Gee....how many times can it rain in one day? .....enough is enough....
quote:Originally posted by cheapseats:
Gee....how many times can it rain in one day? .....enough is enough....
Obviously, more than three times as we've witnessed today!!!
I told my sons we needed to move to Arizona. The oldest one said we would be better off moving to Seattle because it doesn't rain as much there. I'm beginning to understand why Seattle has the highest suicide rate in the United States.
I know! How about if the powers that be lift the watering restrictions that are currently in effect in several areas of the metroplex ..... that would surely make it stop raining!
Tonight
Jun 27 T-Storms
N/A/72° 80%
Thu
Jun 28 Scattered T-Storms
82°/72° 60%
82°F
Fri
Jun 29 Scattered T-Storms
83°/73° 40%
83°F
Sat
Jun 30 Isolated T-Storms
84°/73° 30%
84°F
Sun
Jul 1 Scattered T-Storms
80°/73° 30%
80°F
Mon
Jul 2 Isolated T-Storms
86°/73° 30%
86°F
Tue
Jul 3 Scattered T-Storms
82°/74° 40%
82°F
Wed
Jul 4 Scattered T-Storms
86°/74° 40%
86°F
Thu
Jul 5 Isolated T-Storms
86°/74° 30%
86°F
Fri
Jul 6 Scattered T-Storms
87°/74° 60%
87°F
Jun 27 T-Storms
N/A/72° 80%
Thu
Jun 28 Scattered T-Storms
82°/72° 60%
82°F
Fri
Jun 29 Scattered T-Storms
83°/73° 40%
83°F
Sat
Jun 30 Isolated T-Storms
84°/73° 30%
84°F
Sun
Jul 1 Scattered T-Storms
80°/73° 30%
80°F
Mon
Jul 2 Isolated T-Storms
86°/73° 30%
86°F
Tue
Jul 3 Scattered T-Storms
82°/74° 40%
82°F
Wed
Jul 4 Scattered T-Storms
86°/74° 40%
86°F
Thu
Jul 5 Isolated T-Storms
86°/74° 30%
86°F
Fri
Jul 6 Scattered T-Storms
87°/74° 60%
87°F
So, which is better.....isolated or scattered thunder-storms?
Wet weather dampens spirits
Rain getting in the way of sunny dispositions
10:56 PM CDT on Wednesday, June 27, 2007
By MICHAEL E. YOUNG / The Dallas Morning News
myoung@dallasnews.com
Meteorologist Jennifer Dunn manages to sum up the Dallas weather forecast for the next five days in a single word: wet.
SONYA HEBERT/DMN
Most days this month, an umbrella has been a good thing to have. It's rained 16 days so far in June. Or to be more precise: Wet, wet, wet, wet, wet and probably wet again.
In some areas, notably the Texas Hill Country and such places as Hood, Parker and Wise counties, "wet" barely begins to describe things. Floodwaters swept through mobile home parks and other low-lying neighborhoods. Hundreds of residents were evacuated from their homes. And around Marble Falls, which received 18 inches of rain Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, rescue crews pulled dozens of people from high water.
North Texas has had its share of tragedy because of the weather. But for the majority, the steady series of storms rolling across the region has mostly been exasperating – adding another degree of difficulty to the daily commute, making routine errands even more annoying and depriving a whole lot of stir-crazy kids the usual outlets for burning off youthful energy.
Call 'em the Rainy Day Blues.
True, with this being Texas and not the Pacific Northwest, the rain comes as part of an ever-shifting meteorological mix, with teasing flashes of blue sky, a hide-and-seek sun and an occasional scattering of stars among the clouds.
Also Online
Link: North Texas rainfall totals, past 30 days (.pdf)
What to ask when you're looking for counseling, therapy
But the rain keeps coming.
So far, rain has fallen at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on 16 days this month, with totals topping 10 inches, three times the usual amount.
And wet weather could extend through the Fourth of July – unwelcome news for the picnic-and-parade set, but certainly not enough to trigger any serious problems with depression.
Sure, weather leads to various afflictions, said Dr. Madhukar Trivedi, professor of psychiatry at UT Southwestern Medical Center. But it usually takes a lot more than rain to do it.
"The rain is something unusual here, so people might have some frustrations," Dr. Trivedi said. "But if it were very hot, you wouldn't be able to go out, either. The trick is finding some indoor activities to engage in."
