Prayer for rain in Texas
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I went to church this morning in Huntington, about 20 miles from me. Standing water in the parking lot. Church members told me they got about 3 inches over a period of two hours yesterday. Not a drop at my place 20 miles southwest of there. I heard the thunder, saw the lightning, but it missed me by about 10 miles.
Lord, in your mercy, please sustain this earth with your life-giving rain
Lord, in your mercy, please sustain this earth with your life-giving rain
We're in a long La NIna cycle. When it ends we'll be back to normal. It's pretty rough right now.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/national-hurricane-center-monitoring-tropical-waves-caribbean-atlantic
For the next five days, the NHC does not expect new tropical cyclones to form. However, the agency is monitoring four unnamed tropical waves, including two in the Caribbean and Atlantic, that are expected to be active for the next 24 hours.
For the next five days, the NHC does not expect new tropical cyclones to form. However, the agency is monitoring four unnamed tropical waves, including two in the Caribbean and Atlantic, that are expected to be active for the next 24 hours.
.03" in July for me. It started sprinkling Saturday but not enough to get everything wet nor even measure .01" in my weatherstation. Small shower to the south early this morning but I felt about 6 drops while riding my bicycle 10 miles. I could handle sitting on the porch and just watching it rain for 1 or 2 hours.
Got about 25 drops on the driveway just now. I don’t think that really classifies as rain.
I remember my grandfather telling me that during the drought of 1948-49, he and a neighbor had a bet going about when it would rain. They decided they needed a metric to determine whether or not it was an actual “rain”. They decided it was not “rain” unless it dripped off the edges of a tin roof. That was near Hallettsville, TX.
He usually ended the story noting the “drought of ‘48-‘49” ended with the “Flood of ‘49”, which was classified as a 500 year flood.
I remember my grandfather telling me that during the drought of 1948-49, he and a neighbor had a bet going about when it would rain. They decided they needed a metric to determine whether or not it was an actual “rain”. They decided it was not “rain” unless it dripped off the edges of a tin roof. That was near Hallettsville, TX.
He usually ended the story noting the “drought of ‘48-‘49” ended with the “Flood of ‘49”, which was classified as a 500 year flood.
It's pretty predictable out here.
1998 was awful dry. 1999 ended a 7 year drought.
2011 was awful. 2012 ended the drought.
2022 is awful. You fellers on the southern gulf coast better keep your insurance paid up next year.
That's just in the last 20 some odd years.
Dad and Papaw talked of the 1930s up to the 1960s.
Pretty much the same.
The same cycles keep repeating. A few really wet years that drown crops and stall harvesting followed by the few years of prosperity. Then the few years of drought.
I figure next year is going to flip the switch.
I'd recommend planting something for cattle and wildlife grazing. Wouldn't count on a big harvest.
Hail or too much rain, or rain too late will mess that up.
The '24-27 will be the bumper crop years.
Harvest and sell.
After that, business as usual. When 2030 rolls around, lay all you can in store.
It'll dry up again for a few years.
1998 was awful dry. 1999 ended a 7 year drought.
2011 was awful. 2012 ended the drought.
2022 is awful. You fellers on the southern gulf coast better keep your insurance paid up next year.
That's just in the last 20 some odd years.
Dad and Papaw talked of the 1930s up to the 1960s.
Pretty much the same.
The same cycles keep repeating. A few really wet years that drown crops and stall harvesting followed by the few years of prosperity. Then the few years of drought.
I figure next year is going to flip the switch.
I'd recommend planting something for cattle and wildlife grazing. Wouldn't count on a big harvest.
Hail or too much rain, or rain too late will mess that up.
The '24-27 will be the bumper crop years.
Harvest and sell.
After that, business as usual. When 2030 rolls around, lay all you can in store.
It'll dry up again for a few years.
There is wisdom in what you say.
I remember the droughts of ‘98 and 2010-11. Definitely cyclical and quite predictable. I’m glad I’ve moved away from the Houston area. The hurricanes were scary, but what was even scarier was the way people behave after a hurricane.
Amen
