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Post by TWolvesFan on May 7, 2024 20:10:37 GMT -6
We are officially out of our drought.... Belton lake 100% full, lake waco over 100% full, and stillhouse lake 93% full... 6 weeks ago they were all around 50%..... I wish I could says the same about the upper part of the Lower Colorado River... Lake Bucannon etc., feed Lake Travis... and we're still 51 feet low. Please send some down our way!!!
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Post by warcat82 on May 7, 2024 21:25:21 GMT -6
We are officially out of our drought.... Belton lake 100% full, lake waco over 100% full, and stillhouse lake 93% full... 6 weeks ago they were all around 50%..... I wish I could says the same about the upper part of the Lower Colorado River... Lake Bucannon etc., feed Lake Travis... and we're still 51 feet low. Please send some down our way!!! Yeah I was reading an article today about Lake Travis today... they were talking about how it was low but Lady Bird, Austin, and two other lakes are full below Lake Travis... it was also talking about how Lake Travis was actually created to prevent Austin from being flooded and is a "back up" Lake and that the important Lake is Buchanan. They were saying that Lake Travis could dry up into a river and it would not hurt the ecosystem. Which my wife works in that field of Natural resources and biology, and she was was like whoever wrote this article doesn't understand ecosystems and how Lake Travis is home to many life forms and such in need of that Lake. Not to mention the economy that relies on the Lake business...
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Post by Clemensbuff on May 8, 2024 5:13:19 GMT -6
We are officially out of our drought.... Belton lake 100% full, lake waco over 100% full, and stillhouse lake 93% full... 6 weeks ago they were all around 50%..... I wish I could says the same about the upper part of the Lower Colorado River... Lake Bucannon etc., feed Lake Travis... and we're still 51 feet low. Please send some down our way!!! Yup It is still very bad when you get to Austin and south in the state. All lakes are very, very low! Medina lake is only at 2.7% capacity as of today.
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Post by bluecat on May 8, 2024 5:56:06 GMT -6
I wish I could says the same about the upper part of the Lower Colorado River... Lake Bucannon etc., feed Lake Travis... and we're still 51 feet low. Please send some down our way!!! Yup It is still very bad when you get to Austin and south in the state. All lakes are very, very low! Medina lake is only at 2.7% capacity as of today. As usual the lakes in south Texas are at low levels due to releases for various reasons. It’s a shame that most of south Texas missed those good soaking rains that hit the Houston/Dallas areas recently. It just seems that every year the south Texas areas have to depend on tropical storms or a hurricane to fill up the lakes in the area.
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Post by picodegallo on May 8, 2024 6:03:38 GMT -6
Yup It is still very bad when you get to Austin and south in the state. All lakes are very, very low! Medina lake is only at 2.7% capacity as of today. As usual the lakes in south Texas are at low levels due to releases for various reasons. It’s a shame that most of south Texas missed those good soaking rains that hit the Houston/Dallas areas recently. It just seems that every year the south Texas areas have to depend on tropical storms or a hurricane to fill up the lakes in the area. Yep. I see all that water that has fallen in the Houston area going straight to the Gulf and it makes me want to cry. Why can’t just on of those systems shift directly to the west about 200 miles and just do its thing in the Hill Country down to about Three Rivers? We are in Stage II restrictions right now in Corpus and rapidly approaching III which means yard watering will be a no no and other restrictions. And the water cops are not fooling around. Showing up at all hours of the day. In fact they showed up at a neighbors at 3AM at put a notice on his door that he was watering on the wrong day. The door ring bell woke him up. Gave him a warning, but the next time it’s a fine with no way to back out of it.
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Post by Clemensbuff on May 8, 2024 7:33:17 GMT -6
Yup It is still very bad when you get to Austin and south in the state. All lakes are very, very low! Medina lake is only at 2.7% capacity as of today. As usual the lakes in south Texas are at low levels due to releases for various reasons. It’s a shame that most of south Texas missed those good soaking rains that hit the Houston/Dallas areas recently. It just seems that every year the south Texas areas have to depend on tropical storms or a hurricane to fill up the lakes in the area.And therein lies the problem. Can you name the last time that we had a tropical storm that did this in our area? I can't! I remember Harvey giving us about 6"+/- at our place over a period of about 36 hours. Not one drop of that came down hard and ran off to fill even stock tanks. As a kid and through my young adulthood it seemed we would get a least one good tropical wave move across south texas every year that would drop 6-8" of rain in less than 24 hours and fill stock tanks, raise the rivers, and fill the lakes. Doesn't happen any more in this area at all! Call it climate change or maybe even just a pattern change or whatever but it simply does not happen anymore in our area. Go 50-60 miles east towards Gonzales and it is different. I can remember so many times picking up a ton or 2 of cubes in Gonzales and the cows there were in belly deep grass in the pastures and by the time I got back to Nixon or Stockdale area it looked like a damned desert.
