Topic 61 of 64: Summer Watch - guaging the seasons with the pool
Mon, Nov 24, 2003 (09:38) |
Paul Terry Walhus (terry)
Incredibly, inexplicably, I guage the change of seasons by the temperature
in my swimming pool. This is the chronicle of the last few summers and an
ongoing commentary on the coming seasons.
Tell me how you guage the seasons?
3 responses total.
Topic 61 of 64 [austin]: Summer Watch - guaging the seasons with the pool
Response 1 of 3: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Nov 24, 2003 (09:41) * 909 lines
Topic 36 [texas.ind]: Summer Watch
Started by: Paul Terry Walhus - The Spring (terry) on Wed, Mar 7, '01
73 responses so far
You'll find out here when summer starts in Austin and Texas.
73 responses total.
Topic 36 [texas.ind]: Summer Watch
#1 of 73: Paul Terry Walhus - The Spring (terry) Wed Mar 7 '01
(07:33) 1 line
Not yet.
Topic 36 [texas.ind]: Summer Watch
#2 of 73: Paul Terry Walhus - The Spring (terry) Thu Mar 8 '01
(06:47) 1 line
Still waiting.
Topic 36 [texas.ind]: Summer Watch
#3 of 73: Paul Terry Walhus - The Spring (terry) Mon Mar 12 '01
(11:46) 2 lines
Pool temp broke 60 today, it's been hovering at 59 for two weeks. It's a
bright sun shiney day. Still no summery.
Topic 36 [texas.ind]: Summer Watch
#5 of 73: Paul Terry Walhus - The Spring (terry) Wed Mar 14 '01
(05:53) 3 lines
Rain, rain, rain. And man I wish I had got off 183 one exit sooner
today,
cost me 45 minutes and got me in to poke along mode.
Topic 36 [texas.ind]: Summer Watch
#6 of 73: Paul Terry Walhus - The Spring (terry) Wed Mar 14 '01
(06:48) 1 line
Pool temp at 61 and holding . . .
Topic 36 [texas.ind]: Summer Watch
#8 of 73: Paul Terry Walhus - The Spring (terry) Fri Mar 16 '01
(05:34) 2 lines
Back down to 60 pool temp, we had a cold night last night but it'll be in
the high 60s today.
Topic 36 [texas.ind]: Summer Watch
#9 of 73: Paul Terry Walhus - The Spring (terry) Mon Mar 19 '01
(07:05) 1 line
Back down to 59, but two very warm days are coming up.
Topic 36 [texas.ind]: Summer Watch
#10 of 73: Paul Terry Walhus - The Spring (terry) Tue Mar 20 '01
(05:36) 1 line
It was freezing cold last night, but two very warm days coming up.
Topic 36 [texas.ind]: Summer Watch
#11 of 73: Paul Terry Walhus - The Spring (terry) Fri Mar 23 '01
(10:46) 1 line
Warm, warm, warm. And Sunny. But still no cigar for summer.
Topic 36 [texas.ind]: Summer Watch
#12 of 73: Paul Terry Walhus - The Spring (terry) Tue Mar 27 '01
(06:11) 1 line
51 degrees air and water temp today. We're in a holding pattern with
rain.
Topic 36 [texas.ind]: Summer Watch
#13 of 73: will kreth (kreth) Tue Mar 27 '01 (19:03) 3 lines
I have never been to the Gulf, but I have felt it.
Topic 36 [texas.ind]: Summer Watch
#14 of 73: Paul Terry Walhus - The Spring (terry) Thu Apr 5 '01
(08:32) 9 lines
Good news on the summer watch, it's sneaking in.
After about 150 plus days of sub 80 degree weather, we're flirting with
an
80 degree plus day. And I had my first real swim of the season
yesterday.
The pool water got up to 66 degrees which is acceptable for swimming and
I'm
expecting it to get to the magic 68 Barton Springs temperature today or
in
the next couple of days.
So, summer should arrive sometime this afternoon when it hits 80.
Topic 36 [texas.ind]: Summer Watch
#15 of 73: Paul Terry Walhus - The Spring (terry) Thu Apr 5 '01
(11:43) 1 line
Not yet! It's only 77 degrees now.
Topic 36 [texas.ind]: Summer Watch
#16 of 73: Paul Terry Walhus - The Spring (terry) Mon Apr 9 '01
(16:30) 6 lines
We're having nothing but 80 plus degree days now, so summer started
about 3-4 days ago. The pool temperature is up to 72 today, it was 70
yesterday and 69 the day before.
Swimmin' time is here!
Topic 36 [texas.ind]: Summer Watch
#20 of 73: Paul Terry Walhus - The Spring (terry) Sun Jun 10 '01
(06:47) 3 lines
The skies have been grey around Austin for a few days, and you can feel
the
stir in the air, but I didn't realize Houston's weather was the lead
story
on the national news till yesterday.
Topic 36 [texas.ind]: Summer Watch
#50 of 73: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) Mon Oct 14 '02 (14:19) 4
lines
I think 24 Hour Fitness (formerly known as the Q Sports Club) has a 30
day
free trial and they have the best heated indoor pool in town outside of
UT.
