WEATHER What is up with Heavy Winds in Texas???

[dimensiondancer]

I've lived here for 60 years. Never do I recall day after day of March like winds all the way through the end of June.

So why is this occuring now and what will make it stop.

It is like an Arsonist dream come true, along with the furnace heat.

 

[Army Girl]

There are many, many black clouds blowing to the north too. Rain?

 

[erichtmobile]

my family was just discussing this last night. i have never seen such frequent heavy winds in the years i have lived in the dallas area. i dont know if its La Nina or what, but its crazy.

 

[FloridaGirl]

It has been unusually windy here in Northwest Florida as well. We had 25 mile per hour wind gusts here yesterday with no rain in months.

 

[Seeker]

Not to mention New Mexico and Oklahoma as well.

 

[LeafyForest]

We had more wind than usual wind here in mid- California yesterday. In fact, a good portion of my apple tree had the green apples blown off. Now I have to figure out what to do with green apples - any idea? At least today is calm!

 

[Squidpup]

Convection oven

 

[Hansa44]

We had more wind than usual wind here in mid- California yesterday. In fact, a good portion of my apple tree had the green apples blown off. Now I have to figure out what to do with green apples - any idea? At least today is calm!

Apple sauce? Canned apples? Frozen? Is that where pectin comes from for jams and jellies?

 

[The Cub]

They are using HAARP to cook the jet stream, sucking all of the humidity up to the New Madrid. They are "greasing" the fault with rain water, etc. See below:

http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?382358-Devastation-Coming-to-the-New-Madrid-Zone-amp-San-Andreas

 

[AzProtector]

Those winds are something else.
They blew all night last night..they usually taper off when the sun goes down...not last night....tired of this crap.

And where's all the damn rain?

 

[Dennis Olson]

The wind has actually BENT one of the supporting arms on my awning. And the awning has been facing AWAY from the wind direction for two weeks. Absolutely freakin' miserable crap. Tired of it. Does the wind EVER stop down here? I have to go get some %$$&*$ rope to keep the frame from bending more than it already has.

 

[NINER]

I'm in NC and I asked my husband just yesterday..."What's with these high, hot winds in the month of June?" Usually we get hot like this, but the wind doesn't BLOW. Instead, you look forward to the evening breezes following the heat of the day. But there has been a notable wind this month and it isn't always blowing in a front which is what many may assume...weird.

 

[Dennis Olson]

Texas hasn't had a weather front go through here in WEEKS. Yet the winds have NEVER been less than 20 mph, and are frequently SUSTAINED at 30 mph+. Absolutely unbelievable. Even Minnesota doesn't have sustained winds like this.

 

[Laurane]

It isn't just the USA south......in central Alberta, we were under tornado watches for 2 days last week, and funnel clouds were spotted 20 miles north of us. And we are turning moldy with all the rain - not hard rain, but just the annoying drizzly stuff which stops us working in the garden as it is too muddy. Definitely seems like we are getting Vancouver weather on the prairies.

 

[LoupGarou]

They are using HAARP to cook the jet stream, sucking all of the humidity up to the New Madrid. They are "greasing" the fault with rain water, etc. See below:

http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?382358-Devastation-Coming-to-the-New-Madrid-Zone-amp-San-Andreas

HAARP has not been on for months, and with the cutbacks and them probably not doing a "summer camp" this year, it may not be turned on for a while. Your source in the other thread is Sorcha Faal, which is disinfo at best. HAARP does not have enough power to do anything like what is claimed, AND it is the wrong frequency range (HF versus UHF and SHF).

You want to know what the cause is, it's the comets coming through, not HAARP. And it is going to get MUCH worse before it gets better. The more charge the comets re-route around in the inner solar system, the wilder our weather and seismic activity here. Proof is in the alignments of the more than a DOZEN comets now, and what happens here on Earth when they align. This is what happens when you have a few conductors that are millions of miles long, roving through the solar system, either conducting charges towards certain planets as they align, or acting as a load, and discharging or moving charges away from the planets.