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Post by bluecat on May 8, 2024 8:52:13 GMT -6
As usual the lakes in south Texas are at low levels due to releases for various reasons. It’s a shame that most of south Texas missed those good soaking rains that hit the Houston/Dallas areas recently. It just seems that every year the south Texas areas have to depend on tropical storms or a hurricane to fill up the lakes in the area.And therein lies the problem. Can you name the last time that we had a tropical storm that did this in our area? I can't! I remember Harvey giving us about 6"+/- at our place over a period of about 36 hours. Not one drop of that came down hard and ran off to fill even stock tanks. As a kid and through my young adulthood it seemed we would get a least one good tropical wave move across south texas every year that would drop 6-8" of rain in less than 24 hours and fill stock tanks, raise the rivers, and fill the lakes. Doesn't happen any more in this area at all! Call it climate change or maybe even just a pattern change or whatever but it simply does not happen anymore in our area. Go 50-60 miles east towards Gonzales and it is different. I can remember so many times picking up a ton or 2 of cubes in Gonzales and the cows there were in belly deep grass in the pastures and by the time I got back to Nixon or Stockdale area it looked like a damned desert. Clem as you know that’s my old stomping ground and yes last year I went back to our place between Cuero and Goliad and there wasn’t a blade of grass, it only had weeds and we had to put out round bales all spring and summer before we finally got some decent rains. So far this year we’ve had a few decent rain but we need more. What’s more worrisome is the fact that with those huge North Texas fires, hundreds of thousands of round bales have been donated or bought up for their herds of cattle. If they don’t get enough rain to get multiple cutting of hay, it’s possible there won’t be enough round bales for sale like last year.
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Post by markp3602 on May 8, 2024 12:01:40 GMT -6
when does the demo begin? or what r the step moving forward
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Post by picodegallo on May 8, 2024 21:06:56 GMT -6
As usual the lakes in south Texas are at low levels due to releases for various reasons. It’s a shame that most of south Texas missed those good soaking rains that hit the Houston/Dallas areas recently. It just seems that every year the south Texas areas have to depend on tropical storms or a hurricane to fill up the lakes in the area.And therein lies the problem. Can you name the last time that we had a tropical storm that did this in our area? I can't! I remember Harvey giving us about 6"+/- at our place over a period of about 36 hours. Not one drop of that came down hard and ran off to fill even stock tanks. As a kid and through my young adulthood it seemed we would get a least one good tropical wave move across south texas every year that would drop 6-8" of rain in less than 24 hours and fill stock tanks, raise the rivers, and fill the lakes. Doesn't happen any more in this area at all! Call it climate change or maybe even just a pattern change or whatever but it simply does not happen anymore in our area. Go 50-60 miles east towards Gonzales and it is different. I can remember so many times picking up a ton or 2 of cubes in Gonzales and the cows there were in belly deep grass in the pastures and by the time I got back to Nixon or Stockdale area it looked like a damned desert. It's been a looonnnng time this occurred anywhere in South Texas. We just don't get by Hurricanes and Tropical systems like we used in the 60's and 70's where we did have memorable storms that filled up lakes and rivers from the Hill Country to the RGV. I got in a major argument with an insurance executive a few years ago about the high cost of homeowners insurance. He said from his office no doubt in a high rise in the Midwest ( I think Ohio) the reason our insurance is so expensive is do to all the hurricanes and tropical storms you alll have down there. I was like, excuse me. Until Harvey hit Rockport and Port A, the last major storm to hit the Coastal Bend that required the full mobilization of the National Guard, the State recovery agenices and FEMA was in 1971 with Celia! Sure we've had minor storms here and there and the Houston area had Ike and Alicia in 1983 and the RGV had a storm or two that did "some" damage. But please don't act like we've been a sitting target like Louisiana and Florida have been the last decade or two.
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Post by picodegallo on May 8, 2024 21:33:54 GMT -6
when does the demo begin? or what r the step moving forward i know from past experiences with bonds it takes a few months for the Broker of Record to do what they need to do to sell them in the market place so the cash can be disbursed to the entity. I guess if I was an Alice fan I'd weigh the options if getting the demo done as soon as possible is worth being road warriors this season vs waiting until November and risking not meeting deadlines for August 2025. To me I'd rather have that baby ready to be practiced in for sure in August 2025 .and for the first scrimmage. I do worry about your demo and the asbestos issue. That can be a cumbersome and timely process if they find it in significant concentrations.
