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41 minutes ago, miguelito said:

can I have your watch when you are dead?

is it a seiko diver?

why aren’t cedar trees illegal.  what the hell can they do that other trees can’t do.  

I’m trying to spread rumors that it’s an invasive species, brought here by European settlers to terrorize and harm the Native Americans, and that we should right the wrongs of our ancestors and eradicate every mountain juniper we can find. 

Any warbler dumb enough to make its home a cedar tree deserves to go extinct.

I’m trying to spread rumors that it’s an invasive species, brought here by European settlers to terrorize and harm the Native Americans, and that we should right the wrongs of our ancestors and eradicate every mountain juniper we can find. 


I support this rumor campaign.

lost most of my day yesterday to a nasty headache. thank you cedar. 

Just switched from Flonase to nasalcort seems to be helping. Never had allergies until this year. I guess after 25+ years of living in Austin it finally caught up to me.

a tree trimming company told me that a large cedar on a residential lot would need approval from the city of austin before cutting it down. wtf, is this true? it's big but not listed as a "heritage" tree afaik.

Does Austin still have the 36"(?) circumference protection rule on trees?

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In SA, cedars are 'protected,' I think because of those little bitch golden cheek warblers.  I doubt those little bastard birds are allergic to cedar pollen.

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Today's count is down, all the way to 10,420.  Come on rain!

Austin started the day in the 400's, most of that is outta here.  We had a pretty big swath of rain the last hour and that pretty much pissed all on and over any pollen stupid enough to venture out.

I heard once that the mountain junipers, which aren’t native to here, actually came here from Japan from some long ago Spanish cargo ship carrying some crap from Japan to Galveston which crap it held eventually along with the mountain juniper made its way to Austin and the hill country since the climate and pine trees in Houston it didn’t like but it loved the hill country.

Have no idea whether that’s true or not.  Just thought I’d share. And all cedar trees should be eradicated. The only potential downside I see is worse flooding in the HIll Country and Colorado since they suck up a ton of water but fuck all that, something else like more oak trees can suck up the water. 

24 minutes ago, JimmyJames said:

I heard once that the mountain junipers, which aren’t native to here, actually came here from Japan from some long ago Spanish cargo ship carrying some crap from Japan to Galveston which crap it held eventually along with the mountain juniper made its way to Austin and the hill country since the climate and pine trees in Houston it didn’t like but it loved the hill country.

Have no idea whether that’s true or not.  Just thought I’d share. And all cedar trees should be eradicated. The only potential downside I see is worse flooding in the HIll Country and Colorado since they suck up a ton of water but fuck all that, something else like more oak trees can suck up the water. 

I always heard it was from Mexico and brought in for long straight beams for missions. I guess one of us could go to the Aggie website and see.... Nah.. I am cool with blaming the Japanese. 

Who is the resident Juniper/Cedar expert here?  How often can these 2 re-pollinate?  Once they get a good rinsing, do we get a 2 week reprieve or what?

52 minutes ago, Nonbryan said:

Who is the resident Juniper/Cedar expert here? 

Everyone in here is.  Don't you know that?

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How often can these 2 re-pollinate?

2-3 days on a 2-month roll.

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Once they get a good rinsing, do we get a 2 week reprieve or what?

No.  More like a 2-3 day reprieve.

At least we'll have rainy weather the next 2/3 week (after Friday).

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On 12/26/2018 at 7:46 PM, phdhorn said:

Everyone in here is.  Don't you know that?

2-3 days on a 2-month roll.

No.  More like a 2-3 day reprieve.

At least we'll have rainy weather the next 2/3 week (after Friday).

Thanks PhD.  That is really depressing news.

Cedar was low for one day after last week’s rain. High again the day after that. Fuck you, Cedar.

1 hour ago, cactusflinthead said:

 

Well thanks David!

why the fuck you post that 

saturday was rough. stayed inside today. fucking nice days too. 

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Yeah, yesterday and today were very pleasant, except for the 11,000+ cedar counts.  I did some yard work and now I'm paying for it. 

It's a bait and switch with the nice weather and the wind blown Juniper that David speaks of.  I said f*ck it and went out and enjoyed the day. I'm sure I will be hacking my head off for the next couple of days!

6 hours ago, cactusflinthead said:

 

This video makes me want to kill myself.

12 hours ago, miguelito said:

Yeah, yesterday and today were very pleasant, except for the 11,000+ cedar counts.  I did some yard work and now I'm paying for it. 

Austin was 73 yesterday.  Man it sucks where you are, as much as it sucks e'rrwhere this time of year.

Cedar will be back in Austin probably today or tomorrow. Then another series of cool days will help it. I expect next week (say beginning the weekend) is gonna be rough.

Paying the price today for enjoying the weekend while mainlining allergy meds and Sudafed.  It was worth it, though.  Great fucking weekend.  Got in a run on Saturday, mountain bike ride Sunday, and played about 4-6 hours of various sports with my sons and a friend.  Soccer, football, basketball, and baseball.  Hell, even tossed some washers for 30 minutes yesterday.

But JFC I feel like shit today.

Worked outside all day Saturday.  I have a regimen of allergy meds (including some prescription) that has worked for several years.  But this weekend, cedar won.  Holy shit, I'm in terrible shape.  Haven't slept for shit for two nights, sneezing and constant runny nose.