Notice how many astrophysicists are talking about both the weather changes, and the seismic changes now. For example: http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...rs-Corbyn)-warns-of-serious-earthquake-danger

Loup

 

[The Cub]

HAARP has not been on for months, and with the cutbacks and them probably not doing a "summer camp" this year, it may not be turned on for a while.

Sorry, can't buy that. I know better.

Your source in the other thread is Sorcha Faal, which is disinfo at best. HAARP does not have enough power to do anything like what is claimed, AND it is the wrong frequency range (HF versus UHF and SHF).

No, you are incorrect. Thank you.

Cub

 

[LoupGarou]

Sorry, can't buy that. I know better.

They are having cutbacks, bad enough that they have even sold the equipment at HIPAS (HAARP's sister site) off at auction. They normally do have a summer camp that can be attended by anybody interested, this year they are probably not going to have it. HAARP has not been turned on for at least the last two months (I have to go back and look at my e-mails for the last one from them to see when the last one was).

HAARP is not the cause, the comets are. If you think otherwise, show the math and science (not youtube videos) that show how a signal from HAARP next to Gakona, AK, can get to anywhere near even the northernmost parts of CONUS, with even a few watts intact. Each time the signal goes from the ground to the ionosphere, or back, you are looking at a minimum of 120dB path loss. This means that the signal at the end of the path, is equal to 1/1,000,000,000,000 of the input signal. After just the first path up, the signal is reduced to around 5 milliwatts, which for a radio transmitter is a decent signal, but 5mW is not going to do anything with the weather or seismic events. If you can show how they could get around just the path loss problem, I might be willing to listen more to the conspiracy theories. But if you can show how they could get around the path loss problem, you would be a billionaire overnight with the communication companies that have been looking for that magic for over 100 years. There is no way to do it.

No, you are incorrect. Thank you.

Cub

Your very first link on the subject of HAARP, post 6 on that thread, is the "Beforeitsnews" site, which IS Sorcha Faal's site.

There Is Evidence That HAARP Has Been Turned Up Again And Its Target Is The New Madrid Fault Line
hxxp://beforeitsnews.com

The rest are either Youtube, where ANYBODY can get their 15 minutes more or less of fame, and hope and conjecture on the ABCnews link.

And as far as HAARP being too small (power wise), and the wrong frequency (HF, versus the needed UHF and SHF), even Dr. Eastlund (who designed HAARP and all of the original patents) has said that on his own company's site. He admits that it is way too low power to do any of what the conspiracy theories claim.

http://www.eastlundscience.com/HAARPWEATHER.html

WEATHER MODIFICATION RESEARCH WAS
DISCUSSED IN THE EASTLUND ARCO
PATENTS
INTRODUCTION

THE ARCO PATENTS
The science of weather modification is in its infancy. When the ARCO patents were written in 1984, the only
scientific approach was salting clouds with silver iodide. One of the reasons weather modification is not a science
is that scientists have made what they considered to be reasonable assessments of the relative size of forcing
technologies (such as wind generators, microwave heaters, or explosions) and determined that the large size of
weather systems make it useless to attempt to change weather patterns with human intervention.

The energy turnover of a storm system can be related to an equivalent power through the rainfall rate. The
various severe storm categories are related to the total electric power consumption of New York City in the table
below:

SMALL THUNDERSTORM 10 New York Cities
LARGE THUNDERSTORM 1000 New York Cities
MAJOR STORM SYSTEM 10000 New York Cities
HURRICANE 100,000 New York Cities


The power levels required for the ARCO antenna to create MEV electrons and defeat a missile attack by the
Soviet Union was estimated to require generation of a power equivalent to 100,000 New York Cities for a time
period of 20 minutes.

Dr. Eastlund was aware that these power levels were equivalent to the power in such big systems and also
comparable to the local energy in the stratosphere of the polar jet stream, which comes near the Prudhoe Bay
ARCO installation. For that reason, two of the patents included suggestions for weather modification. (See figure
above.)

