Texas Spring/Summer Thread

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#171  
We've had nothing but very light rain and I'd say my gauge got about 0.18", but a couple of hours ago, I went to the north side of Denton on I-35E and drove in a real downpour; had to watch for hydroplaning.
 
   / Texas Spring/Summer Thread #172  
We got about a 1/4", better than nothing. The wind was miserable yesterday too.

97 reported tornadoes throughout the Mid West (yet to be confirmed). A small town in Woodward Ok (pop. 12,000), where I have hunted had 2. I think 5 people reported dead in that one alone.

I have decided for "peace of mind" to build a tornado shelter. Now i just have to contact my step brother since he is an construction engineer and see if my plans will work.:)

Dennis, we have a basement in our house and it does make us a little more comfortable knowing that we have a plan when the weather gets a little scary. The wife is from the Northeast and grew up with a basement, so it was a great selling point when she looked at the house.

Some people around here have storm cellars, but they can be as scary as the coming storm.....wet and smelly and SNAKES. The storm would have to be pretty bad to get me in some of them.

With Texas weather the way it is they can be rather handy.....I just don't want to have to "Drop Check it" anytime soon.

Charlie
 
   / Texas Spring/Summer Thread #173  
Charlie you got that right!, but I will go in a "swamp hole" rather than a blender courtesy of mother nature.

When I was a kid everyone around had some type of basement, they are handy. Do you have a strong or safe area in it also? I was reading that allot of the deaths in Missouri last year where caused by people trapped in basements and drowning by the time they where located.
Tornadoes are weird, they can strip a slab and carry the debris away, or pick it up and drop it in a pile right back on the foundation. Either way though I would feel safer with a basement versus not for sure.

Doubt I'll ever need a shelter, but the odds and trends seem to be getting higher.
 
   / Texas Spring/Summer Thread #174  
All week long I've been hearing about the strong storms that where going to hit us on Sunday. Flood warnings, high winds, hail, lightning and tornados. When the wind hit and the rain started around 2pm, I cleaned up what I was working on and put my tools away. An hour later, it was done and the news was still forcasting all their warnings. I never got enough rain to measure in my gauges, and nothing else happened except for a few more light sprinkles. While I did write up four job bids, I really wanted to finish up what I was doing outside.

I sometimes think that if I didn't listen to the weather predictions, that I'd get more done. Instead, I get suckered in and start to think that the smart thing to do is not take any chances. Then nothing happens and I feel like a fool for believing them again. One day I'm going to ignore the warnings and get caught out in the worse storm ever. The more they cry wolf, the harder it is to take them seriously.

Eddie
 
   / Texas Spring/Summer Thread
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#175  
Charlie, I've never lived in a house with a basement, although my grandparents had a real nice basement under their house in Ardmore, OK. But I sure did live in houses where we had a cellar out back in which we stored lots of canned goods, and to which we went every time a cloud threatened. I sure used to hate having to get up and go to the cellar at night when I was a kid.:D

Eddie, we had a real nice, light rain, no wind and I guess the yard could use the watering. I figure I got about .18" of rain, and I mowed, edged, and trimmed today. I have still not watered the yard at all this year, and this is probably the first time I've gone this late without fertilizing and watering, and the yard looks better than ever.:laughing:
 
   / Texas Spring/Summer Thread #176  
Charlie you got that right!, but I will go in a "swamp hole" rather than a blender courtesy of mother nature.
When I was a kid everyone around had some type of basement, they are handy. Do you have a strong or safe area in it also? .

Up here the advice is to go to the corner of the basement opposite from where the storm is comming from. The theory and experience being that the debri should come down on the end nearest the storm hit. We have had to go to the basement 3X already this spring. The NOAA radio wakes a lot of folks over and over during a stormy night this time of year. It is good to practice what you might want to grab on the way down and to have some chairs and emergency gear all ready there.
It is so sad to see folks lose their property and keepsakes in a matter of seconds.
 
   / Texas Spring/Summer Thread #177  
All week long I've been hearing about the strong storms that where going to hit us on Sunday. Flood warnings, high winds, hail, lightning and tornados. When the wind hit and the rain started around 2pm, I cleaned up what I was working on and put my tools away. An hour later, it was done and the news was still forcasting all their warnings. I never got enough rain to measure in my gauges, and nothing else happened except for a few more light sprinkles. While I did write up four job bids, I really wanted to finish up what I was doing outside.

I sometimes think that if I didn't listen to the weather predictions, that I'd get more done. Instead, I get suckered in and start to think that the smart thing to do is not take any chances. Then nothing happens and I feel like a fool for believing them again. One day I'm going to ignore the warnings and get caught out in the worse storm ever. The more they cry wolf, the harder it is to take them seriously.

Eddie

We only ended up with 2/10ths but will take it,just put out 2200 in fertilizer,think we got a small chance next wednesday,lets hope...
 
   / Texas Spring/Summer Thread #178  
Charlie you got that right!, but I will go in a "swamp hole" rather than a blender courtesy of mother nature.

When I was a kid everyone around had some type of basement, they are handy. Do you have a strong or safe area in it also? I was reading that allot of the deaths in Missouri last year where caused by people trapped in basements and drowning by the time they where located.
Tornadoes are weird, they can strip a slab and carry the debris away, or pick it up and drop it in a pile right back on the foundation. Either way though I would feel safer with a basement versus not for sure.

Doubt I'll ever need a shelter, but the odds and trends seem to be getting higher.

Dennis we have the laundry room in the basement that is where we go. 2 of the walls are the concrete block foundation and the other 2 are the door into the room and on the outside of the other wall is a floor to ceiling bookshelf made of 2x12's so I feel this will hopefully do the trick if needed.

We also keep some bottled water and flashlights etc. in there. The wife also keeps her boxed wine there.......for emergencies????

Charlie
 
   / Texas Spring/Summer Thread #180  
Dennis we have the laundry room in the basement that is where we go. 2 of the walls are the concrete block foundation and the other 2 are the door into the room and on the outside of the other wall is a floor to ceiling bookshelf made of 2x12's so I feel this will hopefully do the trick if needed.

We also keep some bottled water and flashlights etc. in there. The wife also keeps her boxed wine there.......for emergencies????

Charlie

That sounds like a perfect setup, like a safe in a safe. I just have to get mine planned out now (Shelter) so I can get it done over the summer:thumbsup:
 

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