ATXZJ Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 Was visiting with friends in Austin and Cedar Park during this last storm and it was a real shame to see the all the damage. CTX weather seems to have become a series of extremes. Burning hot, dry summers with occasional flooding in between, and then snow/ice in the winter. The nicer days seem to be becoming fewer and fewer. Hard pass 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sluggo Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 That’s silly. Texas weather has always been extreme and you’re doing it wrong if you have fewer good days than bad. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRAZOS1845 Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 7 hours ago, mack_turtle said: One of these tree limbs destroyed my back. Not because it fell on me, but to strained it trying to cut and move a large one that was leaning on my house. Just got back from Airrosti and I feel a bit better. Hoping to be back to full strength in time for Hill Country Hundy. Airrosti is awesome 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATXZJ Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, Sluggo said: That’s silly. Texas weather has always been extreme and you’re doing it wrong if you have fewer good days than bad. You may have misunderstood What I'm saying is the good days are getting fewer, not that there are fewer good days than bad. As someone who works outside, I can say when we're consistently setting records for heat in the summer, it's far from good in my book. Edited February 4, 2023 by ATXZJ 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATXZJ Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 2 hours ago, BRAZOS1845 said: Airrosti is awesome This x100. Brodie office for the win. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tip Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 2021...Snowpacolypse 2023...Icetastrophe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack_turtle Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 (edited) 8 hours ago, ATXZJ said: You may have misunderstood What I'm saying is the good days are getting fewer, not that there are fewer good days than bad. As someone who works outside, I can say when we're consistently setting records for heat in the summer, it's far from good in my book. 100+ days in a row of lethal temperatures over 100° every year make this place a hellhole that I would leave in a second if I could. I'm doing my best to enjoy the decent weather when I can, then hibernate in the summertime while you nutters are getting heat stroke. Edited February 4, 2023 by mack_turtle 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinBike Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 We have family here so we can't leave now, but we are scoping places because of the weather. As it is we are paying to leave for the entire month of August and it is looking like 6 weeks might even be a better strategy. Can't live here in the heat of summer. TX can't deliver reliable power in the winter. And things are getting progressively worse. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 It's like the habitable zone of earth is narrowing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4fun Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 Or we’re just pansies compared to our predecessors😂 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntonioGG Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 What, is this Reddit.com/r/Austin? 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sluggo Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 Last 100 for 100 was 2011. Not that hard of a work around if you want to get by. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docscotty Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Seems a little ironic that people are complaining about weather in Texas on a gorgeous, sunny, 74 degree day in early February. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinBike Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 14 hours ago, Sluggo said: Last 100 for 100 was 2011. Not that hard of a work around if you want to get by. 100 for 100 was 2011. 100 for 90 is pretty common. That means more than a quarter of the year if you are doing the math.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 (edited) On 2/2/2023 at 2:32 PM, Docscotty said: About 5 years ago I built 1.5 miles of hiking trail behind our house on the hillside above Twin Creeks golf course. Great way to chill out after work, stretch the legs, and pick up a ton of expensive golf balls. It took 40-60 hours over several months with loppers and a hand saw to complete. After snowpocalype, it took another 20 hours to reclaim maybe a mile of the original trail. Can’t even imagine what it looks like today. Probably time to admit defeat. Mother Nature 1 Docscotty 0 Before Twin Creeks was built, there were some sweet trails back there. Had my best ever yard sale bombing down a hill there. My wife also claims a big ice storm last year. I don't remember that. Had the chainsaw out helping neighbors this weekend. We got lucky at our house. Edited February 6, 2023 by Hugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