In U. S. Patent 4,712,155 Eastlund states,"In one embodiment of the invention, electron cyclotron resonance
heating is carried out in the selected region at sufficient power levels to allow the plasma to generate a mirror
force which forces the charged electrons of the altered plasma upward along the force line to an altitude which is
higher than the original altitude. As the plasma moves upward, other particles from the atmosphere at the same
altitude as the selected region move horizontally into the region to replace the rising plasma and to form new
plasma. The kinetic energy developed by said other particles as they move horizontally is on the same order of
magnitude of as the total zonal kinetic energy of stratospheric winds known to exist at altitudes equal to the region
being altered. Since there is evidence that these stratospheric winds may be linked to certain weather patterns on
earth, the present method may be used to affect similar patterns."

In U. S. Patent 4,686,605 Eastlund states, "Weather modification is possible by, for example, altering upper
atmosphere wind patterns or altering solar absorption patterns by constructing one or more plumes of
atmospheric particles which will act as a lens or focusing device."

IS HAARP THE RIGHT SIZE?
HAARP is not nearly as big as the systems envisioned in the original ARCO patents. However, this led Dr.
Eastlund to further investigate how to influence severe weather by artificial means. The Thunderstorm Solar
Power Satellite was one of the results of this reasoning. Another approach is to produce plasmas in the
atmosphere and utilize various properties of those plasmas for surgical heating of sensitive areas of storms.

http://www.eastlundscience.com/TSPS.html

THUNDERSTORM SOLAR
POWER SATELLITE- TSPS
INTRODUCTION
A solar power satellite is a concept for placing large
arrays of solar cells on satellites and beaming the
electrical power to earth via microwaves, and
converting the microwaves to electrical power for
distribution. The Thunderstorm Solar Power Satellite
(TSPS) is a concept for also applying microwave
power beamed from solar power satellites to heat a
sensitive region of a mesocyclone and eliminate the
"hook echo" that is associated with the formation of
tornadoes. The hypothesis is that destabilization of
the sensitive region of the storm that leads to a
tornado can eliminate formation of the tornado.

And he already got the funding for the microwave satellite through the ESA.

ETA: As I said earlier, if you "know better", show the math and science (not conspiracy theory posts/links, or more youtube links).

Loup

 

[Sleeping Cobra]

Maybe The Dust Bowl is coming back just as the 30's?

 

[Sleeping Cobra]

Maybe The Dust Bowl is coming back just as the 30's?

From Another Poster:

"During the time of the dust bowl they had that........constant dry winds.... "

 

[LoupGarou]

Cub,

HAARP has only a dozen or so very distinct frequencies that they are allowed to transmit on to keep from interfering with other radio operators. HAARP also has a VERY distinct transmitter fingerprint that can't be faked, and is unique to ONLY that installation. When they turn it on and start transmitting, it doesn't take long for amateur radio operators to spot the signal, even though it is outside the amateur bands.

As far as the magnetometer readings that come from the magnetometer at Gakona, and the ones around the world, ANY fluctuation of the magnetosphere shows up on them. IF HAARP is the cause, the one at Gakona shows up very strong, since it is a local signal source, and the ones around the world are much, much weaker, and delayed by a detectable amount.

HAARP is not the cause.

Loup

 

[LoupGarou]

Maybe The Dust Bowl is coming back just as the 30's?

We had a bunch of close comets (including big ones like C/1927 X1, 73P/1930(0.0617 AU), C/1937 N1 and C/1936 K1 ) and other astronomic encounters during the first part of the 1930's as well, so the pattern does repeat itself. And yes, I do believe that 73P is one of the ones that is "in the neighborhood" now.

There was even two large bolide events in the 1930's
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/ciencia/esp_ciencia_tunguska23.htm

There is evidence that there were two massive bolide explosions which occurred over South America in the 1930's.

