Texas Spring/Summer Thread

[lostcreekranch]

Rick,
Mentioning seeing our congress critters here is not "political crap". Just a headsup about who is helping out in the aftermath of Harvey. Asking a question about a congress critter is not "political crap" either. Talking politics would be "political crap".
hugs, Brandi

Ok, no problem Brandi. This has been a very enjoyable thread, for some time now but, if this is the future, I'm out of here. I'll go over to our Fall / Winter thread and dust everything off for 9/21.

And yeah, the last few days have been no more / no less a bunch of political crap!

If this BS migrates to Fall / Winter ..... have a great time! Y'all will ruin two really nice long conversations and that's sad.

 

[bindian]

Ok, no problem Brandi. This has been a very enjoyable thread, for some time now but, if this is the future, I'm out of here. I'll go over to our Fall / Winter thread and dust everything off for 9/21.

And yeah, the last few days have been no more / no less a bunch of political crap!

If this BS migrates to Fall / Winter ..... have a great time! Y'all will ruin two really nice long conversations and that's sad.

Rick,
I just went back and read all the posts from the last few days here. Seems you have sour grapes about not being able to fly out of Htown.

So, I'm gonna do what all the others are doing here and ignore your negativity.
Brandi

 

[Thall303]

Politics are seldom ever "friendly"!

I have determined that my life is much more relaxed since I refuse to discuss politics with friends, family and neighbors!

 

[Jim Shooz]

There are three things I never discuss. Politics, Religion, and personal choice of toothpaste.
Mentioned that to a retired priest once during conversation and thinking about it afterwards realised I had just equated his entire lives work to toothpaste.

 

[txdon]

Last year I was having a problem with mice in the gate opener and by accident, while greasing the chain, I discovered a good mouse deterrent - white Lithium grease. after I greased the chain I sprayed it on all the flat surfaces inside the gate opener control box and have not had any mice problems since then. Then Last week one of my neighbors told me he had found the same thing, the mice hate white lithium grease. We had both use the spray can of grease and got rid of the mice problem. A cat and rat snakes are very good but for certain places the grease is better.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Senator Cornyn has lived in Austin for years.


I've been in Corpus, Port A, Refugio and surrounding areas all week and only had problems getting gas in Refugio. That was because the stations were hit by wind damage. The ones open had gas. All stations in Corpus I was close to had gas. No problem.

Drive north where there was no damage, flooding or problems at all and started seeing bags on pumps and pumps coned off. If people don't have problems they make some.


TBS

Our scout troop just took some supplies to Refugio.

 

[sseelhoff]

Please take the political crap (and SJL & AG) back to to "Friendly Politics" as it's not welcome here!

How is that political?

 

[two_bit_score]

Our scout troop just took some supplies to Refugio.

They were hit pretty hard. I'm sure the donations are appreciated. In Goliad they were doing BBQ on the square and giving it away in a bar there. Everywhere we went people were helping each other and doing the best they could under bad circumstances.

Had to attend some meetings but I'll be back down there in a week or so. Working with a large vendor to set up an account for a group where donors can buy relief supplies directly and have them available to the group for distribution at designated locations in their territory. Really excited about it. Cuts out a lot of red tape.


TBS

 

[bindian]

I offered me and my tractor to help my Dermatologist's nurse with her uprooted trees. Their house was destroyed by the Colorado River near Wharton. I gather the property backs up to the river. I'm pumped to go, but she said it will be a few weeks.
Right now been having truck problems. Last week the APPS sensor went out and I had to idle 3 miles home. Now the cruise control is erratic and the thermostat is stuck open. Gonna replace the 'stat in the morning. But all of this is cheaper than payments.
hugs, Brandi

 

[DABSGT]

Out of gas, but had plenty of donuts?:confused3: hugs, Brandi

Brandi that hurts
Hope things are improving for every one in the great state of Texas

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[Kyle_in_Tex]

Our scout troop just took some supplies to Refugio.

Good deal and tell them Thank you from me. Refugio got torn up pretty badly. The locals pronounce it "Refuree O"

 

[Snowback]

Just dug this picture out from Sunday the 27th of August as Harvey's outer bands were training across Conroe. The water usually flows in that small rock bed at the bottom of the ditch. You can see where the water line got to while at Church and this is when we got home around 9:30am. I think we could have rafted down to the ponds on this small river. I wouldn't even let the kids float boats as they would have been swept away!

