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txlandlord | Posted in Business on December 2, 2005 12:03pm

What is the weather like where you live and work, and how does it affect your business?

November 29, 2005 / Hungerford, TX / 70 degrees and sunny / no work problems.

But, I am still cutting the grass.

Our coldest month is February and the mean temp is 61.  

I don’t want to tell you about July and August when can be 105 in the shade. 

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    intrepidcat | Dec 02, 2005 12:42am | #1

    yeah, but you get that "cool" breeze off the Gulf.

     

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    "All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone." Pascal

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      txlandlord | Dec 02, 2005 01:27am | #2

      Yeah, breezes good.

      Where are you in Texas? You could be at least 600 miles away and still be in Texas.

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        intrepidcat | Dec 05, 2005 07:02am | #26

        Houston, primarily.

         

        But I range out all over the state.

         

        Try to stay out of the Panhandle in the winter time.

         

         "All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone." Pascal

    2. brownbagg | Dec 02, 2005 04:42am | #5

      yes but our cool breeze of the gulf is usually at 135 mph. 2+3=7

    3. CAGIV | Dec 02, 2005 10:12pm | #11

      no no no... It's "dry heat"....

      ok, maybe not if he's close to the ocean, I just hate it when people say it' a "dry heat"

      105 is hot, humid or not...

      personaly I think he has some major cajones coming in here talking about 70 degree weather this time of year ;)

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        txlandlord | Dec 03, 2005 02:14am | #12

        The breezes off the Gulf do help, but in July and August there is no "dry heat".

        The humidity Southwest of Houston in July and August is so thick, when your framing and stand a wall you don't need bracing.

        It is so hot here that a field of corn turned to popcorn, the cows next door saw all the white popcorn, thought it was snow and they all  froze to death. 

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        intrepidcat | Dec 05, 2005 07:04am | #27

        That's what I like about El Paso. Sunny. Summer about 98 and about 20 % or less humidity.

         

         "All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone." Pascal

  2. Brudoggie | Dec 02, 2005 03:50am | #3

    Dec. 1, highs in the 20's, light snow. Maybe an inch today. Beautiful day! Ground mostly snow covered from a pre- thanksgiving storm. Expecting 5-7 inches tonight into tommorow.

    Demo-ed a ground level wood deck today. Preparing to replace the upper deck, with about 700 sf of new deck, topped with Trex Brasila. That should be done around x-mas.

    I love working outside, in the winter, as long as it isn't too cold. Usually, I stay in if it gets below -10.Depends on the job.Framing isn't bad even a bit colder,as long as the compresssor is kept warm. Just have to dress in layers and keep moving.

    I can't stand the heat. 90 degrees makes me long for the lake.

    Brudoggie

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      JDRHI | Dec 02, 2005 06:52am | #8

      I love working outside, in the winter, as long as it isn't too cold. Usually, I stay in if it gets below -10.Depends on the job.Framing isn't bad even a bit colder,as long as the compresssor is kept warm. Just have to dress in layers and keep moving.

      I`m with you. (Mebbe cut out a little sooner......minus 10 is pushing it) But, in general, I prefer working in the colder temps. August in NY is a killer.....95 degrees....100% humidity.....no thanks. I break a sweat just putting my tool belt on.

      My younger brother starts to whine when it dips below fifty. I tell him he`s nuts. You can always warm up.....but cooling down can be impossible unless your inside in the AC.

      J. D. Reynolds

      Home Improvements

  3. RW | Dec 02, 2005 04:08am | #4

    we've been having it pretty nice lately, until yesterday. Temps dropped, wind hit, snow and ice, interstate closed last night for awhile. It was a doozy. I was driving down the highway at 25 behind some gal in a Continental cussing about how people seem to forget over the summer how to drive on snow, I pulled into the turn lane and had to take the curb to keep from mashing the gal in front of me. Humble Pie from the guy upstairs, ya know. But right now Clapton's singin "let it rain . . ."

    "If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man." - Mark Twain

  4. SantaCruzBluz | Dec 02, 2005 06:31am | #6

    It has been steadily raining all day long. Weather.com says it's 60 degrees, but it feels colder than that. Here in Boulder Creek, it rains a lot during the winter, almost like living in Washington. You just have to learn to live with it. Then it won't rain a drop for 6 months during the summer, and be hot as blazes, while a few miles away on the coast 85 is a really hot day.

    Allen in Boulder Creek

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      NickNukeEm | Dec 03, 2005 02:40am | #13

      Boulder Creek, as in the Mountains of Santa Cruz?  Damn, I lived in Felton until graduating from SLVHS in 1972, parents moved out two years later.  Been back only once/twice since (younger brother buried in cemetary in Felton.)

       "I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul."  Invictus, by Henley.

      1. SantaCruzBluz | Dec 04, 2005 12:41am | #22

        Same place. I drive right by your old high school nearly every day. I don't have to tell you what a beautiful place this is to live.

        Allen in Boulder Creek

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          NickNukeEm | Dec 04, 2005 12:55am | #23

          And I'm here back east, freezing, waiting for snow.  I would still be surfing this time of year back there, back when I had no sense, back in the day...  The good part about never going back, is all of my friends are frozen in time, still 18, in my mind, anyway.  Those who are still alive...

           "I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul."  Invictus, by Henley.

          1. SantaCruzBluz | Dec 04, 2005 03:04am | #25

            It was a beautiful day in Boulder Creek today, tho a little cool. Your friends probably are still 18...;)...it amazes me to see how many surfers there are in their 50s, 60s, even older.Hey, I just realised you said Class of 72. I graduated that year, too. but in Georgia.