One seems to have occurred over Amazonia, near the Brazil-Peru border, on August 13, 1930, whilst the other was over British Guyana on December 11, 1935. It is noted that these dates coincide with the peaks of the Perseids and the Geminids, although any association with those meteor showers is very tentative.

The identification of such events is significant in particular in that they point to the need for re-assessment of the frequency of Tunguska-type atmospheric detonations.

...

And there is a lot more info on that page about what happened.

Loup

 

[astrobee]

HAARP has not been on for months, and with the cutbacks and them probably not doing a "summer camp" this year, it may not be turned on for a while. Your source in the other thread is Sorcha Faal, which is disinfo at best. HAARP does not have enough power to do anything like what is claimed, AND it is the wrong frequency range (HF versus UHF and SHF).

You want to know what the cause is, it's the comets coming through, not HAARP. And it is going to get MUCH worse before it gets better. The more charge the comets re-route around in the inner solar system, the wilder our weather and seismic activity here. Proof is in the alignments of the more than a DOZEN comets now, and what happens here on Earth when they align. This is what happens when you have a few conductors that are millions of miles long, roving through the solar system, either conducting charges towards certain planets as they align, or acting as a load, and discharging or moving charges away from the planets.

Notice how many astrophysicists are talking about both the weather changes, and the seismic changes now. For example: http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...rs-Corbyn)-warns-of-serious-earthquake-danger

Loup

I think your on to something Loup. (agree with you about HAARP as well)

Wisconsin is a pretty windy state but this spring has been windier than I can remember. Something wicked this way blows.

 

[FloridaGirl]

This is not normal!

 

[LoupGarou]

I think your on to something Loup. (agree with you about HAARP as well)

Wisconsin is a pretty windy state but this spring has been windier than I can remember. Something wicked this way blows.

And I keep thinking about the Bible's repeated mention of "signs in the heavens", such as in Luke 21:9-11

9But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
10Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: 11And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

Yeah, things could "get interesting" in the next few years.

The sun is already showing signs of very unnatural behavior, such as I am getting more power now from my solar panels, than I did when they were new. And I'm not the only one seeing this.

Loup

 

[AzProtector]

Texas hasn't had a weather front go through here in WEEKS. Yet the winds have NEVER been less than 20 mph, and are frequently SUSTAINED at 30 mph+. Absolutely unbelievable. Even Minnesota doesn't have sustained winds like this.

It's pretty much like this most of the time...but NOT this hard...rather unusual.

 

[Red Sky]

I'm glad you mentioned it dimensiondancer, my mother and I have been wondering about it ourselves.

 

[The Cub]

LP,

As I stated above, I don't buy your argument.

You stated incorrectly that my source information is Sorcha Faal. That is incorrect. Then you followed with:

Your very first link on the subject of HAARP, post 6 on that thread, is the "Beforeitsnews" site, which IS Sorcha Faal's site.

The link that I provided in my opening post to this thread has the following links in the OP. They are provided below (again):

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/era-of-peace/message/431

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/era-of-peace/message/430

Clearly, you did not read them or the source information in respect of HAARP contained therein. The source of my information on HAARP is Jesus Christ, et al.


Subsequently, He provided the following supplementary information:

via John Leary (yet-to-be-aproved):

May 14, 2011:
Jesus said: “My people, I have given you messages before how the HAARP machine can be used to cause violent rainstorms that keep going over the same area. In addition to the violent tornadoes, this heavy rain has been directed over the Mississippi River area for an extended period of time. This is why they are experiencing record floods in this area. If continual rain is directed over this area, it could remain flooded into the summer. This flooding is already causing economic hardship to farmlands and restricted use of barge traffic. In addition to an extended flood, the water over the New Madrid fault could also allow a greasing of a major earthquake. You will continue to see these natural disasters bring America to its knees. Many of these events are also a means of bringing punishment on America for its many abortions and sexual sins. Pray for America that your people see the need for prayer, and a spiritual improvement in your lifestyles.”

