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I have lived in H-town 47 yrs, and summer has never been this brutal
July 12, 2022, 08:45 AM
sourdough44I have lived in H-town 47 yrs, and summer has never been this brutal
Just great here in WI lately.
July 12, 2022, 09:29 AM
SIGnifiedCurrently 60°F, clear skies headed to 75 today.
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"Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay - and claims a halo for his dishonesty." ~Robert A. Heinlein July 12, 2022, 12:48 PM
WetrudgeonAny Texicans here old enough to remember the summer of 1980?
We trudge on.
July 12, 2022, 01:01 PM
12131quote:
Originally posted by Wetrudgeon:
Any Texicans here old enough to remember the summer of 1980?
Drove a Toyota without a working A/C as a college student. No problems. Just always had a towel ready to soak up the sweat.
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July 12, 2022, 01:27 PM
P250UA5quote:
Originally posted by Wetrudgeon:
Any Texicans here old enough to remember the summer of 1980?
We trudge on.
I was 6 years from existence, so a no-go from me.
The Enemy's gate is down. July 12, 2022, 01:36 PM
Jimbo JonesDidnt a hurricane hit downtown and cover the streets in inches of window glass that Summer? Ana, Alicia???
Was not living there at the time but I remember hearing about it.
quote:
Originally posted by Wetrudgeon:
Any Texicans here old enough to remember the summer of 1980?
We trudge on.
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It's like my brain's a tree and you're those little cookie elves.
July 12, 2022, 03:04 PM
Tailhook 84quote:
Originally posted by Wetrudgeon:
Any Texicans here old enough to remember the summer of 1980?
Drove a Farmall 300 every day shredding grass and harvested crops south of Hutto. I remember it was a tad warm that year.
"The Truth, when first uttered, is always considered heresy." July 12, 2022, 03:07 PM
maxwayneI spent part of the Summer of 71 in San Antonio. The Army discharged me in July and I headed back North. My brother has been in the Houston area for several years and it is plenty hot for him.
July 12, 2022, 03:53 PM
MelissaDallasquote:
Originally posted by Wetrudgeon:
Any Texicans here old enough to remember the summer of 1980?
I do! I was nineteen and one of those 113 days we were swimming in a rock quarry in Celina.
It was a truly miserable slog.
We trudge on.
July 12, 2022, 04:05 PM
Mustang-PaPaquote:
Originally posted by Wetrudgeon:
Any Texicans here old enough to remember the summer of 1980?
We trudge on.
Yep we were in the middle of laying 20 miles of 10” steel in west texas.
Running equipment was bad enough but welding was a bitch.
Drank lots of water and ice tea but the cold watermelon breaks were nice.
July 12, 2022, 04:10 PM
CaptainMikeThe hottest I do ever recall being was July-September 1994 sandblasting the steel exhaust trunks of my ship in Texas City. I remember 32 days in a row over 100f with 95%+ humidity. Worked 0500 to 1700 outside on the steel, 2 15 minute breaks and 40 minutes for lunch. My helmet air was fed from a service compressor inside the engine room, about 120F. Still remember it vividly. Working inside the trunk was the worst, 5’x5’ cross section with a 36” exhaust pipe through the center. It was weapons grade hot in there. Prayed for rain like a man dying of thirst. Didn’t get any. I probably couldn’t do an hour for $1 million today. I think I got paid $67 a day back then.
MOO means NO! Be the comet! July 12, 2022, 04:27 PM
StorminNorminI won’t forget in 2011 when Austin had 90 days of 100+ degree days for the year. I think we are going to give 2011 a run for its money this year. This heat sucks. I hate Texas summers and have lived here my whole life.
NRA Benefactor Life Member July 12, 2022, 04:38 PM
Sunset_VaI hope Texans get some relief.
My only experience with western heat, is 3 days spent in Flagstaff AZ in 2006. About 99-100 each day.
Would ride a bicycle. Never sweat, but would drink water constantly.
美しい犬
July 12, 2022, 04:45 PM
NavyGuyquote:
Originally posted by Mustang-PaPa:
quote:
Originally posted by Wetrudgeon:
Any Texicans here old enough to remember the summer of 1980?
We trudge on.
Yep we were in the middle of laying 20 miles of 10” steel in west texas.
Running equipment was bad enough but welding was a bitch.
Drank lots of water and ice tea but the cold watermelon breaks were nice.
Yep, I was here on my first go-round. Then move to NJ and that summer was hatter then shit, then move to Tennessee and it was somewhat better but for some reason more humid. Then back to Texas and just learned to live with 2 months of hot weather in luau of 6 months of snow and ice. Chicago born and lived there for 30 some year before moving on so I know what northern winters brings and figured out that was not for me.
Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves.
-D.H. Lawrence July 12, 2022, 04:56 PM
papaacquote:
Originally posted by Jimbo Jones:
Didnt a hurricane hit downtown and cover the streets in inches of window glass that Summer? Ana, Alicia???
Was not living there at the time but I remember hearing about it.
quote:
Originally posted by Wetrudgeon:
Any Texicans here old enough to remember the summer of 1980?
We trudge on.
That was Alicia, but it was August 1983. we were in Scotland for 3 weeks, and were pretty much helpless, but we had no damage.
"Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist." Edmund Burke
July 12, 2022, 05:01 PM
ZSMICHAELquote:
Currently 60°F, clear skies headed to 75 today
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Let us know how hot it is when Mount Hood erupts.
July 12, 2022, 05:03 PM
smschulzRaining
right now in my part of Houston (SW).
Awesome to see!
July 12, 2022, 05:23 PM
P250UA5quote:
Originally posted by smschulz:
Raining
right now in my part of Houston (SW).
Awesome to see!
Send some of it north!
The Enemy's gate is down. July 12, 2022, 05:41 PM
SIGnifiedquote:
Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
quote:
Currently 60°F, clear skies headed to 75 today
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Let us know how hot it is when Mount Hood erupts.
Sure; but I’m just as likely as you to hear it on the news! Mt. Hood is a long ways away.
"Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay - and claims a halo for his dishonesty." ~Robert A. Heinlein July 12, 2022, 05:59 PM
tigereye313quote:
Originally posted by P250UA5:
quote:
Originally posted by smschulz:
Raining
right now in my part of Houston (SW).
Awesome to see!
Send some of it north!
We finally got some here. Brief, but lovely.