'Regular frustration'
Problems like seasonal affective disorder, which generally afflicts people living in the North during the winter, seem to stem from a lack of natural light. That isn't a problem in Texas, even on the rainiest days, Dr. Trivedi said.
"Any response here is much more to do with regular frustration, the ups and downs of life," he said. "I think those people need to find something useful to do with their time."
For people who live where it's cloudy and wet much of the year, the solution is simple: Embrace the rain.
Nick Bond, a research meteorologist at the University of Washington in Seattle, sees a whole lot of gray skies in his corner of the country, especially in late fall and early winter.
"That's our rainiest time of year – late November to early December – where measurable rain occurs on two-thirds to three-quarters of the days," Dr. Bond said. "We've had 20, almost 30 days in a row when it's rained, and that gets to people some, but not me as it turns out.
"The way I look at it, you deal with the weather around here almost as if you were approaching death – anger, bargaining, depression and then acceptance. The people who have lived here for a long time realize that's just the way it is."
Dr. Bond is so accepting that he rides his bike to work every day.
"It's at the point where I don't even consider what the weather is like, whether I ride or not. It's rainy a lot of the time, but I have a nice Gore-Tex parka and a place where I can change into dry clothes when I get here, so what's the issue?" he said.
Year-round rain
Though it rains often in Seattle in the winter, it doesn't always rain a lot. Seattle actually receives less rain per year than Houston or New York City, about 37 inches on average.
Not so in Ketchikan, Alaska.
Perched near the southern tip of the state, along the Gulf of Alaska, Ketchikan routinely receives 130 inches of precipitation. In the exceptionally wet year of 2005, it got 196 inches (or 16 feet).
"Rain is pretty much a year-round thing here," said Patti Mackey, executive director of the Ketchikan Visitors Bureau. "Just to give you an example, we don't call baseball games because of rain. The kids play rain or shine – baseball, s****r, football.
"People here are very fond of what we call 'the Ketchikan sneaker,' just a brown utilitarian rain boot. That's what you wear when you go out. And of course, you have your rain gear. That's standard issue," Ms. Mackey said.
Thus equipped, the 13,000 or so people in Ketchikan slosh off without giving much thought to the rain.
"You want some advice about dealing with the weather?" Ms. Mackey asked. "Don't let the rain stop you.
"Get the proper footwear – wet feet don't make for happy people – and then get out there and enjoy it. Splash in a puddle.
"That's something people down there probably don't get to do that often."
Rain getting in the way of sunny dispositions
10:56 PM CDT on Wednesday, June 27, 2007
By MICHAEL E. YOUNG / The Dallas Morning News
myoung@dallasnews.com
Meteorologist Jennifer Dunn manages to sum up the Dallas weather forecast for the next five days in a single word: wet.
SONYA HEBERT/DMN
Most days this month, an umbrella has been a good thing to have. It's rained 16 days so far in June. Or to be more precise: Wet, wet, wet, wet, wet and probably wet again.
In some areas, notably the Texas Hill Country and such places as Hood, Parker and Wise counties, "wet" barely begins to describe things. Floodwaters swept through mobile home parks and other low-lying neighborhoods. Hundreds of residents were evacuated from their homes. And around Marble Falls, which received 18 inches of rain Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, rescue crews pulled dozens of people from high water.
North Texas has had its share of tragedy because of the weather. But for the majority, the steady series of storms rolling across the region has mostly been exasperating – adding another degree of difficulty to the daily commute, making routine errands even more annoying and depriving a whole lot of stir-crazy kids the usual outlets for burning off youthful energy.
Call 'em the Rainy Day Blues.
True, with this being Texas and not the Pacific Northwest, the rain comes as part of an ever-shifting meteorological mix, with teasing flashes of blue sky, a hide-and-seek sun and an occasional scattering of stars among the clouds.
Also Online
Link: North Texas rainfall totals, past 30 days (.pdf)
What to ask when you're looking for counseling, therapy
But the rain keeps coming.
So far, rain has fallen at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on 16 days this month, with totals topping 10 inches, three times the usual amount.
And wet weather could extend through the Fourth of July – unwelcome news for the picnic-and-parade set, but certainly not enough to trigger any serious problems with depression.
Sure, weather leads to various afflictions, said Dr. Madhukar Trivedi, professor of psychiatry at UT Southwestern Medical Center. But it usually takes a lot more than rain to do it.