LP, I mean you no disrespect. I simply know that you are incorrect.

cub

 

[cowboy]

Cub

I was rideing Herd on the homestead, when a local tornado receintly struck with major damage near me. If someone had the data to do the stress factors that were produced from a array of events that I witnessed, you would know that it is Not Harp causing all this fun.

It got a lot bigger run at us than man has been in space to do these #'s. I'll leave you room for other viable woo, but things are gitting pretty serious to be looking in the wrong rabbit hole. Have you not experienced the heat before s storm gathers, this is not a new thing just started sence Harp was built.Or that it makes hail two nights ago the size of Aprocotts and bigger. Everywhere I am looking outside for weeks now is like just takeing a welding hood off and looking around.

I understand people concerns, justifibly so, and there is plenty of blame Iam sure for the things we been taught, but I have a sneeking suspition we need to start getting things right and in a hurry.

 

[LoupGarou]

Cub, your first mention of HAARP was in post 6, not in your first post. Nothing in your first post pointed to HAARP, so I did not look at those links.

You are claiming that your source is Jesus Christ ("The source of my information on HAARP is Jesus Christ, et al") . It is not, it is a person that is claiming to have talked to Jesus Christ. And I hate to tell "John Leary (yet-to-be-approved)", but HAARP has not been on in the last few months. Add to that the fact that the Bible (God's ACTUAL Word), not some "prophecy" from Mr. Leary, never mentions anything like HAARP being a means for God's correction. It does talk about signs in the heavens, and a LOT of movement and action by those astronomical bodies.

Has John Leary's prophecies always come true, and do they always pass the Bible's test? If not, he is one of many false prophets.

Let me help you on this one, since Mr. Leary has already been PROVEN DEAD WRONG on his "prophecy" as far as what he says he has heard from Jesus:
From: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/era-of-peace/message/431

March 11, 2011:
Jesus said: "My people, you have seen that high intensity earthquakes under the ocean can cause tsunami waves that ripple out in all directions. The closer land is to the epicenter, the taller the tsunami waves are. You have done some research to connect the HAARP machine being used in Haiti, Chile, and China as people were seeing aurora borealis colors right before the earthquake occurred. Now you have done further research to show the HAARP machine was turned on right before the massive 9.0 earthquake in Japan. There were no signs of earthquakes in this region several days before the HAARP machine was turned on. (Note: It was turned on 3-9-11 and the first 7.2 earthquake appeared.) I am confirming that these large earthquakes mentioned have been connected with HAARP machine activity. This is why I have encouraged people to understand that this microwave antennae array is a very dangerous weapon and can be used to create man-made disasters. The one world people are using this machine and the turmoil in the Middle East to reduce the population and to disrupt the world economies. Then these countries will be ripe for a one world government takeover which will be given over to the Antichrist. You are seeing these signs of the end times that are leading up to the great tribulation. Be prepared to leave for My refuges when the major events occur. I will warn My faithful when to leave, but this time is approaching soon. Trust in My protection because I am more powerful than any machines or demon led people. Once the Antichrist reaches his height of power, I will bring him down with My Comet of Chastisement. The evil ones will be cleansed from the earth into hell, and I will bring My faithful into My Era of Peace. "

March 22, 2011:
Jesus said: "My people, you have seen ripples in the clouds as frequency patterns in Indiana. You have also seen dead birds in the area around the New Madrid fault. These are signs that the HAARP machine of one billion watt microwaves is going to be used to cause a greater than 8.0 earthquake that will split America in two. In the vision you are seeing at least one skyscraper collapsing from this coming quake. There will also be a great flow of water coming down the Mississippi River that will widen its size. There will be a fair number of people killed, but this number will be lessened because of your Mass intentions. The damage to homes and buildings will be worse than the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. When this event happens, you will see a martial law declared that could be used for a takeover of America. I will warn My people when it will be time to go to My refuges. This earthquake on the New Madrid fault will be followed by another earthquake on the San Andreas fault. Be prepared to leave, and go to Confession."

