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[Alan L.]

We got an inch of rain last night and pretty high winds. Blew my heavy fish feeder over. Mrs. Alan L. said some shingles blew off the house, but it turns out they were from a stack we had on our "extra" brick pile. So it appears no damage was done. I asked her if she thought those brick blew off the house too.

I planted my cowpeas Saturday so they will hopefully get some good out of that inch. Good thing, I almost had a heat stroke getting them in.

 

[LarryD]

I guess it was the winter of 1979-80 that Dallas had an ice storm that was really tough. We we lucky in that our power never went off and we had natural gas, too. But a lot of folks in Dallas, including my boss, were without power for 4 days.

I remember a really bad ice strom about that time Bird. I had an apartment in North Dallas at the bottom of a pretty good draw, up hill both ways to anywhere. I walked to the street before leaving for work and saw cars littering the road both ways out. I just called in and said I wouldn't be making it to work that day.

Not to hijack this thread, but there was a snow storm around 76-77 that dumped 11" of snow on Dallas. I worked for a guy that was an avid snow skier with extra boot and skis. We went to Flag Pole Hill at White Rock Lake and skied all day. Lots of work (no ski lift ) but I'll bet not to many people can say they've skied Dallas.

 

[Western]

Wow, looking at the radar , allot of Texans getting some rain. Hopefully they will fair as good as we did with mostly water.

The storms tonight where a sight to see, the lightning was incredible, the most intense I have ever seen, but we only got about 1/4" or less. Most of the bigger stuff is moving South of us this round.

Our power flickered during each storm, but fortunately it never went out.

 

[Bird]

I woke up once last night before midnight and saw the lightning. My wife tells me we had wind and hail again with the rain, and this morning I had about .67" of rain in the gauge.

 

[Bird]

Not to hijack this thread, but there was a snow storm around 76-77 that dumped 11" of snow on Dallas. I worked for a guy that was an avid snow skier with extra boot and skis. We went to Flag Pole Hill at White Rock Lake and skied all day. Lots of work (no ski lift ) but I'll bet not to many people can say they've skied Dallas.

I wonder how many even know where Flag Pole Hill is.:laughing: I was promoted to Lieutenant in January, 1970, and was a watch commander in the northeast division at the station just north of Flag Pole Hill. And I guess you know that little 1,000 to 1,200 acre lake was built a hundred years ago when they thought it would provide all the water the City of Dallas needed for a hundred years.:laughing:

 

[jinman]

We went to Flag Pole Hill at White Rock Lake and skied all day. Lots of work (no ski lift ) but I'll bet not to many people can say they've skied Dallas.

You can bet that if somebody is talking about skiing in Dallas, it's probably water skiing they are talking about.

Last night's storm went just south of us. That's okay because we needed a little drying/soaking time. My pond I cleaned the silt out of is very good at holding water. It is full and overflowing just a tiny bit from the 3-1/2" we got on Monday night. I have my core trench opened up on my new pond I am building, and it got a good soaking as well as all my clay piles for filling it back up. This rain has made my life much easier for working more on my ponds.

AlanL: You asked about my catfish and spawning. My pond is about 1/2 ac that has catfish spawning. Every year in the shallows, I see little schools of catfish minnows, so I know they are spawning. I also see gray and white herons patrolling the shallows and we have lots of turtles. Between those predators, not many of the little ones survive. When I go to feed catfish, I always look for little ones to tell me that a few have made it. I put a lot of big rocks in one area of the pond, so I'm sure the little catfish survive because they can find a place to hide.

 

[NativeSon]

We got 3/8 of a inch last night about 1am, making a total of 1 1/2 in. total for the 2 days. Lot's of lightning. Possibly more this evening.

Charlie

 

[Western]

Jim,

I had an old buddy, that used to wire 2 pallets together with a couple of blocks to hold them down, he would put them in his pond for the catfish fry to hide in (2-4' off the bank). He kept a rope staked at the edge so he could pull them out each fall.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

We finally got about 2". They say more might come later today and tomorrow. I'm praying that it does.

 

[Bartcephus]

RAIN.....

Finally got some much needed rain!!!!

But with it came wind. Apparently a lot of it too. Blew all my corn to about a 45 degree slant.

I think I will forget about the complaining.

Bart