It’s a cool and breezy 50º here this morning. Rain bypassed us again. I’ve noticed a lot of trees that are really stressed from lack of moisture.
There are even a lot of cedar trees dying. One community - Horseshoe Bay - is thinking about cutting down all cedar trees due to their water intake.
For all I care, Texas can hire every Hydro mulcher in the country, start at IH, and head south to the Rio Grande and shred every juniper / cedar they encounter.
Mid 50s here. Just had a line of showers roll through here. I have a dog that seems to love being out in the rain. Can’t get her to come in out of the rain for anything. Have to get the towels ready for when she decides she has had enough.
Hadn’t heard that about Horseshoe Bay but they have the money to do it. Packsaddle and the other hills are nothing but dead cedar. Many think it’s fall color and say it’s pretty. Uh, helloooo! NOT! It’s all dead trees. I’ve noticed it especially on the west sides of the hills which I’m assuming is from the heat of the afternoon sun. Looking out the window I can see that many trees have already lost the dead leaves and are nothing but bare branches.
Yeah, the rains missed us - AGAIN. It’s still a tinderbox and will be for the next couple years even with rain. Still bans on outdoor fires, even household trash. There’s been wind advisories the past couple weeks, too. Fine by me because I can just see this place going up like Bastrop. There’s only one road out of here and it’d be directly into the fire, so we’d for real be up the creek. Twice in the past 2-3 weeks our idiot neighors had their outdoor fireplace going. Mr. B went down there and hollered at them and we WILL report them next time. Ugh, can’t stand weekenders. Next, we’ll have to worry about the deer hunters, sigh...