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<blockquote data-quote="cowtrek" data-source="post: 251025" data-attributes="member: 2847"><p>Praise His name for the rain! We were in the same boat a few weeks ago and sure am glad to be out of it now! We got 2.5 inches the past couple days on top of 6 inches a week or so ago, and 4-5 at Shiner on the sand. We're wallowing in mud now and I'd gladly send ya some if I could. Got work to do and sitting here in the mud totally rained out. Better too wet than too dry tho, especially in the cattle business! Wish all this would've gone to Shiner but no such luck-- those sandy hills dry out pretty quick and we'll need more in a couple weeks for sure. </p><p> </p><p> Yep, it rains more in cities/towns than out in the sticks. All that concrete and asphalt soaking up heat makes it hotter, hot air rises and triggers rain. Sad thing is in a drought when it's hot and dry everywhere it's often a case of just a little hotter air in town rising that triggers the rain in town, while the countryside is a hair cooler and so doesn't 'break the threshold' and cause rain where it's needed. Another thing is that drought conditions continue on because oftentimes there's ALMOST enough moisture/instability in the atmosphere to cause rain, but because it's so dry no moisture is coming up from the ground to trigger rain. That's why a lot of times when it gets wet and rainy it continues on and on when you don't really need it, too, because the moisture evaporating from the ground goes up and triggers rain from the moist air above. When I was row cropping I learned that lesson VERY well. One year we were trying to pick cotton, we'd have to wait til about 10 am for the dew to dry off, then we could pick til noon and everyday just like clockwork at noon it would come a .5 to 1 inch rain. That would knock us out all afternoon waiting for the cotton to dry enough in the field to pick. You could sit on the picker at 11 am running through the field and feel the pockets of moisture evaporating and going up, and watch the rainclouds build. After 3-4 days of this the ground got so muddy we could barely run at all. This pattern continued for about 7-10 days, raining at noon every single day. Finally a high pressure cell held the rain off a few days and let the ground dry out enough so when the high passed, the cycle was broken. </p><p></p><p>Wouldn't count on city water for anything. Heck, here they're trying to take our water and pipe it to the cities. Probably end up taking it all, making it all shiny and chloriney, and then making us pay to get it back before it's over with. Good luck and God bless! OL JR <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cowtrek, post: 251025, member: 2847"] Praise His name for the rain! We were in the same boat a few weeks ago and sure am glad to be out of it now! We got 2.5 inches the past couple days on top of 6 inches a week or so ago, and 4-5 at Shiner on the sand. We're wallowing in mud now and I'd gladly send ya some if I could. Got work to do and sitting here in the mud totally rained out. Better too wet than too dry tho, especially in the cattle business! Wish all this would've gone to Shiner but no such luck-- those sandy hills dry out pretty quick and we'll need more in a couple weeks for sure. Yep, it rains more in cities/towns than out in the sticks. All that concrete and asphalt soaking up heat makes it hotter, hot air rises and triggers rain. Sad thing is in a drought when it's hot and dry everywhere it's often a case of just a little hotter air in town rising that triggers the rain in town, while the countryside is a hair cooler and so doesn't 'break the threshold' and cause rain where it's needed. Another thing is that drought conditions continue on because oftentimes there's ALMOST enough moisture/instability in the atmosphere to cause rain, but because it's so dry no moisture is coming up from the ground to trigger rain. That's why a lot of times when it gets wet and rainy it continues on and on when you don't really need it, too, because the moisture evaporating from the ground goes up and triggers rain from the moist air above. When I was row cropping I learned that lesson VERY well. One year we were trying to pick cotton, we'd have to wait til about 10 am for the dew to dry off, then we could pick til noon and everyday just like clockwork at noon it would come a .5 to 1 inch rain. That would knock us out all afternoon waiting for the cotton to dry enough in the field to pick. You could sit on the picker at 11 am running through the field and feel the pockets of moisture evaporating and going up, and watch the rainclouds build. After 3-4 days of this the ground got so muddy we could barely run at all. This pattern continued for about 7-10 days, raining at noon every single day. Finally a high pressure cell held the rain off a few days and let the ground dry out enough so when the high passed, the cycle was broken. Wouldn't count on city water for anything. Heck, here they're trying to take our water and pipe it to the cities. Probably end up taking it all, making it all shiny and chloriney, and then making us pay to get it back before it's over with. Good luck and God bless! OL JR :) [/QUOTE]
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