Moderator: S2k Moderators
Shoshana wrote:Police have been called but they keep coming back. I don't think they're homeless, I think they think they found a good spot to hang out at dusk into night to drink and maybe smoke some weed.
gboudx wrote:Shoshana wrote:Police have been called but they keep coming back. I don't think they're homeless, I think they think they found a good spot to hang out at dusk into night to drink and maybe smoke some weed.
They're just doing their part to keep Austin weird.
Portastorm wrote:gboudx wrote:Shoshana wrote:Police have been called but they keep coming back. I don't think they're homeless, I think they think they found a good spot to hang out at dusk into night to drink and maybe smoke some weed.
They're just doing their part to keep Austin weird.
Best line I've seen on this board in days!!
Updated: Wednesday, 17 Aug 2011, 8:58 PM CDT
Published : Wednesday, 17 Aug 2011, 8:58 PM CDT
Sources Tell FOX 7 that the City of Austin is about to enter Stage 2 water restrictions.
Effective Sept. 6, residents will only be allowed to water once a week, but they can still hand water anytime.
No outdoor fountains will be allowed, unless it’s necessary to provide aeration for aquatic life. Also restaurants will only be able to serve water upon request.
The city is expected to officially announce the new restrictions on Thursday.
FOR THE END OF THE NEXT WEEK THE GFS/ECMWF AGREE THAT AN UPPER
LOW WILL DROP SOUTH FROM THE MAIN JET STREAM AND TRACK ALONG THE
EASTERN PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER RIDGE. THE GUIDANCE THEN DIFFERS
WITH HOW THEY HANDLE THIS FEATURE FROM THERE. THE GFS IS MORE
AGGRESSIVE WITH ITS DROP TO THE SOUTH AND PLACES THE NORTH TEXAS
IN A FAVORABLE AXIS FOR LIFT AND THIS WOULD EQUAL DECENT RAIN
CHANCES FOR THE END OF NEXT WEEK. THE ECMWF STRENGTHENS AN UPPER
RIDGE OFF THE EASTERN ATLANTIC COAST AND THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS
GETS WEDGED BETWEEN THE TWO DOMINANT RIDGES AND STALLS BEFORE
REACHING THE AREA. ONE OTHER THING TO NOTE IS THE ECMWF HAS
FOLLOWED THE GFS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TROPICAL SYSTEM NEXT
WEEK WITH A PATH SOMEWHERE NEAR THE EAST COAST. THIS COULD ALSO
INFLUENCE THE STRENGTH OF THE EAST COAST RIDGE AND THUS OUR
POTENTIAL TROUGH. MANY VARIABLES HAVE TO BE SORTED THROUGH...BUT
KEPT THE 20 POPS FOR THURSDAY IN THE FORECAST. THIS IS SOMETHING
TO WATCH AND CAN HOPEFULLY BRING THE REGION SOME MUCH NEEDED
RAINFALL.
LONG-RANGE MODELS ARE SUGGESTING THE POTENTIAL FOR A FRONTAL
PASSAGE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS IN THE 192 TO 240-HR TIME
FRAME. THIS IS BEYOND THE CURRENT FORECAST PERIOD...BUT BEARS
WATCHING AS IT WOULD BE OUR NEXT BEST SHOT FOR RAIN.
FIRE WEATHER...
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING HOURS THROUGH SUNDAY. 20-FT WINDS WILL BE SOUTH TO
SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 20 MPH DURING
THE LATE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL
COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES RANGING FROM 20 TO 30 PERCENT TO
PROMOTE THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRES. THE ONGOING DROUGHT HAS RESULTED
IN EXTREMELY DRY FUELS WHICH WILL BE EASILY IGNITED.
With no rain in sight and temperatures scorching, Stage 3 water-use restrictions could be announced as early as Monday, the Edwards Aquifer Authority said Wednesday.
When that happens, landscape sprinkling will be allowed only once every two weeks, rather than weekly, unless by a hand-held hose, and restrictions for hotels and golf courses would be tightened. All other Stage 2 restrictions would remain in effect.
horselattitudesfarm wrote:I tried to add a little artistic bent to this horrible drought and heat wave in Texas. Here goes:
Lovely signs of Drought......a poem:
The dead crispy St. Augustine grass crackles and burns the bottom of my feet.
The warm fetid stench of fishkill from a too-hot lake wafts across my backyard.
A starving bobcat delivers a kill to the white goose near the receding shoreline, a pile of white feathers to show for it.
Green leaves burning in the sun join their brown cousins smelling of boiling spinach
Cracks too deep to fill with a hose sprout crickets when watered
Burned hands from a fiery hose made mad by the sun
The pressure-dome presses! The pressure-dome presses!
Bleaching the blue sky to a hazy white
Please, someone, take the lid off and let me breathe!
horselattitudesfarm wrote:I tried to add a little artistic bent to this horrible drought and heat wave in Texas. Here goes:
Lovely signs of Drought......a poem:
The dead crispy St. Augustine grass crackles and burns the bottom of my feet.
The warm fetid stench of fishkill from a too-hot lake wafts across my backyard.
A starving bobcat delivers a kill to the white goose near the receding shoreline, a pile of white feathers to show for it.
Green leaves burning in the sun join their brown cousins smelling of boiling spinach
Cracks too deep to fill with a hose sprout crickets when watered
Burned hands from a fiery hose made mad by the sun
The pressure-dome presses! The pressure-dome presses!
Bleaching the blue sky to a hazy white
Please, someone, take the lid off and let me breathe!
Took a closer look at the 12zGFS&ECMWF and they do show some light green on the forecast map Thursday night going into Friday morning for Central Texas (maybe a line of Tstorms with the weak front moving in to north texas?). Beyond seven days I just do not see any significant rainfall thru the end of August.
