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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 07:00 AM
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92 predicted for Houston today. What global warming?
My yard looks like the Sahara Desert. I saw three camels packing canteens yesterday. Whatever happened to having spring showers in April?
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Random_Australian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 07:03 AM
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1. As an Aussie, I must laugh at your weather while I still can!
yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk....






















Australia will get UBER-Screwed by GW! :cry::cry::cry:
Actually, the flap of a seagulls wings in enough to get it to stop raining for generations....
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 07:13 AM
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3. I've heard your indigneous people there can survive...
in any desert. Maybe you could arrange for them to give us a few tips.
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Random_Australian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 07:43 AM
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7. In any Aussie desert. Which is the harshest desert to live in.
But pretty specialised to the Aussie deserts. That and in just 100 years we managed to almost obliterate the entire Aboriginal culture. Quite a few langauges are extinct, to be precise.
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 07:06 AM
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2. 92 degrees in April is too hot!
Edited on Mon Apr-17-06 07:07 AM by Joan_Alpern
Dod you see any camel toes?
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 07:18 AM
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4. Locking, toe thread. Uh, no, I didn't.
We have 93 predicted for tomorrow. Yes'm, it's way too hot for April!
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 07:36 AM
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5. I like warm weather but that is too much too soon.

I hate seeing a parched earth. The farmers must need a good irrigation system to eke out a crop.
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Random_Australian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 07:41 AM
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6. Out of curiosity, how parched do you consider parched?
How large and deep cracks in the ground? Just surface?
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 12:11 PM
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25. Usually we have rains in the spring...
This sort of dry weather is more typical of summer.
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 07:46 AM
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8. Tell me about it. It's been near 80 in MN for the past week
our normal highs for this time of year MIGHT reach 60° on a good day, but it's been in the 70s for the past couple weeks.

No, no global warming, nuh-uh. But now I can grow pineapples and oranges outdoors.
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AirmensMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 07:52 AM
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9. We had the driest March on record
here in South FL. It's normally not our rainy time of year, but this is ridiculous.
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WolverineDG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 09:11 AM
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10. Wimp
;)

it's going to be over 100 where I live today. Again. ::sigh::

dg
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Random_Australian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 09:13 AM
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11. WIMP!
Edited on Mon Apr-17-06 09:13 AM by Random_Australian
nyah nyah na-yah nah!
;)
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WolverineDG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 09:55 AM
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13. hey, I've been to Oz
in the summer, in the Outback (Alice Springs, to be precise). Damn, it gets hot there. But this weather we're having where I live is only spring. In the summer, it's going to get much hotter. :)

:hi:
dg
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 09:13 AM
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12. That might really be tragic, if it wasn't for the fact....
That the air smells so fresh and clean in Houston.
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Lady Effingbroke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 10:06 AM
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14. Yes, the fresh, clean air is the main reason I live in Houston.
Well, that and the magnificent natural beauty.
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 10:09 AM
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15. And don't forget about the extensive Public Transportation System.
;)
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Lady Effingbroke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 10:18 AM
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16. How foolish of me to forget!
Yes, the trains always run on time here in Houston.
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 12:01 PM
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23. Yes, the Yellow Cabs!
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Frustratedlady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 10:37 AM
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17. Tell me of the many benefits of living in Houston.
Edited on Mon Apr-17-06 10:40 AM by Frustratedlady
For real. I'm curious. (I'm assuming your comments so far are tongue-in-cheek?)
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 12:00 PM
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22. The Food!!
And uh.....it's only a couple of hours from Austin.
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 11:58 AM
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21. Ah yes! The highway construction on I-45...
Those busy little beavers have been working for centuries!
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 11:55 AM
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20. Especially around the ship channel! Ah, the sweet smell...
of money!
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YellowRubberDuckie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 11:00 AM
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18. 95 here today in Oklahoma City...
Edited on Mon Apr-17-06 11:01 AM by YellowRubberDuckie
La Nina's a bitch!
(On edit: I'm talking about the weather pattern we're currently experiencing.)
Duckie
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 12:06 PM
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24. Oklahoma is OK by me!
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-17-06 11:39 AM
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19. Ah, Houston weather
At least there will be a nice cool breeze. :hide:

Seriously, ugh - it's awful. I've been spending a lot of time around the Hill Country, which has had horrible droughts and fires. :(
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 12:58 AM
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26. At least we have the Gulf of Texas to cool off in!
Edited on Wed Apr-19-06 01:09 AM by BikeWriter
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