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7/6/12, 10:24 AM
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61 freaking degrees. 
7/6/12, 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by codeman94
97 already here. gonna be 105. Heat index of 113.
7/6/12, 11:11 AM
The wind started getting up a little then you could hear a low groan coming over the ridge that got louder and louder until it sounded like an 18 wheeler coming full bore, but one never came, it was just that wind and then suddenly the trees were just pushed over to the point that I thought a tornado was about to hit.
Scared the **** out of me, had a few trees go down and they were bending and swaying as far as I've ever seen.
Just now got phone/power/internet back on around here.
7/6/12, 11:19 AM
The Legacy TMS Lady
That's too chilly for this time of year.
Still really hot here too!
I want to see some pics...you can pm me!
I thought we were going to get hammered with another storm last night and the wind was really strong. We got about 5 minutes of rain with the wind and then it was gone. Even the wind didn't last very long, which is good since there are still so many trees down and power outages.
I'm so thankful they ran our power lines under ground a few years ago. It's made a huge difference in the amount of power outages!
Still really hot here too!
I want to see some pics...you can pm me!
There were some torrential storms around the area yesterday afternoon that caused what the weather man called a gust front to come through here about 8 last night. 70 mph wind gusts straight out of the northeast, but no storm.
The wind started getting up a little then you could hear a low groan coming over the ridge that got louder and louder until it sounded like an 18 wheeler coming full bore, but one never came, it was just that wind and then suddenly the trees were just pushed over to the point that I thought a tornado was about to hit.
Scared the **** out of me, had a few trees go down and they were bending and swaying as far as I've ever seen.
Just now got phone/power/internet back on around here.
The wind started getting up a little then you could hear a low groan coming over the ridge that got louder and louder until it sounded like an 18 wheeler coming full bore, but one never came, it was just that wind and then suddenly the trees were just pushed over to the point that I thought a tornado was about to hit.
Scared the **** out of me, had a few trees go down and they were bending and swaying as far as I've ever seen.
Just now got phone/power/internet back on around here.
I'm so thankful they ran our power lines under ground a few years ago. It's made a huge difference in the amount of power outages!
7/6/12, 11:28 AM
That's too chilly for this time of year.
Still really hot here too!
I want to see some pics...you can pm me!
I thought we were going to get hammered with another storm last night and the wind was really strong. We got about 5 minutes of rain with the wind and then it was gone. Even the wind didn't last very long, which is good since there are still so many trees down and power outages.
I'm so thankful they ran our power lines under ground a few years ago. It's made a huge difference in the amount of power outages!
Still really hot here too!
I want to see some pics...you can pm me!
I thought we were going to get hammered with another storm last night and the wind was really strong. We got about 5 minutes of rain with the wind and then it was gone. Even the wind didn't last very long, which is good since there are still so many trees down and power outages.
I'm so thankful they ran our power lines under ground a few years ago. It's made a huge difference in the amount of power outages!
Just destroyed the pool. SOB was full of leaves, limbs, bark, you name it.
7/6/12, 11:30 AM
Calgon Take Me Away!
Originally Posted by 08GTCandyApple
That's too chilly for this time of year.
Still really hot here too!
I want to see some pics...you can pm me!
I thought we were going to get hammered with another storm last night and the wind was really strong. We got about 5 minutes of rain with the wind and then it was gone. Even the wind didn't last very long, which is good since there are still so many trees down and power outages.
I'm so thankful they ran our power lines under ground a few years ago. It's made a huge difference in the amount of power outages!
Still really hot here too!
I want to see some pics...you can pm me!
I thought we were going to get hammered with another storm last night and the wind was really strong. We got about 5 minutes of rain with the wind and then it was gone. Even the wind didn't last very long, which is good since there are still so many trees down and power outages.
I'm so thankful they ran our power lines under ground a few years ago. It's made a huge difference in the amount of power outages!
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7/6/12, 12:07 PM
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Too many posts to go through on a phone that is losing its charge, lol.