HAARP has NOTHING to do with Microwaves. HAARP can ONLY transmit on a portion of the HF band (HF band is 3-30MHz). Microwaves start in the mid UHF band, around 1,000MHz.

Jesus Christ, who IS THE TRUTH, THE LIGHT, and THE WAY, would never have said that. Mr. Leary is either lying, or insane. Follow him (Mr. Leary) all you want, but you might want to do your own research first, and then test your prophets before spending too much time with them.

Loup

 

[LoupGarou]

Look at it this way, HAARP, after the first path loss up TO the ionosphere, has .005 watts (5mW) left to work with, period. The sun on the other hand, just in VISIBLE LIGHT, and even after all of the filtering of the atmosphere, gets over 1,100 watts per square meter to the surface of the Earth.

Now, calculate the surface area "lit up" by the sun at any point in the day, in square meters. Now multiply it by 1,100 watts per square meter, and you get the total energy, just in visible light, hitting the Earth's surface. It is MANY times grater than ALL of the power plants on Earth, combined. And that is just the visible light. This shows the scale of what "nature" (God), can do as compared to humans. HAARP has no chance of doing what is feared.

Look again at that large number of watts that is striking the Earth. Now figure that this wattage amount, since it is just the visible light from the sun, hitting the surface, is a small part (much less than 10%) of the total energy that is hitting the Earth. Now, figure in what a 4-7% change in that output would mean for the "balanced" ecological systems here on Earth. THIS is what is causing the changes we are seeing here. The power levels involved from just the sun to the Earth are WAY more than HAARP could even dream of interfering with.

Now, think about the fact that you AREN'T hearing any (much less all) of these comets in the main stream media. When the other comets came through, there were science reports many months before they were visible to the naked eyes. Think back, they all got good press. This time, we have over a DOZEN coming to visit in about a year's time, along with THOUSANDS of asteroids, and not a peep from the media. The reason is simple, if you don't mention something, then people won't bother to look into it too much, if any. Instead they are more interested on telling the latest Hollyweird gossip, or the latest court case that they think is big news. It's bread and circuses all over again.

Loup

 

[LoupGarou]

The more interference that the comets provide in the electric streams from the sun, the more weird the weather and seismic events will get. As more and more energy gets pumped into our ionosphere and magnetosphere, and then loaded, followed by more pumping, it will push all of the "weather" to the poles, where the magnetic and electric "shielding" of the Earth hits ground. If you want proof that is not just the US, but the whole world, look at these news reports from last month, and notice that everything around 30 degrees latitude and lower is getting hammered with drought, while the rain that they normally would have received has been pushed to the higher latitudes:

Drought news in Europe: Situation in May 2011:
http://edo.jrc.ec.europa.eu/php/index.php?action=view&id=118

Severe drought has forced China to release 5bn cubic metres from Three Gorges reservoir for irrigation and drinking water:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/may/25/china-drought-crisis-yangtze-dam

COLOMBIA and Venezuela are currently suffering from severely dry weather, which could impact on the countries cocoa harvests. :
http://www.agra-net.com/portal2/home.jsp?template=newsarticle&artid=20017875900&pubid=ag005

If the energy fluctuations get large enough, large scale temperature inversions could happen as well in these higher latitude areas, leading to massive snow and ice amounts in very short time. We are already seeing fairly large scale TIs on the East Coast that allow for great 2 meter Amateur radio propagation, so things are pointing towards that possibility.

Loup

 

[cowboy]

Lou
If I take a magnetized screw driver and suspend a ball bearing from it and then passed another magnet by the bearing I can watch a lot of different effects to the bearing, is this any indecation of how we can be effected?

 

[LoupGarou]

Lou
If I take a magnetized screw driver and suspend a ball bearing from it and then passed another magnet by the bearing I can watch a lot of different effects to the bearing, is this any indecation of how we can be effected?

