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On 5/21/2024 11:41 AM, William Hyde wrote:
> Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> On 5/18/2024 5:21 AM, Tony Nance wrote:
>>> Just checking in after yet another round of severe weather in the 
>>> Houston area.
>>>
>>> Tony
>>
>> I was in Montana fishing with five other guys on the Missouri River 
>> for the last week.  I left Helena, Montana this morning at 34 F.  I 
>> arrived back in Houston at 93 F.  I want to go back.
>>
>> My wife and daughter were fine.  I live way outside Houston in what 
>> used to be the sticks.
>>
>> "For those of you scoring at home, Houston has endured.
>> 2015: Memorial Day flood
>> 2016: Tax Day flood
>> 2017: Harvey
>> 2019: TS Imelda
>> 2020: TS Beta
>> 2021: Grid collapse due to freeze, Hurricane Nicholas
>> 2022: heat/drought
>> 2023: Hottest summer on record
>> 2024: Derecho"
> 
> Last time I was in Houston, in 2001,  there was also a flood.  Those of 
> us in College Station benefited mightily, as classical musicians 
> relocated temporarily to our area, and put on a series of wonderful 
> chamber concerts.
> 
> Texas is the only place where I've ever had to swim across a street.  In 
> memory I associate SE Texas with floods.
> 
Texas _is_ a Biblical land....  :P

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