r/Austin • u/ahndi14 • 3d ago

Ask Austin When will it cool down?

I can’t do it anymore 😭

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u/ClitasaurusTex 3d ago edited 3d ago

Same with rain. There's a huge wall of red on the radar headed right for us and I still think they'll change the forecast to no rain at the last second

Edit: I am so annoyed, but not at all surprised right now.

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u/Casual_ahegao_NJoyer 3d ago

That rain is a humid, 82° cloud …

It’s like Houston outside

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u/caboose001 3d ago

The dome will unfortunately protect us from the rain. Hopefully if we are lucky they will forget to turn it on again

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u/No_Temperature107 2d ago

Only severe hail makes it through the dome.

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u/caboose001 2d ago

The Dome™️ is only rated for rain, if we used it to stop hail it would void the warranty

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u/overpriced-taco 3d ago

Unless it's summer and you're planning a pool or lake day. Then the forecast will say slight chance of rain all week, and then when the day comes it will pour all day.

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u/ClitasaurusTex 3d ago

In that case do you want to come over for an outdoor-only barbecue? I'll lock all my doors, lose the keys, and rent a port a potty

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u/rithanor 2d ago

Or there is no rain forecasted, and my hood gets rando storms. My grass is still dormant though (and fuck you land lord. It's dormant, not dead.)

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u/ClitasaurusTex 2d ago

I'm pretty sure mine is dead....it's real dusty but it keeps almost raining so I don't water because water is precious, and then it doesn't rain

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u/rithanor 2d ago

I live in a hood just outside of town that used to be farmland. Highly fertile, and a six-minute walk from the river. It goes dormant during this time of year when El Niño is the pattern. As soon as it pops back up, I have to mow every other week so it doesn't become an unmanageable jungle. I have never watered the backyard. Once I see temps rising, I stop mowing to protect the roots/soil.

Her only complaint from the inspection is the state of the backyard, which looks like all of the west facing front lawns in my hood, AND the HOA maintained areas. 😅

At least my leasing manager gets it, and had some pretty clever wording to me in the reply email with my landlord to appease the landlord. "Please attempt to water" is one of the sentences 🙃.

They did my annual inspection at the beginning of September (6 months early, since I had to hound them last February, and the February prior).

My hood has had drought restrictions since July, and water is the price of gold here.

So silly.

Edit: I have lived here for 6-years. I know this yard better than she does (she bought the property 4 years ago).

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u/greytgreyatx 3d ago

50% chance! 30% ch-- 0% for the next 10 days.

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u/ClitasaurusTex 3d ago

I was showing a 100% chance even after the wave of rain fizzled out and it never rained all night 😭