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Rain, low-pressure system could finally end Dallas-area heat wave
Dallas Morning News ^ | 8/29/2011 | TOM BENNING

Posted on 08/29/2011 2:02:24 PM PDT by JNRoberts

“This looks like this is it,” said Ted Ryan, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Fort Worth. “The end of summer is coming up.”

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To: JNRoberts
If you've never heard of Quanah Parker...you are in for a good story.

FRegards,

81 posted on 08/29/2011 4:23:01 PM PDT by Osage Orange ("Marine Sniper - You can run, but you'll just die tired!")
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To: JNRoberts

Well said!

We got cowgirls that you might like too...lol!


82 posted on 08/29/2011 4:28:01 PM PDT by penelopesire (Let The Congressional Hearings Begin!)
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To: JNRoberts
The weather in Southern California is worth a fortune to us. I don't mind paying more for other things. Mild Pacific breezes year round, we can grow anything, while the roses, flowers and Orange trees are full, in February no less!

While my friends in the Midwest and back east are up to their knees in frozen windblown brown snow, we're wearing shorts and BBQing Pacific Salmon... in December!

Only 6 regions on this planet with the same Mediterranean climate, and So. Cal is one of them.

Life is too short for brutal extreme heat, uninhabitable humidity and bone chilling cold...It's just not for me!

I've lived long enough to know, regardless of what anyone says, weather is a prime factor and affects *everything* you do...Why I'm here...lol

83 posted on 08/29/2011 4:31:05 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: McLynnan

Yep..you know it’s too hot when you don’t even want to go outside for a dip in the pool...lol!

Can’t wait for the fall sunsets though! Some of the most beautiful sunsets on the planet!


84 posted on 08/29/2011 4:31:05 PM PDT by penelopesire (Let The Congressional Hearings Begin!)
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To: McLynnan; All

Enjoy while we wait for rain and cooler temps!

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85 posted on 08/29/2011 4:33:57 PM PDT by penelopesire (Let The Congressional Hearings Begin!)
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To: JNRoberts

My son and I headed out to a job today around 11:00AM and couldn’t believe the comfortable temps and overcast skies. There was even a stiff breeze blowing, and for once, it didn’t feel like a furnace.

Of course, it warmed up later in the day, but all in all, it was mild compared to what we’ve endured these last two months.

An old friend of mine just got in from L.A. today, and as I was enjoying the mellow morning temps, I thought, “it figures....”


86 posted on 08/29/2011 4:51:36 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: stillfree?
Sorry ya’ll but Dallas is dull, unless you like the mall, movies, eating, or boating in muddy lakes!

Heh....your comment reminds me of things I used to hear from my out-of-state friends after they'd lived in Hollywood for a few years. The place drove most of them to want to head back home.

I'd just look at them and say, "Do you really think that all of California is like this place?" Some of them were convinced that Hollywood really did equal California and really missed out.

Too bad you couldn't take some time and get outside of Dallas while you were here. It's a big, big, big state, with a whole lot to see.

87 posted on 08/29/2011 5:01:21 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: stillfree?
Well this conservative Native Californian hopes I never have to go back to Dallas during the summer

I'm a native Californian transplanted to Texas six years ago. I'll tell you what.....springtime in Texas is so heavenly, it's worth living through the rest of the seasons here, just to experience it.

I kid you not.

88 posted on 08/29/2011 5:06:45 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: HwyChile

You can teach me lots of lessons
You can bring me lot of gold
But you just can’t live in Texas
If you don’t have lot of soul
from Crossroads..Doug Sahm

Texas is a thing that you either “get” or “don’t get”...it is an intangible thing.


89 posted on 08/29/2011 5:07:10 PM PDT by Anima Mundi (I didn't say it was your fault. I said I am going to BLAME you.)
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To: Sporke

Ouch! Wichita Falls, the hottest place in Texas I think. In an normal year we get good rains, in an abnormal year we get way too much or like now, none. I think we are something like 25 inches behind. It will take a huge tropical storm to catch us up.


90 posted on 08/29/2011 5:09:22 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: JNRoberts

Damn, friend. I could have written that post. We seem to be on the exact same experiential track.

About 50 years in Cali for me. I packed up the family and planted roots in Texas in late 2005. How ‘bout yourself?