            Allen in Boulder Creek

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      txlandlord | Dec 03, 2005 05:31pm | #18

      Years ago I had an "in house" frame crew. It was led by a guy that had worked in Austin, TX for a framer from Seattle. One day it was raining and I asked him if he was going to roll-up. He said "Why, the framer from Seattle I worked for in Austin worked rain or shine. He told me that in Seattle, if you do not work in the rain, most days you don't work." 

      I just do not like the little buzz you get when you pick-up the circular saw.

  5. dustinf | Dec 02, 2005 06:36am | #7
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    I'll work outside in just about anything, other than a steady downpour.  Snow, or drizzle doesn't bother me.  After my current deck, I won't take anymore outside jobs until March, or April.

    I'll be out in it tomorrow. 

     

    Stacy's mom has got it going on.

    1. dustinf | Dec 02, 2005 05:11pm | #9

      OK.  I lied.  Too cold/icy for being outside today.  So instead I'll stay home and trim my Tivo list down a bit. 

      Stacy's mom has got it going on.

      1. davidmeiland | Dec 02, 2005 08:05pm | #10

        Sounds like brutal hard work.

        We have a couple of inches of snow on the ground, happens a few days per year. I have indoor work for another few minutes, buddies of mine are framing a second story 16:12 roof close by. Brave men.

  6. ClevelandEd | Dec 03, 2005 03:29am | #14

    November 29, 2005 / Hungerford, TX / 70 degrees and sunny ... still cutting the grass ... coldest month is February and the mean temp is 61.  

    Do you comprehend the impact that reading things like that has on me?    I'm freezing here.  Muscles are all tight.   It's overcast.   This is just the start of 3+ months of this.    

    1. Hazlett | Dec 03, 2005 04:35pm | #16

       Hey Ed,

       I am down here in Akron---yesterday we have a little dusting of snow---- really quite pleasant.

       BUT

       I decide to drive up to Shaker Heights to a specific store to pick up an Xmas gift

       I get there---there is a  freakin BLIZZARD going on!!!!!

       I instantly start taking those  little mincing  babysteps---like walking on marbles---cause i just KNOW I am gonna slip and break my effen back-------

      And I catch myself thinking-----Oh joy---3-4 more months of this!!!!!!!

      Stephen

      1. ClevelandEd | Dec 03, 2005 11:26pm | #20

        It's amazing how that lake effect snow can vary from nothing to a blizzard in a 10 mile distance.    I live in eastern Lake County.  Not in the snow belt, yet close enough to it to be getting more snow and more often than most of the Cleveland area. 

        Yes, 3 to 4 months of this.  Just started.  Won't be ending anytime soon.  

        I loved this past Summer.  I never complained once about the heat.  I couldn't forget last Winter.  

        1. Hazlett | Dec 04, 2005 02:35am | #24

           Ed,

           I was amazed at the difference---just between the 77/90 intersection---(you know the  E  9th street exit area over by the Jake)----- and Shaker Heights.

           Heck---even the difference between 77/90 and deadmans curve was impressive and that only a few blocks.-----  a minivan spun out and did a 180 about 100 feet in front of me----across about 4 lanes of traffic----and hit nobody.

           Lucky there was a semi between me and the minivan---just in case lol

           Stephen

           Man,oh man are there some NICE houses over there ( shaker heights, cleveland heights, coventry????)

           Stephen

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      txlandlord | Dec 03, 2005 05:23pm | #17

      Finally! A construction brother who will tell the truth about cold weather.

      Folks that live in South Texas must take advantage of the winter months, becasue come Summer we are slow to speak about the weather. 

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    Were in the process of framing a shell in Milford, MI.

    Today, it started off windy, cold and snowy. It took Frank 3 hours to drive in because the freeway was shut down. The roads had icy patches causing spinouts.

    The jobsite conditions quickly fell back into winter mode: firebucket, plywood covers for the pine, heat the hoses and blow them out before starting, etc.

    It's going to be a long, hellish 4 months.

    I did lose 4 pounds since Thanksgiving though! We went from sloshing away in unbelievable mud to slipping and sliding around this job! We also just got a bill for "winter" charges on the basement.

    Winter definitly affects our bottom line. It easily shaves 20% off our net.

    blue

     

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      txlandlord | Dec 03, 2005 05:42pm | #19

      I am from Tennesse (Memphis). It could get cold and snow. I remember conditions like you posted. Some days snow and cold in the morning and then warm enough to make everything a muddy mess. Just about the time it was warming up and mud was drying it would get cold again.

      One of the homes we built looked like a hill climbing competetion in the morning, snow, ice and mud on a 300' dirt steep driveway.

      One warm morning, one of our guys parked his classic Thunderbird in the mud, at the end of the day it was frozen in and could not be moved.

      I remember laying the guns by the fire so they would work, and one of our guys catching the back legs of his overalls on fire standing too close to fire. Boots on and he did not know it until the fire was at the back of his knees. We all had a good laugh.

      Edited 12/3/2005 9:43 am ET by txlandlord

  8. Mooney | Dec 04, 2005 12:37am | #21

    I think youre a little off .

    Dallas gets 110 in the shade every year and the weather lately in Dallas was 80s.

    Tim

     

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      txlandlord | Dec 05, 2005 09:19pm | #28

      Yea, I have been a little off since high school. I went to Letsget High, can not remember much though.

      The day I posted it was 61, but has gone up to high 70s (or 80) since.  Our weather can be affected by Gulf breezes, keeping it slightly cooler. We are in the country 45 miles form Houston and have cooler temps that Houston proper....too much concrete.

      I have heard that cities that size can create their own weather, or at least have a real effect on the weather.    

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