By Sunday night around midnight Lake Conroe was almost completely full and the SJRA had to "pull the drain plug" so to speak and cranked open the spillway gates to almost 80,000 CFS. That water contributed to the wave that wiped out points South and East including River Plantation, Parts of Porter and Kingwood as well as backing up Lake Creek, Spring Creek and Cypress Creek.

Our neighborhood was high and dry but we spend the past couple weeks helping friends out in all different parts of Houston with their cleanup. Hope y'all are doing well and stayed safe. If anybody needs help cleaning up please let us know. Glad to hear you are OK Brandi!

 

[txdon]

Brandi that hurts
Hope things are improving for every one in the great state of Texas

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Actually I think They were there making sure that:
1. no incidents started by cutting in line
2. gasoline was not dispensed into unapproved containers

Just got back from Houston today. I took a ride around Meyerland and Braeswood. There are lots of piles of furniture and sheetrock by the curb. Grocery stores are back to normal, and gasoline was as low as $2.19 to $2.29. The last time it flooded that bad by Brase bayou was "Allison" I lived in a High-rise condo on Brase bayou That had extensive damage - over 20' of water in the basements and a few inches on the first floor. We did millions of $ in repairs and did preventive flood construction - flood gates, aquarium glass, berms, etc . . . ( we had good insurance) I'm proud to say the prevention worked. Outside the first floor the water was about 2' higher than "Allison" and about 30" higher than the first floor but the flood waters did not enter the building. Too bad I sold when I left, I hear the prices just went up again. In drone pictures the building looks like an island.

 

[TXHF]

I'm in Austin but work in IT for Houston Methodist Hospital. Most of my team was fortunate but more important, none of them or their families were hurt. We can replace material objects, we can't replace people. Only two were affected by the flooding, one not to bad, the other extensively. Methodist put up 7.5 million of their own money for the employees to file claims for assistance, paid everyone who couldn't make it to work their full pay check and gave significant bonuses for those that were stuck sleeping and working within the hospital system. In all my years, I've never worked for such a generous business. Austin wasn't hit with much more than several inches of rain but it was spread over 4 days and arrived in bands giving it time to run off and keep flooding minimal. I cannot imagine the horror folks in the coastal areas are faced with. I LOVE the ocean, but you'll never see me building my home near water. I'm high and dry and will visit the ocean, not build where it can visit me. And now Florida...

Makes a person just want to get on the tractor with the entire Beatles collection playing and work hard enough to forget the worldly issues.

 

[bindian]

Brandi that hurts
Hope things are improving for every one in the great state of Texas

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Sorry. If I ever (very doubtful) make it to Connecticut, please don't give me a ticket.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

By Sunday night around midnight Lake Conroe was almost completely full and the SJRA had to "pull the drain plug" so to speak and cranked open the spillway gates to almost 80,000 CFS. That water contributed to the wave that wiped out points South and East including River Plantation, Parts of Porter and Kingwood as well as backing up Lake Creek, Spring Creek and Cypress Creek.

Around here folks are saying SJRA should have started releasing water when we learned of high rainfall amounts, not after! Especially my flooded co worker that lives in River Plantation (RP).
I'm still waiting on the Allstate claims agent.
hugs, Brandi

 

[Snowback]

Exactly correct Brandi. The SJRA let the lake blow past "full pool". And did not meaningfully mitigate the rapid level increase until the max critical operating level was reached, and that is when they had to over react and dump about 100% more water than they should have.

Had they started letting out about 40,000 cfs Sunday morning, a full drinking water pool level could have been maintained while allowing for a more managed flow downstream.

Sorry about your friend in RP. We pulled a house apart in there too...

 

[TXHF]

Question for a Texas newbie... I'm clearing a ton of 3 - 7 year old mesquite from my property. Digging the stumps out will take forever with the 2538 TLB. What can I do to kill them without contaminating the surrounding soil. I'm told Remedy and diesel fuel in a 50/50 mix and coat the cuttings fresh... Does this work? Does it harm the soil? Thanks all.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Question for a Texas newbie... I'm clearing a ton of 3 - 7 year old mesquite from my property. Digging the stumps out will take forever with the 2538 TLB. What can I do to kill them without contaminating the surrounding soil. I'm told Remedy and diesel fuel in a 50/50 mix and coat the cuttings fresh... Does this work? Does it harm the soil? Thanks all.

25% Remedy / 75% Diesel.

We’re all over at the Texas Fall / Winter thread until Spring. Pleas join us.

Texas Fall/Winter thread!
Texas Fall/Winter thread!

 

[AWSubie]

Wait till March to start with the diesel. During the winter months Ive cut mesquite and applied the diesel (I use 100% diesel) but it doesn't work well. Wait until Spring.