especially in the Great Lakes and Midwest regions and parts of New England.

"Our time-tested, long-range formula is pointing toward a very long, cold, and snow-filled winter," said Farmer's Almanac editor Peter Geiger.

The annual publication relies on a century-old mathematical and astronomical formula for its long-range weather outlooks, reputed for their accuracy.

The brunt of the winter freeze is expected to hit in mid-February, mostly bedeviling the country's Northeast, Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, Midwest and Southeast regions.

The cold front, the forecast says, will bring "blustery and bitter winds," plunging temps and wide-ranging squalls and snow showers, with stormy, wintry conditions lingering along the East Coast even through spring's official start.

"Mid-March could be stormy virtually coast to coast," the almanac said. "In particular, we are red-flagging March 20-23 for a potent East Coast storm that could deliver a wide variety of wintry precipitation just as we are making the transition from winter to spring. So, no matter what the groundhog says in February, you'll know winter isn't going anywhere anytime soon."

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[gsoda3 3,254]

anyone done a study on how accurate those farmer's almanac forecasts are?

[Brisketexan 105,093]

4 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

anyone done a study on how accurate those farmer's almanac forecasts are?

Not as good as this weather station:

[Neonmoon 38,129]

We like to look at houses for sale in cooler climates. Montana, Maine, Virginia. It ain’t happening unless my company somehow lets me work remote. But I’m too old for this 50 days of 100 degree shit. 

[Post Oak 20,209]

I've looked at some undeveloped land around the great lakes.  Just put a little pre lab cabin on to get away.  Definitely not for winter but from the end of July until school starts 

Edited August 29, 2018 by Post Oak

[elfenix 34,229]

2 hours ago, Post Oak said:

I've looked at some undeveloped land around the great lakes.  Just put a little pre lab cabin on to get away.  Definitely not for winter but from the end of July until school starts 

pre lab?  cooking meth up there?

[Pato del Muerto 52,489]

2 hours ago, Neonmoon said:

We like to look at houses for sale in cooler climates. Montana, Maine, Virginia. It ain’t happening unless my company somehow lets me work remote. But I’m too old for this 50 days of 100 degree shit. 

My house is getting listed this week in Wyoming. You might enjoy the 0.5% property tax rate.  Makes it easy to own a second home here, where today’s high is 76. 

[GabrielsHorn 2,183]

How realistic is it to actually have a second home? I feel like that's a pipe dream unless you can work remotely and make a ton of money. 

[Post Oak 20,209]

26 minutes ago, elfenix said:

pre lab?  cooking meth up there?

 

[elfenix 34,229]

17 minutes ago, GabrielsHorn said:

How realistic is it to actually have a second home? I feel like that's a pipe dream unless you can work remotely and make a ton of money. 

my cousin is building an empire of air bnb second homes. 

[SimonBolivar 10,958]

Average high for 8/29 is 94.7 (Down from 96.9 on Aug 11th which is the highest) and we're looking at at least 4 straight more days of 100+ before a drop to around 96 by Labor Day. Maybe there is light at the end of this long ass tunnel.

[irishtexan 11,516]

It's never gonna fucking cool off. Just like it's never gonna rain. 

[WhatTheBuck 28,776]

3 hours ago, elfenix said:

pre lab?  cooking meth up there?

Not yet. 

[Biff Tannen 45,673]

Weather channel says it's 80 in Houston right now.  Can that be correct?

[Okie State 3,818]

Weather channel says it's 80 in Houston right now.  Can that be correct?

Feels pretty damn good outside to me.

[gsoda3 3,254]

strong wind front just came through north austin.  the radar was promising, showing a large blob of storms coming from the east.  and then it looks like it hits a literal wall and just disappears. 

[Biff Tannen 45,673]

It is in the low 90s at least.  Feels downright cold.

[Guest Lobo]

I gotta get my technical jacket outta storage for this.  Could get brutal.  I mean my Patagonia is more comfortable and everything but it just doesn't take care of my field needs like my NorthFace.  Somebody has to roll in our bins tonight.  

[SimonBolivar 10,958]

Phone says 89 but I would've guessed 79.

[Okie State 3,818]

This is the first day in what seems like forever that I've checked the forecast and it doesn't mention heat index of 100+. Back to 102 tomorrow though.

