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Rule 5 rocks

Posted on July 25, 2010 | Comments Off on Rule 5 rocks

Indeed, one pic of the voluptuous and demonstrably-cute young French singer-exhibitionist Alizee, has brought me in the neighborhood of five hundred hits in the past three days alone.

As the embodiment (so to speak) of blogger Stacy McCain’s Rule 5, that is not a surprise. However, she still has a ways to go to beat out my previous (and ongoing) hit-makers, Lake Travis in drought, Port Aransas from the air, and Miles Austin’s girlfriend. Nevertheless, I’m grateful, both to Rule 5 and the fetching Ms. Alizee. Have a nice day, dear. You deserve it.

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Lake Travis drought ending

Posted on October 23, 2009 | Comments Off on Lake Travis drought ending

This week’s rain, particularly storms out in the Hill Country along the Pedernales and Llano rivers, and the subsequent runoff, have raised Lake Travis by more than six feet. The rise is expected to continue today, eventually bringing back about half of the fifty feet lowering by the drought.

That would still leave the lake about twenty feet lower than normal for this time of the year. But one more flash flood out there should be enough to fix that. Then I’ll have to scurry out to the lake and get some pictures to add to the befores I’ve already posted. Because, if things stay true to form, by Christmas we’ll be talking about the flooding on the lake. Heh.

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More Lake Travis drought

Posted on September 15, 2009 | Comments Off on More Lake Travis drought

Debilitating-drought-to-continue-in-South-O1RJ8LA-x-largeThe upper end of Cypress Creek Arm, at Anderson Mill Marina on Lake Travis, is a boat-and-float-filled pasture.

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Lake Travis drought

Posted on September 15, 2009 | Comments Off on Lake Travis drought

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This sloop (probably full of water from the recent rains thanks to the open hatch) and the two sloops behind it were abandoned at Anderson Mill Marina, apparently because the owners weren’t paying their slip rent. The rest of the boats, and the docks, were moved out toward the main basin where there’s more water. I haven’t seen this part of the lake, called Cypress Creek Arm, this low in twenty-four years. It’s going to take at least two or three flash floods to bring this back to normal.

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Drought buster

Posted on August 25, 2009 | Comments Off on Drought buster

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Here’s a bit of hopeful weather prognostication. The rains haven’t started falling yet. But the LCRA’s Bob Rose says they might by Friday. The Purple Sage outside his office already is in bloom.

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Pedernales “River”

Posted on July 25, 2009 | Comments Off on Pedernales “River”

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This is one reason Lake Travis is so low this summer. The almost dry Pedernales is one of the major suppliers of water to the lake-reservoir. The other is the Llano River. Haven’t seen any current pictures of it lately.

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