Is anybody getting any rain?It has sprinkled a few times but Im not getting enough to even help the yard,let alone put water in the pond.

On another note,yesterday I was running the A/C,and today its back to the heater.Sigh.

Look at the bright side - on average, you have no HVAC demand at all.

Got about an inch of rain last night in Goldthwaite America. Tom, you guys east of I-35 always get the rain, finally us westerners got some. Have a beer on me, I'll pay you later.

Heybud,Im in a corridor between 35 and 45,and the rain habitually misses me.I will take you up on the beer though,since Im playing hooky today.

Rained here at home since 6am until about 11am, 90 percent chance for more this evening. Hope the pond got some. My new trees need a drink .

Got a slow soaking inch here. First real rain since maybe July. It has rained around us almost every time since LAST spring.

I think its a diabolical plot to make all our ponds go dry.Lets blame JHAP.

We got a little this morning and a good shower about an hour ago...not sure of the total amount.

We need it BAD. I told my dad it would rain now that we're drilling a water well. Lo and behold...

hijack on....
davatsa, how's that drilling coming along?

What in the world is wrong with you today?Dont you know hijacking is not allowed on this website?
I,too,would like to know about the well,though.

DIED and Tom,

Good question. They've been drilling for a few days. Last I heard, they were about 60 feet down, but I haven't been out there yet. We're anticipating going 300-400 feet to get to the semi-good stuff and maximize our gpm.

I'll probably head out there on Friday and check it out. Might do a little fishing if the weather warms by then. It's cold (well, in the 40s) and rainy now.

dang dave, i hope they are charging by the foot and not T&M. only 60 ft after a FEW DAYS??

some of those other drill methods i discussed on yer other thread do 60 feet in an hour or two.

good luck..

"A few days" is a rough estimate--I don't know how much of that time represents actual drilling, but they've been on site for at least three days. 60' was as of Monday morning, so it should be more now.

Yes, we're paying by the foot. If it was by the hour, ahvatsa would have already lit a spark under them.

10 years ago we went down 300 feet. There is nothing living down there other than water and hard. Even a GSF can't survive in water that hard!

Was this post about weather? It is supposed to be -8F here overnight and +50F on Saturday. Whipsaw weather!

2.4 inches at my house just East of Fort Worth with another 1 to 3 inches forecast overnight. Not getting that much at my land 70 miles NNW of the metroplex.

Yeah, I kicked on the heat. it's 43 degrees outside.

A good chunk of the DFW area has a weather advisory warning about "ponding". Uh oh, I think they are on to us!

Dave,thats just disgusting.I havent bothered cking the gauge,but Id guess 2-3 tenths,maybe.And the water table is so low its affected my well too.

Hey, stop with those negative vibes man.

Tom, before this stuff ends, you ought to get your share.

I havent checked the gauge yet,but it looks like the pond caught about 1 1/2 fett of run-off.

I might even be raining at my place in Giddings

Well,this is really strange for Texas,its been hovering around 40 for 3 days AND nights now.I guess it will either snow or go up into the 90s next week.

I poured 5 and a half inches out of my gauge here at the Rocin M Wednesday and Thursday. surprisingly my pond only came up about a foot. The ground was soaking it up like a sponge.

Have received 4.75" since Wednesday. The pond is up 2 feet to conservation level. That's enough for now...........save some for April.

Wow...you guys are FINALLY getting killer precip. It's like Christmas in March.

Some of us are. We've gotten .2" total in the last 3 days at the pondsite.

The good stuff keeps flaring up just north of us and traveling NNE. Very frustrating.

Dang Dave, I was hoping you guys would get a bunch. I'm going up to my place tomorrow to see how much I got. 4.95 inches at my house but don't think I got that much there.

I didnt get that much,but,as I have a large watershed and the creek has been drbbling away,Ive now caught about 4 ft.From a puddle to a pond in one rain event. Coming up the next 4-5 fett to put me at full pool will double the size of my pond.

Well, I got 2.25 inches in the country. It fell very slow for about 48 hours and created absolutely no runoff.

