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Dont know what part of Ok youre in but its still coming in buckets here in Lawton. Radar map shows the whole front going diagonal right up across Lawton and OKC.. Dont want to complain but a little ray of sunlight would be nice., I'm starting to mold.I bailed on the notion of taking the flintlock out for the muzzleloader opener this morning... Windy and cold as hell... And then it came down in buckets about 10:00 or 11:00.
In hindsight I guess I made the right call. That would have been a long, miserable walk back to the truck.
Mike
Finally getting some No bullshit rain …we’ve been under burn bans last few weeks.
Low temps today was 78 f , low Sunday 30 f So much for easing into things .
Extreme NE corner of the state... I'm 30ish miles from KS, MO, or AR depending on which compass point I choose.Dont know what part of Ok youre in but its still coming in buckets here in Lawton. Radar map shows the whole front going diagonal right up across Lawton and OKC.. Dont want to complain but a little ray of sunlight would be nice., I'm starting to mold.
Nope.Supposed to get 1-4" of snow.......yet here we are and still snowing.
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It's 9* right now.
We were the first place in the state to hit 0* for the year, but didn't even come close to the record of -26*.
I'm hoping we keep getting pounded with snow. It's way cheaper to snowmobile when you're not finding trees under 3" of snow.
I am in CENLA down by the artist formerly known as Fort Polk and now Fort Johnson. I have been hearing the same thing. We are supposed to get some rain today and then see the temps drop dramatically. The drought this summer kicked our proverbial rear. My neighbor sold off a large portion of his cattle because of hay availability or lack of. I found a couple of big rounds but most of the stuff I found was rice hay which isn't the greatest for horses but will work in an emergency.We'll get it, this evening in NW Louisiana. We've had a good bit of rain for the year, but it's been way dry and hot for the past five months. Farmer's Almanac says we'll have a very cold, very wet winter, but they were wrong about summer. Meteorologists are like medical doctors... a bunch of overpaid guessers.
when I was at Sill, the ground was so dry that the cracks were about 6" deep.We're getting it up here in Oklahoma as well, a good, light, steady, soaker.
I have gas central heat. So, the electric bill goes down but the gas bill goes up. And having that saved us during the cold snap in 2021 when ERCOT blacked us out for 12 hours. The t-stat in the house pegged at 54 F but it felt colder than that. Gas stove helped. And the two bathrooms each have built-in gas space heaters.Raining again here this morning, thank you lord , fired up the wood stove for the first time since back in March, temp in the low 40 's in the texas hill country since yesterday evening, replaced my AC - Heating unit this summer and didn't get one with a heating element, just a heat pump so the earth stove will see more use from now on , and the electric bill should go down.
It was near that my first summer here. Relentless heat. Then the rains came and everything turned green and bloomed.when I was at Sill, the ground was so dry that the cracks were about 6" deep.
My nephew went to Lousiana Tech in Monroe. All of my BIL's family live in Louisiana.Lots of folks here from Louisiana. Up in North Central we are/were getting a light constant rain. Won’t do for the lake but will keep some of the fire concerns down for a week or two. Got cold, but tis temporary. Predicted to be 80 by Saturday, then a cool down, but nothing serious. And of course, no rain forecast for the future.
We wont hold that against you, LOL.My nephew went to Lousiana Tech in Monroe. All of my BIL's family live in Louisiana.
Hold it against me or not, my bachelors degree is from Tech. And yes, I almost hate to admit it, I do have an advanced degree but not from Tech. Oh, our son's degree is also from Tech, but he hated it. Me, I kind a liked the school.My nephew went to Lousiana Tech in Monroe. All of my BIL's family live in Louisiana.
I went to 2nd and 3rd and part of 4th grade in Monroe back in 63,64and 65 almost drown in the ( wash-a- tall river,that's how we spell it in texas.) Would have if my mom's boyfriend hadn't saved my ass , my cousins still live there.Hold it against me or not, my bachelors degree is from Tech. And yes, I almost hate to admit it, I do have an advanced degree but not from Tech. Oh, our son's degree is also from Tech, but he hated it. Me, I kind a liked the school.
However, LA Tech is in Ruston, not Monroe. ULM aka NLU aka NLSC, aka Northeast Jr. College is in Monroe.
My nephew graduated from Tech and is now pursuing a higher degree in Delaware. A long way from the Mississippi River and the greater area of Baton Rouge. Our youngest neice and husband (honorably served as a Marine for a number of tours) and took kids live not to far from my BIL. The older neice and her husband were living in the Big Easy but I think they moved closer to Baton Rouge.Hold it against me or not, my bachelors degree is from Tech. And yes, I almost hate to admit it, I do have an advanced degree but not from Tech. Oh, our son's degree is also from Tech, but he hated it. Me, I kind a liked the school.