June Bug Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 A friend put together a 20-mile plus route in Pflugerville linking hike 'n bike paths, starting at the NE Metro Park, by the new skatepark. We rode it yesterday and that paved path follows Gilliland Creek -- huge branches were down everywhere - pecans, I think. We pulled what we could off the path. One of the paths is adjacent to backyards; houses are close together. Two big trees that toppled over together fell across the trail, took down the fence and landed in the narrow space BETWEEN these two houses. Either tree could have caused major damage if it had fallen a few feet either way. Also, there was incredibly heavy fog as we were driving to the start of the ride. Googlemaps took us north on Dessau Rd to a right turn on Pecan St. What we didn't realize when we turned right is that we were headed into oncoming traffic because that intersection is now a crossover intersection. Fortunately there was only one car oncoming and there were two lanes, but WHAT. THE. HECK. We thought we erred because of the incredibly dense fog, but when going home, we saw someone make the same mistake we did -- in broad daylight, because there's no warning that the actual right hand turn lane is now in the middle of the damned intersection. I think this is some variation of a displaced left turn intersection. I'm assuming this change was made to handle traffic from the huge Amazon ware house by that intersection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFisher Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 The only really serious property damage I have seen: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack_turtle Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 (edited) 20 hours ago, Sluggo said: Last 100 for 100 was 2011. Not that hard of a work around if you want to get by. I'll amend my statement: we have 100+ days of weather that is miserably hot. I do my best to inform the world of this fact in the hope that fewer people will move here. You're welcome. https://weatherspark.com/y/8004/Average-Weather-in-Austin-Texas-United-States-Year-Round Edit: Sorry for all the negative vibes. I hate hot weather and in 15+ years here, it feels worse every year to me. Edited February 6, 2023 by mack_turtle 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRider3141 Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 All a matter of perspective. I came from a land where we only had ~140 days of sunshine. On the plus side, there's <7 days of 90°+ riding but 225 days of grey/rain at 45°. At least you can ride in the rain there. After moving, I spent my first summer hear acclimating as much as possible. Mostly because I was still in PNW mode: "Cram all your fun into the 2.5 months of summer weather" when in reality it should have been "Spend 9 months enjoying most days outside and 3 months of lake/pool/night rides in the summer" Do I love those 100+ days of 95°-105° riding? No, but also sorta learned to enjoy them. Can I take advantage of those days in addition to the plethora of remaining ridable days, heck yes. But also, don't be like me and move here, it sucks, too hot/cold, too right/left, too dry/ humid, too friendly/toxic, too expensive/cheap... choose whatever keeps you out. 😉 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntonioGG Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 For those with lost significant branches, have you taken a close look yet? Other than the Hackberry, the branches I lost had some rot, or were from a tree that is diseased/stressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinBike Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Mine were a mix. We have a massive pecan tree that took a direct lightning strike 2 years ago, there was literally a spot in the bark where it had been blown off (and there were embers burning when we rushed to the window to see what happened. That tree only dropped one large limb, the rest of them were fine. When I took the chainsaw to the branch to get it out of the back yard, it did not appear to be bad in any way, looked healthy. Neither did the live oak branches that dropped on my shack. I was over at my in-laws who live up the hill from you and all of their branches that I cut seemed to be OK. I did see one or two distressed limbs, but 80-90% of the stuff that I have cut (so far) has been healthy wood. Here is my accumulated pile, just getting started on cutting this up for firewood: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestbike85 Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 16 hours ago, RedRider3141 said: All a matter of perspective. Thanks for bringing us back to reality with this comment. I spent my first 25 years of life in the swamps of South Louisiana. Central Texas weather is incredible! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRider3141 Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 12 hours ago, AntonioGG said: For those with lost significant branches, have you taken a close look yet? Other than the Hackberry, the branches I lost had some rot, or were from a tree that is diseased/stressed. Mine were 90% "healthy" live oaks. 10% dead from the 2021 Snopocalypse. I say "healthy" because none of our trees weren't under stress from recovery from 2021 and Drought 2022. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntonioGG Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 21 minutes ago, RedRider3141 said: Mine were 90% "healthy" live oaks. 10% dead from the 2021 Snopocalypse. I say "healthy" because none of our trees weren't under stress from recovery from 2021 and Drought 2022. My live oaks are definitely stressed, but it's the not dropping leaves that did them in. The huge cedar branch was definitely rotting at the y where it broke and some oak branches had burrows at the break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
June Bug Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 22 hours ago, mack_turtle said: I hate hot weather and in 15+ years here, it feels worse every year to me. That's because it IS worse. More hot days, and those hot days are hotter. 2011 is still the worst in recent memory, though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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