Heading in for an emergency allergist visit today.  Will probably get a cortisone shot (avoided it for the past several years).  This crap sucks.  Kill all of those damned trees.

Hell, we have cedars in the greenbelt.  My son got new airsoft guns for Xmas.  When he'd shoot a cedar tree, exploding pollen looked like smoke.  They are in record form this year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Same with other folks.  Enjoyed time on my back porch Saturday and Sunday.  Despite my continued regimen of Allegra in the morning and Flonase in the evening, I feel like I'm recovering from a weekend bender in Las Vegas.

God today is bad. Benearyl, Zyrtec, Azelastine and Fluticasone and I'm still coughing, sore throat, itchy eyes and stuffy & itchy nose. Fuck you, you fucking juniper assholes.

Gave up, went to my allergist for a rescue steroid shot. First time I’ve had to do that since 2012.

What was the most recent count?  Last night around dinner I felt the congestion coming on . . . spent the whole night and half of today blowing my nose.  Felt like an extended moderate asthma attack.

Alright... I’ll keep up the allergy shots supplemented with Flonase after reading the last few posts.
I often question how effective they are and if it’s worth it but was outside all day sat and sun, and nary a stuffy nose...

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In San Antonio:

Saturday 6,350

Sunday 11,820

Monday 5,690

Today 420

Front coming tonight, so the numbers should go up again.

 

And keeping up with the last 2 year's total counts (every day added up):

2016 153,220

2017 285,480

This season 217,880, with a few more weeks to go.

13 minutes ago, miguelito said:

And keeping up with the last 2 year's total counts (every day added up):

2016 153,220

2017 285,480

This season 217,880, with a few more weeks to go.

So what's the correlation here?  Increased annual rainfall?  God hates us?

9 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

What was the most recent count?  Last night around dinner I felt the congestion coming on . . . spent the whole night and half of today blowing my nose.  Felt like an extended moderate asthma attack.

High yesterday (AAA reading via KXAN) - 1,146.  However today it's low at 486

KVUE (which does their own) had it low yesterday at under 400, today like AAA/KXAN at 486 - both of those are "low" - and tomorrow forecast for "low". 

Not sure I believe that entirely.

Anyway, maybe the trees have shot most of their wad early (in Dec.) with the favorable conditions, and won't be as bad the 2nd half.  Yeah, right.

(by the way, peak is about Jan 17 avg.).

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All the wind today.  That can’t be good.   Feels like Flonase only has a few more rounds in it.  

Cedar gonna pop the next 2 days... high category (1,300+ KVUE).  This rainy event thing will wash it out I think on Friday.
Until then, keep taking those allergy suppositories.
Wait... those aren't suppositories...
Yeah, I know... PSYCH!!! LOL!

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Hey, I'll try anything now. 

The count was only about 1300 this morning, but that wind is gonna fuck things up.  My eyes are starting to crust over. 

My eyes are on fire today as well miguelito, I think the next couple days are going to be rough 

I'm that miserable person that takes Zyrtec 365 days a year when in Austin, because if it's not one thing, it's another. Cedar kills me every year, it's the worst. I jumped on the Flonase train 12/1 this year, and have had easily the best Cedar season in 12 years in Austin. This morning was the first that I have had bad drainage waking up, so I'm preparing myself for tomorrow. 

Heading to Vegas for the weekend, so of course its gonna rain to drop it down while I'm gone. If y'all are placing bets, #'s will go sky high come Tuesday.

1 hour ago, miguelito said:

Hey, I'll try anything now. 

The count was only about 1300 this morning, but that wind is gonna fuck things up.  My eyes are starting to crust over. 

You can get Flonase in bulk at Costco (they have their own house-brand). 

6 squirts a day up the anal canal starting on December 1st, then 3 squirts a day starting on the 15th, and you should be okay. If you are still,having problems, you can do two squirts in each nostril, but I would use a different bottle, unless you want to deal with something worse than cedar issues. 

Thats all according to a friend. 

58 minutes ago, UnivTex34 said:

I'm that miserable person that takes Zyrtec 365 days a year when in Austin, because if it's not one thing, it's another. Cedar kills me every year, it's the worst. I jumped on the Flonase train 12/1 this year, and have had easily the best Cedar season in 12 years in Austin.

Yeah, Zyrtec 365 here, too. I read that it's ok to double up on Zyrtec occasionally when shit's really bad, & I found that when I take it every 12 hours it really helps a lot during the peak bad times. Seems like Cedar isn't too bad for me, but Mold & Ragweed fuck me up completely, so I get the effects on and off, year round. Mold has been destroying me ever since it stopped raining.

1 minute ago, wood said:

Yeah, Zyrtec 365 here, too. I read that it's ok to double up on Zyrtec occasionally when shit's really bad, & I found that when I take it every 12 hours it really helps a lot during the peak bad times. Seems like Cedar isn't too bad for me, but Mold & Ragweed fuck me up completely, so I get the effects on and off, year round. Mold has been destroying me ever since it stopped raining.

Yeah, the double up never really helps me, but I have taken enough benedryl in my life, that it no longer makes me drowsy, so for bad days, I go straight for the pink pills.

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