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Mighty fine

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  1. This. WUnderground, my equity trading app, and a few others were borked this morning. Un- installing the system webview did the trick
  2. Took the kayak down to bastrop yesterday to try and do a little fishing. No luck finding fish so I decided to paddle around a bit, then came across the remnants of these two. Have heard lots of stories of bucks getting locked up; pretty neat to come across it in the wild.
  3. The news is a little off. You automatically go into boil water notice when certain conditions present, such as low system pressure. The 24 hr bac-t test is used as a confirmation test that it either is or isn't present, so minimum boil notice duration is 24 hours
  4. I've seen it mentioned a couple of times about popping off the meter manhole lid with a screwdriver. I've found that the charging handle of a caulking gun is the prefect tool for this job.
  5. Not really. If the water completely fills the pipe (no air) and begins to freeze, it tries to compress the unfrozen water. But since water is not compressible*, and if it's not allowed to vent, you'll see a pretty significant pressure build up. The freezing water is basically running an uncontrolled hydrostatic test on the piping. I had always assumed it was a hoop stress in the frozen section. Thanks to TwiceHorn for his post a couple nights ago; after thinking about it, his (and phd's) explanations are on the money. *practical truth, not universal
  6. Likely has something to do with the additional fuel that would be required to maintain a stable decent once back in upright position.
  7. Fonda. Just looked at the map and realized not quite as far north as I was remembering. Was there for a family reunion with my wife family.
  8. The days around July 4, 2017 in northwest Iowa were possibly the most prefect in terms of weather that I can remember experiencing
  9. Regarding JoJo, this is spot on (especially for dogs with shepherd in them). In my experience, obedience training won't get rid of this instinct; you have to get more into the attack/guard dog training, and this comes with some other trade offs. She just said enough of this shit and laid down the law to Henry; you are correct in your assessment that Henry's got to go.
  10. Just got back to 78729 from 78749. North side of town has definitely had it heavier than south of about 2222.
  11. Article said he's stable and lucid. Will likely need a bit of rehab, but it's amazing how far medical advances have come on this. Not the death sentence it once was if you can get to hospital fairly quickly
  12. Following a couple of deaths from the bug at our local lake growing up, we all got in the habit of plugging our nose before skiing/tubing and jumping off boat houses for that very reason
  13. Hmm, interesting. Not uncommon in surface water supply (stagnant water areas). That the city uses groundwater is a bit of a head scratcher. Could be an 'old water' issue from water in dead end mains, but I'd wager its a contaminated ground storage tank at the bwa/ city connection (top of the head, non informed assumption). Good news, easily rectified (pending they can quickly id the source).
  14. When's the last time you were able to go grab a few beers with your buddies? Be sure to make sure she's aware of that.
  15. The pause and site redirect when clicking the link originally posted made the picture all the more funnier.
  16. https://www.khou.com/mobile/article/news/crime/six-former-hpd-officers-indicted-for-17-felonies-after-investigation-into-narcotics-division/285-ff7b5af3-53dd-4fd6-910f-981874701765
  17. I believe that's correct , or at least the general location
  18. Lots of headscratchers for me here. The biggest one being that this was in Mabank. Edit: I watched the video before reading the flyer. That makes a bit more sense.
  19. Yes. Still have a bunch of family and friends there; don't get back as often as I'd like to. Curious, which restaurant was tied to the spread?
  20. Have you heard any numbers/stats on how things are doing around the lake? Just learned that a former teacher of mine who lived over around Malakoff passed away due to complications from the virus
  21. Yep. And the population projections are not only critical for estimating water needs, but also making sure utilities don't develop supplies too quickly and find yourself at the short end of the stick with either debt service or take- or-pay contract obligations. The latter topic has become a growing concern more recently with the proliferation of utility partnerships
  22. That's a separate issue. With subsidence, the consolidation is happening in the dewatered formation, so generally the elevation drop is constant across a local area.
  23. One distinction on this: El Paso is brackish groundwater desalination. With brackish desal, your going on the order of 5000 mg/l to less than 1000 mg/l of total dissolved solids typically using membrane filtration, freshwater blending, or a combination of both. With seawater desal, your looking at going from 35,000 mg/l to less than 1000 mg/l tds with your treatment system. That additional level of treatment compounds both your capital and operations cost. Corpus is looking at seawater desal, but it's some expensive water.
  24. Austin has untapped options (eg, go east and tap the Carrizo Wilcox aquifer system similar to San Antonio). This coupled with the growth of reuse and alternative technologies such as Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) will set them up well into the future. With regards to private investment, PPPs are increasing in popularity (see SAWS Vista Ridge wellfield and pipeline). I think the economics on water supply projects are prohibitive to private investment/ development unless (a) you have and can stand to sit on a shit ton of capital/assets for a 20 year horizon without making, or (b) you own a shit ton of land sitting on top of a prolific aquifer (see Temple Inland/Forestar)
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