Yes, except these changes on Earth will be mainly related to the electric charge distribution, so while you might see some magnetic pole shifting, most of the changes will be in the weather patterns and the seismic events. The mass of the Earth, and all of it's inertia will prevent the wild gyrations that the ball bearing does. It will instead move around the much less dense atmosphere (the wild weather and winds that we have been seeing), and cause "hot spots" and pressure zones in the crust, which will cause seismic events and weird cloud formations as the electrical potential releases.

Loup

 

[LoupGarou]

And if you look back to the 1930s, when all of the comets happened back then, and we had droughts in the lower latitudes, look at the flooding just to the north of all of the droughts in the northern hemisphere (higher latitudes):

Great Mississippi Flood of 1927
1931 Huang He flood
1935 Yangtze river flood
Ohio River flood of 1937
1938 Yellow River (Huang He) flood
1939 Tianjin flood

Loup

 

[Tundra Gypsy]

There's been lots and lots of windy weather for days and days now. I try to work outside, but the winds are too harsh and I end up going inside.
My poor tomatoplants and eggplant are getting beat to death from all the dang winds....the wind blows in the storms, then the sun comes out and its still windy....I'm getting sooooo tired of it; I think I'll build an underground greenhouse and forget planting anything above ground...

 

[duchess47]

After 16 yrs here I had to put up a wind screen around my garden this year to prevent my plants from being beaten to the ground. Abnormal wind, even for Nevada.

 

[shinerbock]

It's pretty much like this most of the time...but NOT this hard...rather unusual.

Yup, we're used to the windy conditions and gusts but have had quite a spring in terms of constant howling. I'm just glad the winter winds were not so fierce even though it was a mild winter. I chalk it up to El Nino and believe that is the reason for such high winds and absolutely no precipitation in the TX Panhandle. If it weren't for the jet stream going just a hair to the north [bringing rain and cooler temps with it] we'd have had quite a peak tornado season. There hasn't been a single watch or warning and though we're getting a four day break from 100 degree temps [two weeks worth, another oddity], the man is forecasting a return to the hot weather by Thursday.

The up side, as always: LOW HUMIDITY! The drawback: nearby fires and threats of worse to come.

 

[Vector]

Superconducting Super Collider? I know, I know, the thing was said to have been cancelled back in 1993, but IIRC the nearly 15 of the 60 mile long circular tunnel that was to house the giant electromagnet, as well as the dedicated electrical power station to feed it had been completed by then. That was already as big as the Large Hadron Collider in Sweden, and the SSC wasn't even finished. Politicians from both parties--Gov. Bill Clements of Texas and Pres. Bush 41, both (R), and Pres. Clinton (D) tried to save it. The excuse for its demise was that it was too expensive. Yet after spending nearly 6 billion dollars to get less than halfway through, another 2 billion dollars was spent to (allegedly) de-commission it. Uh-huh.

I've lived at either end of the Austin-Houston axis since 1971 it has never been this extremely hot this early in the season as it has in the last four years. We've already had 16 days above 100 degrees here in Austin, with six record highs broken and three days at 104 degrees or higher. With no rainfall for 31 days. And it is only mid-June! When I watch the weather forecasts, local and national, they all speak of a "big ridge of high pressure parked right over Texas" as the reason for our unusually hot, dry weather. And they all draw that "high" right over central-northeast Texas. Right about at Waxahachie. Right about where that Superconducting Super Collider was being built.
But they stopped that. Right?

 

[LoupGarou]

The SSC project is very dead. 15 miles of tunnels, almost 4 billion dollars wasted, all because they "underestimated" the total project cost by 7-12 billion dollars. They not only have tried to sell the site, but they have sold a lot of the equipment that was placed there. They are even trying to sell the processing area as a level III Data Center. Nobody is buying.

It would make a nice underground home (or set of homes).

http://www.hep.net/ssc/

Loup

 

[AddisonRose]

It's pretty much like this most of the time...but NOT this hard...rather unusual.

I remember back in 1977 when I first moved to Texas the wind blew this hard that first summer, I had forgotten that until now.