Past The Cold SNAP

 And now we get into a much better pattern. Maybe someday it will rain. Someday. Some DAY. Maybe. And maybe not! 

Every day feels a bit off, and somewhat strange. 

Warming Again

 I'll be happy to see the last of winter. It didn't get cold enough to damage any vegetation. But it didn't rain either. Rain won't help the city's wells, that water is under a caprock and they won't recharge. You can think of our aquifer as a container for fossil water. I believe most of the small towns around here rely on a water table on top of the caprock, and those can be recharged by rainfall, but slowly. But that water is easily contaminated. Surface reservoirs can and do go dry, and most of those become very salty as the water levels decline. In my humble opinion, this area is being asked to support a non-sustainable population, and we hit the wall much sooner if droughts become the norm. And I know from experience how hard it is to maintain the wells drilled into this aquifer. It is saturated sand. Pump impellors get eaten up. The cones of depression that form around each well decrease pumping efficiency over time, and they refill very, very, slowly when a pump is taken out of service. High maintenance operation. Lots of sand to deal with. It was common practice to shut down the Bailey County well field and send front end loaders into the reservoir to remove accumulated sand. The wells pump water AND sand. Not an ideal situation for a city with delusions of endless growth. If it rained more, the surface water reservoirs would be a good supply. But it IS NOT raining enough to sustain those reservoirs, and if drought becomes the norm, eventually you are completely reliant on well water. That isn't going to work indefinitely. That's NOT sustainable. You can, of course, try magic, rain dances, and prayer. Good luck with that. Nature doesn't give a shit. 

 

Let the good times roll. Sha Na Na Na Na-- live for today...

Kind Of Cold

 Not that bad, but the wind is a problem again. Just enough to make an uncomfortable wind chill. Sunny. No chance of rain unfortunately. Will the Slobfather be indicted? That would be nice to see. There are so very many crimes he could be indicted for. Asshole Abbot has seized control of schools in Houston. The kids there might actually have been learning something and we can't have that-- keep them ignorant and brain-washed. Send them off to Bible camps! Nothing will eat their brains up faster than that kind of abuse. 

Those indoctrination centers are all over the state. 

The Howling Wind

 A norther blew in. That howling wind merely signifies emptiness and vacancy. It didn't get as cold this morning as forecast. That was nice. It looks like we get no relief from the drought. 

If no Uri Geller, then maybe El Nino??

Not Bad Today

 Cold tomorrow. Winter not over. Precipitation chances slim to none. What we need is rain and not more cold weather.