Texas Spring/Summer Thread

[txdon]

I'm seeing 4" cracks in my black land and cracks are forming on my gravel drive and the gravel is falling in and going someplace far far away. . .Oh well, at least we had nice spring rains to fill the ponds. I see one bad grass fire season coming. . .

Last rain, 1/3" July 4th.

 

[foreman Etexas]

They have put burn ban up around here last week.

 

[txdon]

They have put burn ban up around here last week.

Here, they usually wait till AFTER a few big fires. I just hope the fire happens in the evening or on weekends when there is more than one volunteer (me) in the area.

I'm the farthest away from the fire station at 10 minutes. If no one is there by the time I get there I call dispatch for back-up grab a truck and head out. Back-up is about 7-9 miles away.

 

[foreman Etexas]

Here, they usually wait till AFTER a few big fires. I just hope the fire happens in the evening or on weekends when there is more than one volunteer (me) in the area.

I'm the farthest away from the fire station at 10 minutes. If no one is there by the time I get there I call dispatch for back-up grab a truck and head out. Back-up is about 7-9 miles away.

They are pretty quick around here to get the ban on before it gets out of control,especially after few years ago when everything was on fire.

 

[sseelhoff]

Still no ban in our county, but every county around us has the signs up.

And to Foreman, those Bastrop fires were pretty intense. Turns out they were caused by utility lines falling and hitting the dried up grass. Cost some companies multiple millions (pole installers, pole inspectors, utility companies-electric and telecon).

 

[NativeSon]

It looks like they will put a burn ban on this week. None to soon.

Charlie

 

[Bird]

I'm seeing 4" cracks in my black land and cracks are forming on my gravel drive and the gravel is falling in and going someplace far far away.

Don, when we lived down in Navarro County, I put up a new fence, using wooden posts, around what was going to be my garden. Somewhere I heard or read that if you put pea gravel around the posts instead of dirt, they'd stay tight and upright. So I got a load of pea gravel and did that. Total waste of time and money. The pea gravel disappeared into the bowels of the earth and I had to go back and pack dirt around each post. I had some cracks in that black land that you could lose a golf club in.

 

[txdon]

Still no ban in our county, but every county around us has the signs up.

And to Foreman, those Bastrop fires were pretty intense. Turns out they were caused by utility lines falling and hitting the dried up grass. Cost some companies multiple millions (pole installers, pole inspectors, utility companies-electric and telecon).

I don't know the specific of the settlements but fire departments in the BlueBonnet area have been advised that they can apply for a 20K grant for each station. We will apply for some new pumps.

 

[Lou66]

Will this rain ever stop?.. .everyday.. Wait,, it hasn’t rain in a month or so.. never mind.. But I got my fair share the first six months.. Thank you Lord.. Lou

 

[txdon]

I heard today that the county commissioners are going to vote on a burn ban Monday - yea.