Had a great dinner at a new Brazilian place, alone. Probably another beer and then I'll head to the fest and meet up with some friends, or maybe make new ones.
Had a great dinner at a new Brazilian place, alone. Probably another beer and then I'll head to the fest and meet up with some friends, or maybe make new ones.
7/6/12, 12:14 PM
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7/6/12, 12:19 PM
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So I hit the brakes and don't fully enter the turn lane. The car keeps coming at me head on. The b**** behind me starts honking like an idiot and slamming her fist on the steering wheel. What was I supposed to do - crash head on just so the hot shot b**** can race around me like a moron???
Finally the car coming at me gets out of the turn lane so I could fully enter and make my left turn. It was just one of those deals where everybody had to slow down and drive responsible. Yeah I know... that's asking too much.
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7/6/12, 12:21 PM
The Legacy TMS Lady
It was really freaky. Was still close to a hundred degrees, only few sprinkles of rain, not a bit of lightning, never even heard any thunder, just some of the strongest straight line winds I've ever seen here at the house. Weather man said the storms that caused the gust front were 50-70 miles away from here.
Just destroyed the pool. SOB was full of leaves, limbs, bark, you name it.
Just destroyed the pool. SOB was full of leaves, limbs, bark, you name it.
) I heard the thunder and saw a little lightning before I went to bed, but that's it. I told him the planters on the patio were flipped and leaves and branches all over, but that's all I really noticed 
I thought you had a dinner date?
7/6/12, 12:30 PM
The Legacy TMS Lady
Yeah I had two idiots yesterday. I put my blinker on and start to ease into the left turn lane (in the center of the road). The hot shot chicky babe behind me wants to rev and get around me. But a second after I start to ease into the turn lane, a car coming at me does the same.
So I hit the brakes and don't fully enter the turn lane. The car keeps coming at me head on. The b**** behind me starts honking like an idiot and slamming her fist on the steering wheel. What was I supposed to do - crash head on just so the hot shot b**** can race around me like a moron???
Finally the car coming at me gets out of the turn lane so I could fully enter and make my left turn. It was just one of those deals where everybody had to slow down and drive responsible. Yeah I know... that's asking too much.
So I hit the brakes and don't fully enter the turn lane. The car keeps coming at me head on. The b**** behind me starts honking like an idiot and slamming her fist on the steering wheel. What was I supposed to do - crash head on just so the hot shot b**** can race around me like a moron???
Finally the car coming at me gets out of the turn lane so I could fully enter and make my left turn. It was just one of those deals where everybody had to slow down and drive responsible. Yeah I know... that's asking too much.
7/6/12, 12:53 PM
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Keynesian economics = fail
Today's chart provides some perspective in regards to the US job market. Note how the number of jobs steadily increased from 1961 to 2001 (top chart). During the last economic recovery (i.e. the end of 2001 to the end of 2007), job growth was unable to get back up to its long-term trend (first time since 1961). More recently, the number of nonfarm payrolls has been working its way higher but at a pace that is not fast enough to close the gap on its 1961 to 2001 trend. It is interesting to note that the current number of US jobs recently surpassed its 2001 peak. However, if this month's pace of 80,000 new jobs were to continue for each and every month going forward, the 2008 peak would not be reached until the third quarter of 2017.
http://www.chartoftheday.com/20120706.htm?T
Today's chart provides some perspective in regards to the US job market. Note how the number of jobs steadily increased from 1961 to 2001 (top chart). During the last economic recovery (i.e. the end of 2001 to the end of 2007), job growth was unable to get back up to its long-term trend (first time since 1961). More recently, the number of nonfarm payrolls has been working its way higher but at a pace that is not fast enough to close the gap on its 1961 to 2001 trend. It is interesting to note that the current number of US jobs recently surpassed its 2001 peak. However, if this month's pace of 80,000 new jobs were to continue for each and every month going forward, the 2008 peak would not be reached until the third quarter of 2017.
http://www.chartoftheday.com/20120706.htm?T