Jimmy: All that (Including the rattlesnake Rodeo in Opp AL) sounds like Bama, Only BIGGER as they say about everything in Tx LOL.... Tornadoes are REAL common here too, but still scare me to death if one is even anywhere near, cause I have lived through a cpl hits.... Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jimmy D. Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 2:01 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Dangerous Weather > Yep, In Texas, you name it, we got it weatherwise! WE have a saying > here in Texas. "If you don't like the weather, just wait a little > while. It will change. I've left the lake when a really bad storm > came up and whitecaps were all over, only to get half way home and find > that it blew over just as quick as it came. I've seen 95 degree days in > February and lows of 40 degrees in May. Also, our record in Woodway is > 32 days with 100 or higher temps. > > We live in Tornado Ally, so seeing a tornado isn't a novelty with us. > One of our worse in recent years formed just north of our house a few > years back and headed down the west side of I-35 veering west just > before it hit our Scout camp near Salado and then veering back east and > proceeding south just after it past camp. What a Godsend for 300 + > Scouts and leaders were in camp. This was the F-5 that killed 29 in > Jarrell, Texas, just 25 miles south of Solado. All the houses in its > path were obliterated as well as their concrete slabs which were ripped > out of the ground and pavement torn up like rolling up a carpet. Takes > 300 mph winds to do that. All Texas towns have designated Tornado > shelters and many ranchers and farmers have "storm houses" that they > head to when a tornado or really severe thunderstorm is eminent. > > Hail is a by product of tornadoes. Golf ball sized hail is common and > baseball size hail occurs more than we'd like. Flash flooding claims > many lives in Texas. Arroyos can fill in a hurry during a thunderstorm > and the water comes crashing down and across "low water" crossings. Lots > of folks will try to drive across anyway, only to have their vehicle > swept downstream. High winds are frequent. We've already had 60 mph > winds twice this year. A "Blue Norther" cold front can blow in and > temps can drop 50 + degrees in a hurry. We went to a football game a > few years ago in 75 degree weather one Thanksgiving day, only to wake up > with 14 inches of snow on the ground and the temps in the mid-20's the > next morning. Of course we have our rattlesnakes. My son Joe has killed > 34 on his ranch just outside of Crawford, TX in the last six years. > There's also the annual rattlesnake roundups in Sweetwater and Oglesby, > TX. Deer are a real hazard at night crossing the highway. I know > about that first hand. > > JIMMY D > > >
