|
|
|
|
| Author |
|
|
The Unsettler
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Lantanna TX
Posts: 23,885
|
Wild Weather
We've had heavy rain / thunderstorms and the obligatory flash flood and tornado watches that are part of the package for the last few days.
The phones have been ringing off the hook from all the alerts. To the point that we have started ignoring them. Ran out with my daughter to grab a few things and as we are leaving the store my wife calls. Says be careful, tornado warning for our immediate area. She and the boy are hanging out in the safe room just in case. As my daughter and I pull onto the main road that leads to our development we see the sky is green in the direction of home. On the 3 mile trip home the ominous sky is moving North so by the time we get home it's pretty much clear. Guess we just missed it. Taken by a resident in our development. 
__________________
"I want my two dollars" "Goodbye and thanks for the fish" "Proud Member and Supporter of the YWL" "Brandon Won" |
||
05-10-2015, 06:37 PM
|
|
|
Targa, Panamera Turbo
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Houston TX
Posts: 22,366
|
We were shooting in Decateur on Thursday - left 10 minutes before the first twister touched. We were about 10 minutes ahead of the wall cloud all the way home. Had a good shoot at Ducks Unlimited on Saturday but again the weather kicked in and rained the morning but the afternoon was good. Today, same ol same ol - twister warnings all day. Not taking them too serious which is a bad thing I guess.
__________________
Michael D. Holloway https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_D._Holloway https://5thorderindustry.com/ https://www.amazon.com/s?k=michael+d+holloway&crid=3AWD8RUVY3E2F&sprefix= michael+d+holloway%2Caps%2C136&ref=nb_sb_noss_1 |
||
|
05-10-2015, 06:55 PM
|
|
|
The Unsettler
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Lantanna TX
Posts: 23,885
|
The one in the pic rolled North up 377 into Denton.
__________________
"I want my two dollars" "Goodbye and thanks for the fish" "Proud Member and Supporter of the YWL" "Brandon Won" |
||
|
05-10-2015, 06:59 PM
|
|
|
Targa, Panamera Turbo
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Houston TX
Posts: 22,366
|
I think its only the beginning. This summer will see a bunch more. The old women who died up north of us was in her shelter and the rains came in and she drowned. Sad really. Must have been horrible.
__________________
Michael D. Holloway https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_D._Holloway https://5thorderindustry.com/ https://www.amazon.com/s?k=michael+d+holloway&crid=3AWD8RUVY3E2F&sprefix= michael+d+holloway%2Caps%2C136&ref=nb_sb_noss_1 |
||
|
05-10-2015, 07:06 PM
|
|
|
Did you get the memo?
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Wichita, KS
Posts: 32,553
|
Spring in the midwest, such is life. My biggest complaint is that we can't seem to get rid of the cold. It's back in the 60s here today. I'm ready for summer.
__________________
‘07 Mazda RX8-8 Past: 911T, 911SC, Carrera, 951s, 955, 996s, 987s, 986s, 997s, BMW 5x, C36, C63, XJR, S8, Maserati Coupe, GT500, etc |
||
|
05-11-2015, 03:07 AM
|
|
|
UnRegistered User
|
Snowing this morning.....
Took the snow tires off the Venza yesterday. Cause/effect?
__________________
Bill K. "I started out with nothin and I still got most of it left...." 83 911 SC Guards Red (now gone) And I sold a bunch of parts I hadn't installed yet. Last edited by billybek; 05-11-2015 at 04:47 AM.. |
||
|
05-11-2015, 04:34 AM
|
|
|
|
G'day!
|
I saw Colorado was in the high 20's yesterday. Brrr....
Stay safe guys!
__________________
Old dog....new tricks..... |
||
|
05-11-2015, 04:43 AM
|
|
|
Registered
|
Quote:
__________________
. |
||
|
05-11-2015, 04:43 AM
|
|
|
Get off my lawn!
|
Quote:
Last year was very dry and we just could not get any rain. We had only 3 inches of rain from Jan to May last year. Right now we are over 20 inches of rain. No one is really complaining about the rain, but it is time to get some summer temps.
__________________
Glen 49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America 1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan 1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood! |
||
|
05-11-2015, 04:48 AM
|
|
|
Just thinking out loud
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Close by
Posts: 6,885
|
The weather in North Texas can turn on you in a hurry. I've had my fair share of it.
Most memorable would be toting 14 lighting rods up to the 15th tee, farthest point from shelter, and seeing a wall of green. It's a not a good feeling.
__________________
83 944 91 FJ80 84 Ram Charger (now gone) |
||
|
05-11-2015, 05:12 AM
|
|
|
I see you
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: NJ
Posts: 29,921
|
I made the drive from jersey to Austin for the MotoGP in April and could not believe the amount of rain I hit all the way thru Tennessee, Arkansas and Texas. All y'all stay safe.
__________________
Si non potes inimicum tuum vincere, habeas eum amicum and ride a big blue trike. "'Bipartisan' usually means that a larger-than-usual deception is being carried out." |
||
|
05-11-2015, 06:15 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 4,612
|
We woke up to the tornado sirens yesterday at 7AM. Fortunately is was a false alarm, but I looked at the weather radar and saw a wall of red. I placed a glass of water outside by my garage and it showed that got about 2.5" of rain in about 2 hours. Lakes are just about all full in North Texas.
__________________
Neil '73 911S targa |
||
|
05-11-2015, 08:05 AM
|
|
|
Did you get the memo?
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Wichita, KS
Posts: 32,553
|
Quote:
__________________
‘07 Mazda RX8-8 Past: 911T, 911SC, Carrera, 951s, 955, 996s, 987s, 986s, 997s, BMW 5x, C36, C63, XJR, S8, Maserati Coupe, GT500, etc |
||
|
05-11-2015, 09:20 AM
|
|
|
Unregistered
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: a wretched hive of scum and villainy
Posts: 55,652
|
We've decided we're gonna take the insurance money and rebuild.
 Not making light of y'alls weather so much as California's lack of it. |
||
|
05-11-2015, 10:31 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: dfw tx
Posts: 3,957
|
Woke up Sunday Morning to Tornado Sirens and dire warnings. Did some wind damage downtown, about 4 miles South of here.
On the Positive side, my sister lives on water from Lake Palo Pinto, about 60 miles West of Ft. Worth. They were in a water emergency a month ago, forecasting running out of water in April. The lake was at 8.9% of capacity just a month ago. Now at 93%. Problem solved. Water Data For Texas
__________________
72 914 2056: 74 9146 2.2: 76 914 2.0 |
||
|
05-11-2015, 12:40 PM
|
|
1983 Porsche SC
1964 Porsche 356 C Sunroof coupe
1972 Porsche 914 2.0 fuel injected
1983 Porsche 911 SC Targa
Work vehicle
Carrera