"The rain is something unusual here, so people might have some frustrations," Dr. Trivedi said. "But if it were very hot, you wouldn't be able to go out, either. The trick is finding some indoor activities to engage in."
'Regular frustration'
Problems like seasonal affective disorder, which generally afflicts people living in the North during the winter, seem to stem from a lack of natural light. That isn't a problem in Texas, even on the rainiest days, Dr. Trivedi said.
"Any response here is much more to do with regular frustration, the ups and downs of life," he said. "I think those people need to find something useful to do with their time."
For people who live where it's cloudy and wet much of the year, the solution is simple: Embrace the rain.
Nick Bond, a research meteorologist at the University of Washington in Seattle, sees a whole lot of gray skies in his corner of the country, especially in late fall and early winter.
"That's our rainiest time of year – late November to early December – where measurable rain occurs on two-thirds to three-quarters of the days," Dr. Bond said. "We've had 20, almost 30 days in a row when it's rained, and that gets to people some, but not me as it turns out.
"The way I look at it, you deal with the weather around here almost as if you were approaching death – anger, bargaining, depression and then acceptance. The people who have lived here for a long time realize that's just the way it is."
Dr. Bond is so accepting that he rides his bike to work every day.
"It's at the point where I don't even consider what the weather is like, whether I ride or not. It's rainy a lot of the time, but I have a nice Gore-Tex parka and a place where I can change into dry clothes when I get here, so what's the issue?" he said.
Year-round rain
Though it rains often in Seattle in the winter, it doesn't always rain a lot. Seattle actually receives less rain per year than Houston or New York City, about 37 inches on average.
Not so in Ketchikan, Alaska.
Perched near the southern tip of the state, along the Gulf of Alaska, Ketchikan routinely receives 130 inches of precipitation. In the exceptionally wet year of 2005, it got 196 inches (or 16 feet).
"Rain is pretty much a year-round thing here," said Patti Mackey, executive director of the Ketchikan Visitors Bureau. "Just to give you an example, we don't call baseball games because of rain. The kids play rain or shine – baseball, s****r, football.
"People here are very fond of what we call 'the Ketchikan sneaker,' just a brown utilitarian rain boot. That's what you wear when you go out. And of course, you have your rain gear. That's standard issue," Ms. Mackey said.
Thus equipped, the 13,000 or so people in Ketchikan slosh off without giving much thought to the rain.
"You want some advice about dealing with the weather?" Ms. Mackey asked. "Don't let the rain stop you.
"Get the proper footwear – wet feet don't make for happy people – and then get out there and enjoy it. Splash in a puddle.
"That's something people down there probably don't get to do that often."
Thinking about building a boat, found some old plans from some guy named Noah, anybody know how his turned out.
This stuff is unbelievable.
With high school playoffs and church camp 11 has only pitched twice this summer. With all the rain it looks like he may get in 4 more starts so these may be the most expensive 6 games he's ever played. 
quote:Originally posted by 11sdad:
With high school playoffs and church camp 11 has only pitched twice this summer. With all the rain it looks like he may get in 4 more starts so these may be the most expensive 6 games he's ever played.
Wait 'til college
I hear that if a refund was in order, the first year of college could be paid for with what some teams charge.
quote:Originally posted by cheapseats:
Wet weather dampens spirits
Rain getting in the way of sunny dispositions
'Regular frustration'
Problems like seasonal affective disorder,
I dont know about "seasonal affective disorder" But I know this rainey weather raises my pi$$tivity level through the roof
quote:Originally posted by 11sdad:
With high school playoffs and church camp 11 has only pitched twice this summer. With all the rain it looks like he may get in 4 more starts so these may be the most expensive 6 games he's ever played.
Just got word that next weekends tournament has already been canceled.
11's,
Is that the Houston Heat Classic?
Is that the Houston Heat Classic?
No, it was called the McKinney 4th of July Tournament is all I know and im not sure who was putting it on.
We are scheduled to attend the Premier National Tournament in Farmers Brach 7/11-7/15. Has anyone there heard anything about cancellation? Sure dont want to make the trip to sit in a hotel room!
quote:Originally posted by RMHSplayer23:
We are scheduled to attend the Premier National Tournament in Farmers Brach 7/11-7/15. Has anyone there heard anything about cancellation? Sure dont want to make the trip to sit in a hotel room!
Hopefully by then things will be dried out.....the forecast looks promising!