However, LA Tech is in Ruston, not Monroe. ULM aka NLU aka NLSC, aka Northeast Jr. College is in Monroe.
The Ouachita can be a dangerous place to dip one's toe. Swam it a few times, skied on it, did some exploring and fishing on it. But given my preference, I preferred fishing on Bayou Darbonne or any of the area lakes. For a long time our sone was a competitive water skier, nationally ranked in the high school boys level and we traveled far and wide to ski lakes but rarely went out on the river. Of course Jimmy Griffin's ski lake was next to Bayou Darbonne's entrance to the Ouachita, so we would see a lot of traffic.I went to 2nd and 3rd and part of 4th grade in Monroe back in 63,64and 65 almost drown in the ( wash-a- tall river,that's how we spell it in texas.) Would have if my mom's boyfriend hadn't saved my ass , my cousins still live there.
We would often take 20 east from Dallas to Shreveport, turn south on 49. Hang a left on Opelousas onto 190 and toward Baton Rouge. My BIL does not live in the city but near it.The Ouachita can be a dangerous place to dip one's toe. Swam it a few times, skied on it, did some exploring and dishing on it. But given my preference, I preferred fishing on Bayou Darbonne or any of the area lakes. For a long time our sone was a competitive water skier, nationally ranked in the high school boys level and we traveled far and wide to ski lakes but rarely went out on the river.
Trying to help out a friend, we sank his little houseboat raft while trying to tow it up river. Eventually got that sucker tied to the bank and all's we could do was leave it. Finally the parties we had on Pace Lake, just below Sterlington back when we were in High School were EPIC! (That would be the 1960's.) Now what isn't built up in homes (On the Wrong Side of the levy no less) is posted. The good ole days are long gone for sure.
We lived of of finks hideaway on bayou DeSaird in 64 the bayou was in our backyard, good times for a 8yr old boy , my mother and two brothers went back in 2017 for my uncles funeral, we tried to find the house we lived in , no way , back then we only had two neighbors for a mile on each side , now nothing but suburbs wall to wall , things sure do change in 50 years.The Ouachita can be a dangerous place to dip one's toe. Swam it a few times, skied on it, did some exploring and fishing on it. But given my preference, I preferred fishing on Bayou Darbonne or any of the area lakes. For a long time our sone was a competitive water skier, nationally ranked in the high school boys level and we traveled far and wide to ski lakes but rarely went out on the river. Of course Jimmy Griffin's ski lake was next to Bayou Darbonne's entrance to the Ouachita, so we would see a lot of traffic.
Trying to help out a friend, we sank his little houseboat raft while trying to tow it up river. Eventually got that sucker tied to the bank and all's we could do was leave it. Finally the parties we had on Pace Lake, just below Sterlington back when we were in High School were EPIC! (That would be the 1960's.) Now what isn't built up in homes (On the Wrong Side of the levy no less) is posted. The good ole days are long gone for sure.
Final Ouachita story. Ran across a group of folks on the Ouachita whose boat had broke down. Brenda and I wanted to do some fishing and did not have all the time in the world. But, can't leave a fellow stranded. So, we spent something like an hour pulling him to the Darbonne Boat Dock. The fellow got really mad at us because we would not spend another hour pulling him to the Forsythe boat dock where his truck was parked. Finally his friends convinced him to cool off as there was a phone in the store and it would take but a few minutes for a friend or relative to get his tow vehicle and drive the five miles to the Darbonne Dock/ramp. The River had enough curves it probably was at least that far and best speed towing was 2 to 3 mph.
We were glad to leave that bunch.
I used to ride a lot in that direction but probably not as often in 64. Had an old nitty horse that liked to run but wasn’t much good at it. So, I would get on him, leave our home on Bon Aire, (which in those days was a strip of homes on the bayou with cotton fields across the road and then the Chauvin swamp.) ride up old Sterlington Road, cut across on Finks to Lakeshore and back along highway 80. Cannot even think to imagine what it would be like trying to ride a horse down highway 80/DeSaird in these days. (Was down there last Friday no less).We lived of of finks hideaway on bayou DeSaird in 64 the bayou was in our backyard, good times for a 8yr old boy , my mother and two brothers went back in 2017 for my uncles funeral, we tried to find the house we lived in , no way , back then we only had two neighbors for a mile on each side , now nothing but suburbs wall to wall , things sure do change in 50 years.