91 posted on 08/29/2011 5:11:28 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: JNRoberts

Who would have the desire to cook Texas and cause grave drought situations? Hint...no help fed help with the fires...


92 posted on 08/29/2011 5:15:19 PM PDT by shield (Rev 2:9 Woe unto those who say they are Judahites and are not, but are of the syna GOG ue of Satan.)
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To: Windflier

>>>About 50 years in Cali for me. I packed up the family and planted roots in Texas in late 2005. How ‘bout yourself?>>>

Yeah, same here. 51 years of my life, born and raised in Southern Cal. San Gabriel Valley then Orange County. Moved to Dallas Metro Plex in 09, and yes, this was a brutal summer, our third. Hoping next year’s wont be as bad and that we get water otherwise.....all options must remain open. LOL :).....nice to meet you.


93 posted on 08/29/2011 5:16:38 PM PDT by JNRoberts
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To: JNRoberts
Did you hear about the couple in California last week. They were from Europe and their car broke down in Death Valley? Both died in the desert.

I read that story. According to the best information, they died of sheer stupidity, not car problems.

They were driving a late model Chrysler and got stuck on a dirt road that turned to loose sand, off the main highway. Seems they were being a tad too adventurous without really comprehending the dangers of the SoCal desert.

You'd think the name, "Death Valley" should have been their first clue that they shouldn't mess around.

94 posted on 08/29/2011 5:17:30 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: JNRoberts

My job involves working with all these new arrivals. Most of them are glad to be here but there are a few who want to moan about how it was done where they came from, etc. Of course, I can’t say anything but I can sure think, hey, I35 and I20 run both ways. I didn’t invite your ass here and won’t miss you if you go back to wonderful
California (which you won’t because you can’t find a freakin’ job there) so shut up and be grateful that you found one here. Honestly, people from California are the worst. Arrogant, pushy, rude, I wonder if they came by way of New York. All I ask is that they don’t bring their wacky fruitcake ideas with them. Assimilate!

And yes, we don’t care if you like us or not. Now go away.


95 posted on 08/29/2011 5:27:58 PM PDT by wayoverthehill
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To: the invisib1e hand

PV=nRT


96 posted on 08/29/2011 5:29:42 PM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
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To: TXnMA

gawd i love that. who’s idea was that again? Bernoulli? I know, I can look it up...


97 posted on 08/29/2011 5:32:46 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand
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To: dragnet2
>>>The weather in Southern California is worth a fortune to us. I don't mind paying more for other things. Mild Pacific breezes year round, we can grow anything, while the roses, flowers and Orange trees are full, in February no less!>>> Yes, I understand. Weather is like taste.....subjective. I grew up in California, my first 51 years were spent there. Since moving to Texas, I've also grown to appreaciate seasons. It's cold here on Thanksgiving and we got snow, record snow in Dallas and the metro plex for the past couple of years. It's BEAUTIFUL. Seasons, and cold and holidays. Southern California?....no thanks to 90 degrees while the turkey is in the oven on Thanksgiving or people surfing on Christmas day. That weather is depressing to me during the holidays....give me seasonal weather and Texas has Cali beat all day on that.....Here's our street just last Feb. 6 months ago:
98 posted on 08/29/2011 5:33:36 PM PDT by JNRoberts
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To: Anima Mundi
Texas is a thing that you either “get” or “don’t get”...it is an intangible thing.

Very true. I've also heard it said that "Texas isn't so much a place, as a state of mind."

99 posted on 08/29/2011 5:34:17 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: wayoverthehill

>>>My job involves working with all these new arrivals. Most of them are glad to be here but there are a few who want to moan about how it was done where they came from, etc. Of course, I can’t say anything but I can sure think, hey, I35 and I20 run both ways. I didn’t invite your ass here and won’t miss you if you go back to wonderful
California (which you won’t because you can’t find a freakin’ job there) so shut up and be grateful that you found one here. Honestly, people from California are the worst. Arrogant, pushy, rude, I wonder if they came by way of New York. All I ask is that they don’t bring their wacky fruitcake ideas with them. Assimilate!

And yes, we don’t care if you like us or not. Now go away.>>>

And like California, Texas also has it’s Jerks too. As you can see.


100 posted on 08/29/2011 5:36:33 PM PDT by JNRoberts
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