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Rain pix May 6, 2008
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WTxDaddy
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Location: West Texas (Map)
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| Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 12:18 pm Post subject: Rain pix May 6, 2008 |
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Here are some shots of the rain & hail we had in abundance. In our small town, we only got a little hail, but in the big city to our West, they got lots of hail. We all got nearly 4 inches of rain in 48 hours:
Here is the sky
A little bit of hail
Standing water in the yard
A salamander appeared in the garden (they are often called "water dogs" here)
a lake in a park in the big city - I drive through this canyon on my way to work each day
water flowing over the main road into the park
on the other side of the road outside the park - swollen creek
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eileen
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| Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 12:33 pm Post subject: |
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Gosh that was certainly some rainfall you had!!!  I love the shot of the salamander so maybe all the wet weather wasn't so bad after all. 
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petunia
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| Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 12:38 pm Post subject: |
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Wow, 4 inches doesn't really sound all that much. But it must have been to flood the road over and make the creek rise. you certainly got some rain.
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WTxDaddy
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| Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 2:03 pm Post subject: 4 inches |
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Four inches is a lot in that short a time period. Our average yearly rainfall hovers around 20 inches - usually less. This region is classified as "semi-arid". Makes for low humidity and very comfortable days & evenings all Summer. Our wet season is Spring. We needed this rain, as we were behind on rainfall for the year (we'd only had 1.5 inches until this latest rain) and it is time for the soil to be moistened, as the cotton farmers are beginning to plant!
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Droopy
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| Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 2:31 pm Post subject: |
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Yikes! That's a lot of water in one drop... Love the salamander, we haven't got those here. I wish those rain falls could be evened out a bit, and preferably fall at night. 
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glendann
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| Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 2:49 pm Post subject: |
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Wow!!!!Ya'll got lots more rain than we did.Thats lots of water.
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Calomaar
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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Tom
It’s funny how one forms opinions of things. Having never been there, my only experience with Texas is cowboy movies, the TV show” Dallas” and pictures of president Johnson on his ranch. (and those lousy Dallas Cowboys that keep beating our Packers) From that, I have pictured Texas as an almost desert like area with few trees, and lots of open country. From your pictures I can see that my impressions are all wrong. You have beautiful lush yard and gardens. I need to do some traveling down thata way.
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WTxDaddy
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Location: West Texas (Map)
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 2:58 pm Post subject: Texas |
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Well, the part of texas I live in is very dry - semi-arid short-grass prairie. We humans have planted the trees for the most part. Near here was an old lake that prehistoric people lived around. They've found lots of tools & fossils in & around it. I grew up in the desert in far West Texas. There, we have sand & cactus, but in the valleys (Rio grande) we have big trees & grow cotton & alfalfa & okra. Far East Texas is lush & green like you picture the Southeast. So, part of texas is in fact desert, but that's only a part. Check it out on the computer to see the variety we have here.
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