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Post by Clemensbuff on May 9, 2024 7:12:57 GMT -6
And therein lies the problem. Can you name the last time that we had a tropical storm that did this in our area? I can't! I remember Harvey giving us about 6"+/- at our place over a period of about 36 hours. Not one drop of that came down hard and ran off to fill even stock tanks. As a kid and through my young adulthood it seemed we would get a least one good tropical wave move across south texas every year that would drop 6-8" of rain in less than 24 hours and fill stock tanks, raise the rivers, and fill the lakes. Doesn't happen any more in this area at all! Call it climate change or maybe even just a pattern change or whatever but it simply does not happen anymore in our area. Go 50-60 miles east towards Gonzales and it is different. I can remember so many times picking up a ton or 2 of cubes in Gonzales and the cows there were in belly deep grass in the pastures and by the time I got back to Nixon or Stockdale area it looked like a damned desert. It's been a looonnnng time this occurred anywhere in South Texas. We just don't get by Hurricanes and Tropical systems like we used in the 60's and 70's where we did have memorable storms that filled up lakes and rivers from the Hill Country to the RGV. I got in a major argument with an insurance executive a few years ago about the high cost of homeowners insurance. He said from his office no doubt in a high rise in the Midwest ( I think Ohio) the reason our insurance is so expensive is do to all the hurricanes and tropical storms you alll have down there. I was like, excuse me. Until Harvey hit Rockport and Port A, the last major storm to hit the Coastal Bend that required the full mobilization of the National Guard, the State recovery agenices and FEMA was in 1971 with Celia! Sure we've had minor storms here and there and the Houston area had Ike and Alicia in 1983 and the RGV had a storm or two that did "some" damage. But please don't act like we've been a sitting target like Louisiana and Florida have been the last decade or two. Exactly! Hell, insurance in within 50 miles of the Gulf should be 10X more than in TX. lol Those poor cajuns have dealt with more than their fair share the past decade or more. WOW
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Post by Clemensbuff on May 9, 2024 7:15:22 GMT -6
when does the demo begin? or what r the step moving forward i know from past experiences with bonds it takes a few months for the Broker of Record to do what they need to do to sell them in the market place so the cash can be disbursed to the entity. I guess if I was an Alice fan I'd weigh the options if getting the demo done as soon as possible is worth being road warriors this season vs waiting until November and risking not meeting deadlines for August 2025. To me I'd rather have that baby ready to be practiced in for sure in August 2025 .and for the first scrimmage. I do worry about your demo and the asbestos issue. That can be a cumbersome and timely process if they find it in significant concentrations. No doubt abatement is an expensive cost for sure. But in a stadium I wouldn't expect to see to much issue with asbestos. Lead paint could be a factor as I know this stadium is pretty old for sure.
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Post by bluecat on May 9, 2024 8:40:47 GMT -6
i know from past experiences with bonds it takes a few months for the Broker of Record to do what they need to do to sell them in the market place so the cash can be disbursed to the entity. I guess if I was an Alice fan I'd weigh the options if getting the demo done as soon as possible is worth being road warriors this season vs waiting until November and risking not meeting deadlines for August 2025. To me I'd rather have that baby ready to be practiced in for sure in August 2025 .and for the first scrimmage. I do worry about your demo and the asbestos issue. That can be a cumbersome and timely process if they find it in significant concentrations. No doubt abatement is an expensive cost for sure. But in a stadium I wouldn't expect to see to much issue with asbestos. Lead paint could be a factor as I know this stadium is pretty old for sure. Clem, I played in that stadium in 1977, it was 30 yrs old then, opened in 1947.
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Post by 278ibewfb on May 9, 2024 11:59:14 GMT -6
i know from past experiences with bonds it takes a few months for the Broker of Record to do what they need to do to sell them in the market place so the cash can be disbursed to the entity. I guess if I was an Alice fan I'd weigh the options if getting the demo done as soon as possible is worth being road warriors this season vs waiting until November and risking not meeting deadlines for August 2025. To me I'd rather have that baby ready to be practiced in for sure in August 2025 .and for the first scrimmage. I do worry about your demo and the asbestos issue. That can be a cumbersome and timely process if they find it in significant concentrations. No doubt abatement is an expensive cost for sure. But in a stadium I wouldn't expect to see to much issue with asbestos. Lead paint could be a factor as I know this stadium is pretty old for sure. spary it down wit that brackish water ya ll pulling out of the ground, while a wrecking ball is tearing it down, easy peasy saves money........
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Post by Clemensbuff on May 9, 2024 14:02:49 GMT -6
No doubt abatement is an expensive cost for sure. But in a stadium I wouldn't expect to see to much issue with asbestos. Lead paint could be a factor as I know this stadium is pretty old for sure. Clem, I played in that stadium in 1977, it was 30 yrs old then, opened in 1947. Yes sir, I know it is very old. But my point is that asbestos is found usually in old insulations, sheetrock, flooring adhesives, and sidings. I wouldn't think the stadium would have much if any of that type of thing in it. At least that is my hope so that AISD doesn't get hit with a bunch more cost involved on the project.
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