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  1. ABZ

    PGA Tour 2025

    What a surprise. Scottie just finished tied for first with a 26' birdie putt on 18.
  2. I thought you were joking, but unfortunately you are serious and correct.
  3. @CleverNickname FYI, if you want to look for water levels nearby, you can use the TWDB GIS site to click on nearby water wells and look at their water elevation (various dates) with reference to their surface location as well as the geologic formation producing water. You can also look at what geologic formations are outcropping nearby using the layer levels to get a feel for where the water might be. https://www3.twdb.texas.gov/apps/WaterDataInteractive/GroundwaterDataViewer
  4. I found out about Notrees for the first time two months ago, on my way to Hobbs, NM from Odessa. But seriously, this is some bullshit.
  5. What a name indeed... Looks like they are trying to pull most of this water from a relatively small area, with many wells near their property lines. This property is in the extreme SW corner of Anderson county. I'd be pissed if I was their neighbor. Sidenote: That area is in the Elkhart-Mount Enterprise fault zone, a zone associated with salt related structures in the East Texas Salt Basin. Due to the faulting and structures, naturally occurring crude oil from deeper reservoirs/shales (Austin Chalk-Eagle Ford-Woodbine) has migrated upwards via faults and filled many of these shallow sands (Queen City-Carrizo-Wilcox) over geologic time. It has since become biodegraded and heavy. There are a few commercial heavy oil fields producing from the Carrizo and Wilcox, but the oil is literally everywhere in this region of Anderson county in some quantity. Water for small local municipalities pump fresh water out of zones in lateral contact with the heavy crude oil. I am nearly positive that these small municipalities and private well operators do not look for organic components (they do what they are required by regulatory agencies). There are highly likely naturally occurring, dangerous, soluble organic compounds (VOCs, BETX) in a lot of the drinking water, at what concentrations, Idk. I guess that's what you get with limiting regulatory requirements. Leopards and all that. In summary, some rural folks may already be fucked. I know I wouldn't drink the water from the faulted areas without sufficient testing for those specific contaminants.
  6. I think its just him finding them ugly. His golf course just north of Aberdeen has giant windmills just offshore "ruining" his aesthetic.
  7. Yes, Jap Lane in Vidor/Orange County. Looks like its now called Japanese Lane. Story behind the name: http://hirasaki.net/Family_Stories/Kishi_Colony/Kishi.htm The website is of a George Hirasaki from Vidor, now a professor at Rice, who I've gotten to work with. CSB: Back when George was at Shell, he was first boss of my own advisor who I had while at UT. Also, George's brother lived in quarantine with the astronauts from Apollo 11 after getting back from the moon.
  8. He must've been a roadie for Metallica. Heard the same thing.
  9. Anyone else think Harris English looks like he could be Lane Kiffin's brother?
  10. I hear this in the Betty Blackwell commercial voice.
  11. I'm assumed he meant sending out alerts locally/statewide like when a cop stubs his toe on the job.
  12. Agreed. Wasn't trying to imply they could. Most of their unconventional resources are gas from tight sandstones and shale, and coal-bed methane.
  13. China produces ~4 million barrels per day, but their demand is much higher. Their largest field, Daqing, was discovered in the 1959 and they continue to operate it to maximize production without major concerns about economics as it is a strategic necessity.
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