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  1. A flood warning is in effect Saturday for the South Fork San Gabriel River at Georgetown, which at 6:30 a.m. had reached 16.9 feet. Flood stage is 9 feet.

    The river is expected to crest at just above 26 feet, which is major flood level, by Saturday afternoon, Williamson County Emergency Services said. It will not fall below flood stage until Sunday morning.

    Video of Blue Hole this morning:




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  2. We have a full foam home (single story). It cost a lot, and honestly I’m not sure if I’d do it again. Open cell in walls and underside of the roof. Nice thing is that the attic is clean, all my pipes/wiring are accessible, and it’s cool up there during the summer. We were able to downsize the AC unit by 2 tons (single 4 Ton for ~2900sqft). House is tight and easy to control temp and humidity. Cons are Noise traveling from room to room via the attic and heating is a bitch during the winter, since all the heat seems go up to the attic.

    I wouldn’t consider a retrofit. closed attics can have moisture issues unless done right. You’re not going to have a tight house if you have batt insulation in the walls and your plates/studs aren’t sealed. I’d just save your money and blow in more insulation and be done with it.


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  3. Last week in the LT watershed.... nice. Sadly what we need is another 7+ inches next week too. Lake levels haven’t budged an inch hardly from all of this. Fingers crossed last night will add some though.

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    Doesn’t help that LCRA is continuing to release water at a rate greater than combined inflows. Fuck the LCRA.


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  4. 21 hours ago, irockalltherocks said:

    5 episodes in, enjoying it so far , but this could have been any generic CIA character. Greer is all wrong and don't care for the actress playing Cathy.

    On a positive note, side boob in Ep. 2 was very impressive.

    Concur on Greer but thought Cathy was fine. 

  5. That big of a discrepancy in square footage is really strange.  I don't think I've seen the appraisal and builder square footage that far apart based solely on exterior vs conditioned space unless there were additions/add-ons.  Are you sure that the garage wasn't included in that number (although 400 square feet would be smallish for a double garage and not a very likely scenario) or is there a bonus room (something like an upstairs gameroom option) that wasn't accounted for in the base plan?

    Our new construction had a similar appraisal error. They had undersized the garage and said it was part of the conditioned space. Also had messed up a little on a few exterior measurements and everything totaled to about 400sqft error. Challenge that shit - I did and it was pretty straightforward.


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  6. 7 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

    Navy haul ass yet? 

    In progress

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    Hawaii-based Ships to Sortie Ahead of Hurricane Lane

    PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII – Rear Adm. Brian Fort, commander, Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific, announced that U.S. Navy ships and submarines based in Hawaii not currently undergoing maintenance availabilities have begun to sortie as Hurricane Lane travels toward the Hawaiian Islands.

    Ships that sortie will be positioned to help respond after the storm, if needed.

    “Based on the current track of the storm, we made the decision to begin to sortie the Pearl Harbor based ships,” Fort said. “This allows the ships enough time to transit safely out of the path of the storm.”

    Units will remain at sea until the threat from the storm subsides and Hawaii-based Navy aircraft will be secured in hangars or flown to other airfields to avoid the effects of the hurricane.

    The Navy orders a sortie during potentially extreme weather conditions to reduce the risk of significant damage to ships and piers during high winds and seas. Some ships will not get underway, due to various maintenance availabilities, and are taking extra precautions to avoid potential damage. Commanding officers have a number of options when staying in port, depending on the severity of the weather. Some of these options include adding additional mooring and storm lines, dropping the anchor, and disconnecting shore power cables.

     

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  7. On 8/18/2018 at 9:30 AM, phdhorn said:

    About 2 more days of hot, then another scenario like last week; high moves west into the Mojave region, and the Gulf opens up w/humid air.  Weak front sinks down Tues or so and gives us better chance of rain, though at this point not like last week.

    But temps should sink 5 or 6 degrees into the high 90's.

    Lies. 

  8. There is a good shower coming down on my house in Bee Cave - where it always rains.

    Sometimes I wonder if you’re fucking with us and it actually never rains there


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