More rain!!!
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More rain!!!
OT, but you saw the pics from our flooding here in Houston two weeks ago and now we have a tropical storm heading straight for us with predictions of up to 12 more inches of rain in a short period of time. 
After I take my wife's 87 year old step father to the doctor to today I am going to get back to my shop and try to raise all equipment and materials at least 6" off the floor. My house is fine being 30" above the ground on pier and beam, but the shop is slab barely above ground level. The flood we had two weeks ago flooded my shop about an inch deep. It has only happened one time before in the 36 years that I have been here, looks like it may happen twice in the same 20 days!
After I take my wife's 87 year old step father to the doctor to today I am going to get back to my shop and try to raise all equipment and materials at least 6" off the floor. My house is fine being 30" above the ground on pier and beam, but the shop is slab barely above ground level. The flood we had two weeks ago flooded my shop about an inch deep. It has only happened one time before in the 36 years that I have been here, looks like it may happen twice in the same 20 days!
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From: Madera Ranchos
I hope the rain doesn't come for you, I can feel your pain not knowing the exact amount that is coming so you would know how high to elevate things. Maybe a pipeline to send the water to CA, we would gladly accept your overflow.
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It is crazy, the west isn't getting anything going on years and we are soon to be in boats. One of these days I believe that they will be making pipelines for water to get it to drought stricken parts of the country.
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We had 6" last night on the East side of San Antonio and the hurricane "Bill" is in the gulf probably coming in here tomorrow.
I can take it but I know lots of people cannot!
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I can take it but I know lots of people cannot!
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Hey Topper,
We drove into Austin from ABQ today dodging storms the whole way.
Abq had beautiful weather - 50's at night!! Unbelievable.
My body didn't know what to do without any humidity.
We got 4 inches of rain again in Austin yesterday - unfortunately more coming from this Tropical Storm Bill. Our lakes are up 40 feet in a month.
Hang in there Topper you guys in Houston are on the wet side of this thing.
Ben in Austin
1950 F1
We drove into Austin from ABQ today dodging storms the whole way.
Abq had beautiful weather - 50's at night!! Unbelievable.
My body didn't know what to do without any humidity.
We got 4 inches of rain again in Austin yesterday - unfortunately more coming from this Tropical Storm Bill. Our lakes are up 40 feet in a month.
Hang in there Topper you guys in Houston are on the wet side of this thing.
Ben in Austin
1950 F1
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From: Houston
Hey Topper,
We drove into Austin from ABQ today dodging storms the whole way.
Abq had beautiful weather - 50's at night!! Unbelievable.
My body didn't know what to do without any humidity.
We got 4 inches of rain again in Austin yesterday - unfortunately more coming from this Tropical Storm Bill. Our lakes are up 40 feet in a month.
Hang in there Topper you guys in Houston are on the wet side of this thing.
Ben in Austin
1950 F1
We drove into Austin from ABQ today dodging storms the whole way.
Abq had beautiful weather - 50's at night!! Unbelievable.
My body didn't know what to do without any humidity.
We got 4 inches of rain again in Austin yesterday - unfortunately more coming from this Tropical Storm Bill. Our lakes are up 40 feet in a month.
Hang in there Topper you guys in Houston are on the wet side of this thing.
Ben in Austin
1950 F1
Right now we are getting lots of rain but little wind, still a ways away from the worst of it. Most of the city is closed, but the grocery stores are all open and having crazy crowds.
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Thanks, so far more of a media circus than anything else. Lots of water pushed ashore by the storm swell so coastal residents took a hit, but nowhere near the rain we had a few weeks ago. The local TV stations and grocery stores had a field day, the stores were selling water like crazy. This storm is still producing rain, most of it is moving north and will soak quite a few states before it is done, at least according to the weather gurus.
Now back to the business of Ford trucks...
Now back to the business of Ford trucks...
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