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To: Nickname
Welcome to Houston. I promise it won't suck all the time ;-)

Anyway...that depends. Early in the season they tend to form in the Gulf. By August and Sept. they are more Carri bean/Atlantic storms that track this way.

21 posted on 06/23/2012 4:05:25 PM PDT by NELSON111
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To: NELSON111

Houston’s been great so far. Not as scenic as where I came from, but the people have been amazingly welcoming for such a sprawling city.

And thanks for the storm info. I’ve always seen them coming way out in the Atlantic but never paid a bit of attention to where they come from in the Gulf!


24 posted on 06/23/2012 4:16:01 PM PDT by Nickname
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Going north. Shucks, no rain.

No, Houston doesn’t suck all the time. There are usually at least a couple of days a year when it doesn’t suck.

Heat, humidity, traffic (to call these parking lots freeways is ludicrous), property taxes through the roof, no zoning, MUDs, sanctuary city, illegals with no driver’s license and no insurance, spreading slums from section 8 housing with new barrios, no redeeming natural beauty, less public recreation land than just about anywhere I can think of, flat as a board, drought to flood to hurricanes, wildfires, winters not cold enough to kill off the bugs, plumbing in the attic and cold snaps enough to burst pipes and flood your house, more air conditioned square footage than any place on earth I am told.

Yup, Houston is a good place for jobs right now. Few remember the early 80s when people just pitched their keys in the flower bed and left. The oilfield folded like a tent and didn’t come back good for more than 10 years.

Smoke ‘em while you got ‘em.


51 posted on 06/24/2012 7:18:54 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (You've been screwed by your government.)
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To: NELSON111

Going north. Shucks, no rain.

No, Houston doesn’t suck all the time. There are usually at least a couple of days a year when it doesn’t suck.

Heat, humidity, traffic (to call these parking lots freeways is ludicrous), property taxes through the roof, no zoning, MUDs, sanctuary city, illegals with no driver’s license and no insurance, spreading slums from section 8 housing with new barrios, no redeeming natural beauty, less public recreation land than just about anywhere I can think of, flat as a board, drought to flood to hurricanes, wildfires, winters not cold enough to kill off the bugs, plumbing in the attic and cold snaps enough to burst pipes and flood your house, more air conditioned square footage than any place on earth I am told.

No matter how much lipstick you put on a pig it is still a pig and still ugly to most.

Yup, Houston is a good place for jobs right now. Few remember the early 80s when people just pitched their keys in the flower bed and left. The oilfield folded like a tent and didn’t come back good for more than 10 years.

Smoke ‘em while you got ‘em.


52 posted on 06/24/2012 7:19:33 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (You've been screwed by your government.)
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