Same thing in Giddings

Still need a frog strangler bad.

My ponds are full and running around. The early morning sound of a running water fall is so divine.

That stinks, but with 2.25 inches, at least you'll know what grass looks like again.

New update: 3" in San Antonio (that last day helped) and 0.3" at the ponds. Water well still being drilled.

Got out to the pond this evening and it was up about 6", so it is about as full as it can get. Water was trickling out the spillway creek. Good chance for more in Northeast Texas early next week. On a side note, spring has definitely sprung. I have a couple dozen baby Lesser Scaup ducks at the pond now.

Very neat! I didn't realize they nested in Texas... A very pretty bird.

I'm so happy that you guys finally got a little rain; enough to fill some of your ponds. I've never been down more than two feet but can imagine watching my pond reduce to a puddle, and being unable to do much about it.

How did the guys in Georgia do?

I'm in Mid-W Ga and have plenty of water.

Hope everyone in central Texas is keeping safe. Noticed a tornado warning down there, and we have severe thunderstorms up here. Pretty bad weather going through a lot of the country right now with flooding up north and the southeast and a pretty bid winter weather alert, and it looks like a lot more are going to get it tomorrrow.

I checked it an hour or 2 ago, it was passing through central TX. I thought it wouldn't hit Cajun country until 6-7 AM. Well, it's already in HOU - BMT. I hope it helped the drought areas to the south and west, but it was going so fast I doubt it.

Austin had golf ball-sized hail earlier this afternoon. My inlaws live up that way, and the report is that many a windshield and roof took the brunt of it.

Insurance companies and roofers will be busy. One will be happy about it, the other won't.

...One will be happy about it, the other won't will share the loss with the rest of us

That rain went about a mile north of me...again.

davatsa - Rain yet ?

ewest,

We've gotten a few tenths (I'm gonna estimate 0.2) in San Antonio, and it looks like we've gotten about the same amount at the ponds, but I can't verify that for sure.

The good stuff is literally blowing in right now. Hopefully we'll get a few inches out of it.

I like using http://www.wunderground.com

It's the most accurate site I've found so far. The radar and rainfall totals have been accurate, and it's been the only site I can trust for wind forecasts when planning hunts.

On a related note, the drillers finally hit good water...we think. It will be tested in the next few days. They're at about 320' and we planned on 400-500, so that is good news.

I second http://www.wunderground.com By far the most accurate weather website...

Another good one. Excellent Radar.
http://www.intellicast.com/

Its misting enough I had to run my wipers,but still not getting any precip.

Funny...and true!

I just looked at the weather map and its RED right on top of me and nothings happening

time to wipe up the Hawaiin Punch spill

Tom with your luck you'll probably get a twister that will take all the water out of your pond, but leave the fish.

Which website/radar are you using, Tom?

I was on wonderground.My wife just came though Hubbard and said the bottom fell out over there!

hmmm...I've had good luck with wunderground being accurate. Can't win 'em all, I guess.

Did you get any more rain?

1) I meant Corsicana
2)Dont hold that against them.It did turn black outside and downpoured for all of about 10 seconds.As soon as it started,it saw my place and quit,went down the road and dropped all its water.It was there,it just wont let me have any.However,Im at work,so maybe I fooled ole mother nature and my pond 10 miles away got some.Ill know shortly when I get home.

I dont know what the weather in Texas is doing, but im in Stillwater, OK right now and they are forecasting 10in. of snow tomorrow! Almost April.

My rain gauge is full and I can see the Rockin M pond from my back door. Haven't been able to do that in a long time. It is still raining and can't wait to get down to see the pond up close. Hope all in Central Texas are okay. Some places around us have had 7 inches and it's still raining.

Full pool Heybud ? !!!!!!

Yes Sir, Just got back and pond is almost over my dock. I have never seen it this high and water is still running in. Starting to rain again also. Be interesting to see how many fish I have lost. There is a barrier at the spillway so maybe it will help.

I got full pool too.I also got about 3 ft on top of my dock,and have bluegill going over the spillway.Hope I dont loose too many fish.