[Loco 3,752]

[Trey3216 15,346]

28 minutes ago, Loco said:

Is that clock boy?  Drawing nuclear fission fans in calculus class?

[52-80 19,150]

5 minutes ago, Trey3216 said:

Is that clock boy?  Drawing nuclear fission fans in calculus class?

These are hand-drawn polar graphs you heathen

[52-80 19,150]

On 8/29/2018 at 4:26 AM, Trey3216 said:

Haven’t been that high in about 2 years 

I know a guy who can help

[kevwun 15,773]

17 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

Weather channel says it's 80 in Houston right now.  Can that be correct?

The Gulf Coast has been getting pop up showers in the afternoon the last couple of days.  It gets hot and then cools off after the storms.

[Guest Lobo]

With the heat index, it's 10 degrees hotter here in DC than it is back in Austin.  That shit ain't right.  

[MissingInAction 25,032]

Going through two pairs of drawers a day due to a high ass sweat factor.

[XYZ 2,154]

8 hours ago, Lobo said:

With the heat index, it's 10 degrees hotter here in DC than it is back in Austin.  That shit ain't right.  

Yeah, no, I don’t think so. Right now Austin feels like: 90. DC: 88. Close, but no.

[atomheartbevo 89,644]

22 hours ago, Trey3216 said:

Is that clock boy?  Drawing nuclear fission fans in calculus class?

No, it’s a future aggy. 

[miguelito 11,261]

August 31, 2018: still hot.

[InkaUtexas 25,895]

37 minutes ago, miguelito said:

August 31, 2018: still hot.

Yep, which is why my beer is cold. 

[Biff Tannen 45,673]

2 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

Yep, which is why my beer is cold. 

Well said.  Cheers.

[Tailleur17 361]

59 and sunny in Anchorage. 

Low of 46 tonight. 

[Grade of D as in David 13,253]

On 8/30/2018 at 2:26 PM, MissingInAction said:

Going through two pairs of drawers a day due to a high ass sweat factor.

Get some under armour

[Trey3216 15,346]

I’m in Rule, TX supposed to be hunting birds.  I’ve had more beers than shot shells. 

Edited September 2, 2018 by Trey3216

[Okie State 3,818]

I drank a lot of beers today. Feels pretty good outside right now. May be all the beers talking.

[Fudge Nuggets 19,190]

On 8/29/2018 at 3:25 PM, Post Oak said:

Definitely not for winter but from the end of July until school starts 

So about for two weeks?

[irishtexan 11,516]

10 day says good chance of rain tomorrow and next weekend and no high over 93 degrees. Could this be the beginning of the end of blastfurnace 2018?

[Trey3216 15,346]

22 hours ago, Okie State said:

I drank a lot of beers today. Feels pretty good outside right now. May be all the beers talking.

I must have had about 20 in between dove hunts yesterday.   Even the birds thought it was too hot to eat and then drink.  

 

And yes, the beer was tasty. 

Edited September 3, 2018 by Trey3216

[phdhorn 6,224]

On 8/18/2018 at 10:30 AM, phdhorn said:

About 2 more days of hot, then another scenario like last week; high moves west into the Mojave region, and the Gulf opens up w/humid air.  Weak front sinks down Tues or so and gives us better chance of rain, though at this point not like last week.

But temps should sink 5 or 6 degrees into the high 90's.

By that time it'll be August 20's, which traditionally leaves about 2 more weeks of 100° potential.    Officially August 20 is the last average day of 100°+.  Of course some years (like following Rita in 2005), we had 109° in early September, of course helped by Rita sweeping huge masses of hot Mexican desert air over us (we being on its SW side).  That was something like Sept. 24-25.  Also, Austin's 2nd hottest ever recorded day was in early September,  2005 (111.2°, which really is pretty much the same day as its alltime hottest day, 112° in 2000).  But those are pretty rare.

I'd say give it another 2 weeks, and then we're done, with maybe an outlier after.  The earth simply gets too far in its solar orbit past the point where it absorbs that much direct sunlight, causing the heat.

I'm in DC for most of the month, but I think you're there now, referring to the excerpt above.  Any 100's from here on out will be outliers. Earth is too far along to absorb max direct sunlight & retain as much heat.

Edited September 4, 2018 by phdhorn

[miguelito 11,261]

Earth maybe, but what about Texas?