\r\n \r\n I don\'t see very many deer at my house either. Some come bye to check if I\'ve thrown out my old bread or cantaloupe peels or banana peels, etc. Otherwise they stay close to the lake, which is less than a mile from my house. The lake has a huge bathtub ring now, and islands being exposed. Water rationing is in effect in the Austin. There are actually paid water police.\r\n

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\r\n \r\n Very sad situation for wild and ranch animals. Last I heard about rain in Texas was for one day in August, and don\'t think it was much, certainly not enough to make a difference. We can just hope that a wet weather system moves through the area soon and brings some relief for all the folks and creatures living there, they deserve a break to be sure. \r\n

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\r\n \r\n Meanwhile we\'ve had more water than we know what to do with in Idaho.\r\n

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\r\n \r\n According to the weather channel, a tropical thingy has just formed in the gulf so parts of Texas may get some relief.\r\n

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\r\n \r\n I\'m praying some rain for you folks in Texas & for some lower temps too. \r\n

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\r\n \r\n That tropical storm will be a bit much for Louisiana and parts of TX coast. Not inland. Our Houston area forum friends may get some. The one rain event was in the Dallas area, north TX. Those poor guys get all the bad weather, winter freezes, vicious hail storms, tornadoes. The rest of TX seems to be under a bubble. Nothing but sun.\r\n

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\r\n \r\n I was sorry to see the terrible wild fires Texas is having at the moment, and I hope you and your family are safe jfh and everyone else on here that lives within the wild fire area.\r\n

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\r\n \r\n We\'ve once again had a week of upper 90\'s & low 100\'s with little rain here in N. Ky & S. Ohio areas.
\nWhile at a small farmer\'s stand yesterday afternoon where I bought some green beans, tomatoes, peaches,
\n& new potatoes. [he was crowded/busy.] customers were talking about the probability of our fireworks
\ndisplay on the Ohio River tonight being ruined as we\'re due rain & storms tonight. I think the
\nfarmer & I were the only ones who said we would rather have the rain than the fireworks.
\nOur condo community is having a cookout today too [closing of our pool] which might get rained out.
\nSince I don\'t eat brat/hotdogs [no hamburgers due to high cost of ground chuck] I\'m not sure
\nI\'m going tho I\'ve made pickled beets to take as my contribution...I may just drop them off & come
\nback home. ....My daughter & I are going to see the movie "The Help" tomorrow. We both read the book\r\n

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\r\n \r\n Well, our fireworks went off as planned....just a few minutes late as rain fell before 9PM. A lovely
\ndisplay lasting 45 minutes with rousing patriotic music.
\nHappy Labor Day all! \r\n

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\r\n \r\n JFH how close are you to the wild fires??? Are you ok??? Do you need a place to go?? I am south of houston, so if you need a safe haven, let me know and I will give you directions to get down here.... Hopefully you are not in this mess!!!
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\r\n \r\n Bastrop is in the worst condition of all the wildfires. I feel sorry for those folks. Just Me, I\'m on the north side of Lake Travis, 20 miles northwest of Austin. The fierce winds were blowing south, so I don\'t even get the smoke. The wind has died down today, so that should help the firefighters. Keep us informed about your daughter. She is lucky if she had not yet been made to evacuate.
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\nAt least we are having a cooling trend. Down into the 90s this week. The mornings are around 60F. That\'s unusual, but autumn is near. We did not have a spring in this area. I wonder if we are going to have an autumn.\r\n

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\r\n \r\n Quick call out the National Guard! This is one of its duties. Oh wait! Never mind they are busy guarding some other nation�s poppy crop.
\n But that\'s OK there are a handful of volunteers that are trying to fight it.
\nOops take that back FEMA is now involved and they don\'t want volunteers getting in their way.
\n Of course we know what a great job they did in New Orleans so obviously there is nothing to worry about.\r\n

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\r\n \r\n Gov. Rick Perry wants the Fed gov to keep its nose out of TX. Funny thing is that he is now complaining that they won\'t send big equipment. He is going to reluctantly ask Fort Hood to help. He is forever wanting TX to become a nation again. It is so funny that he wants to be president. It\'s all about jobs and how TX is continues to have relatively low unemployment (7%). Fort Hood, a federal military institution, is TX biggest employer.\r\n

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\r\n \r\n Keep us informed just me. The Bastrop Complex fire -' + '- the larger of the two blazes burning in the county -' + '- has destroyed 1,386 homes, according to the latest update issued Thursday.\r\n

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