They're at 183 near Braker Ln, across from the HEB and La Madelaines. I
used to swim there. Nice steam room and sauna as well.
Topic 36 [texas.ind]: Summer Watch
#52 of 73: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) Mon Oct 14 '02 (14:30) 2
lines
What are the requirements for that, be a full time or part time student
or
staff/faculty?
Topic 36 [texas.ind]: Summer Watch
#53 of 73: My free and simple demeanor set everybody at ease. (pdl)
Mon Oct 14 '02 (14:33) 3 lines
I don't know exactly, I don't think you have to be a student or
staff/faculty, but I think you get a break if you are. But I really
don't
know the details--i think they have all the info up on the web.
Topic 36 [texas.ind]: Summer Watch
#54 of 73: rare white-lipped bull (arabella) Mon Oct 14 '02 (21:31)
7 lines
You don't have to be a student, faculty, or staff member, but it helps...
unless you have some kind of affiliation with the university, memberships
are extremely limited (500 per year).
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http://www.rs.utexas.edu/main/content/memberships/mem-eligibility.htm
Topic 36 [texas.ind]: Summer Watch
#55 of 73: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) Tue Oct 15 '02 (08:50) 4
lines
Yeah I see that, $450 a year for a community membership. What do you get
for that, access to what facilities? swimming? sauna/steam room?
locker?
What's included?
Topic 36 [texas.ind]: Summer Watch
#56 of 73: rare white-lipped bull (arabella) Wed Oct 16 '02 (14:59)
6 lines
I assume you get the standard access to rec facilities... gregory gym,
the
swimming center, rec center, tennis courts, track, etc. Even students
have
to pay extra for a locker, and they are almost impossible to secure in my
experience.
Topic 36 [texas.ind]: Summer Watch
#57 of 73: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) Wed Apr 23 '03 (06:10) 4
lines
Summer started about April 5th this year, based on the pool water going
up to the 70s around then. It hasn't really pushed much about the low
80s
yet though.
Topic 36 [texas.ind]: Summer Watch
#59 of 73: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) Wed May 14 '03 (09:05) 2
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Yeah, it really feels like summer when the pool water gets comfortable.
Summer is solidly here now.
Topic 36 [texas.ind]: Summer Watch
#60 of 73: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) Wed Oct 1 '03 (06:07) 7
lines
Today I walked out to get the paper and there was a chill in the air. I
scooped up the pool thermometer nad it read 72 degrees, down about 10
degrees in the last ten days.
It feels like we're just days away from summer's end, which started about
April 5th. So our Six month Texas summer is drawing to a close. Maybe
there's a health club with a pool downtown?
Topic 36 [texas.ind]: Summer Watch
#61 of 73: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) Fri Oct 24 '03 (09:52) 15
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Tentatively, today is the last day of summer.
Temperature will hit 90, overnight was in the 60s. But the forecast for
the
rest of the week is temperatures in the 70s with much lower night time
temperatures.
Pool temp is at 71 degrees. So today is the last day of swimming most
likely and I expect it to plummet rapidly in the next few days to the mid
60s.
We've had 7 months of summer weather beginning last May 5th.
Summer. End.
Enter Fall.
So when's the huge cricket die-off? That's what I remember most about
fall in Texas.
Topic 36 [texas.ind]: Summer Watch
#63 of 73: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) Wed Oct 29 '03 (07:46) 7
lines
We had one more day of summer after I posted that and now it's
threatening
to return with a warm forecast for the next several days. Pool temp is
now
66 and rising. Oct 25th is now the end day with a possible reprise in
the
works.
Don't know when the huge cricket die off will come. There are lots of
'em
though, more than usual.
Topic 36 [texas.ind]: Summer Watch
#64 of 73: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) Fri Oct 31 '03 (06:38) 5
lines
I'm wrong for the third time. Summer's back. It's hot, the pools back up
to
70 so it's still summer and the forecast is for several more warm days at
least. Got to 90 yesterday.
The summer watch continues.
Topic 36 [texas.ind]: Summer Watch
#66 of 73: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) Fri Oct 31 '03 (10:29) 1
line
you sed it, cat. muggy is today's watchword. I been mugged.
Topic 36 [texas.ind]: Summer Watch
#67 of 73: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) Fri Oct 31 '03 (19:11) 14
lines
Each swim now is precious. I was in the pool at least two hours day and
swam a lot of laps, did a bunch of fun stuff and my wife jumped in for a
while. Tonight, the summer smell of night jasmine is strong, in the heat
of
summer the smell is downright pyschedelic. I'm thinking of flipping on
the
lights and going back in for a while, drunk with the surprise reprise of
summer.
The pools at 69 and dipping with the night. It's cloudy tonight but
there
are no promises of aurorae from the northern climes. Just a warm night
with
the crickets and frogs chorusing and the call of the waters. A frog lost
his way in to the pool today, I need to find him and point him in the
direction of Cedar Creek.
TiVo or the pool. I think no brainer. The water.
Topic 36 [texas.ind]: Summer Watch
#68 of 73: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) Sun Nov 2 '03 (19:57) 7
lines
Had a great swim again today. With the fins and the mask. Water's 71
still. Is a cold front tapping on the door? Hope not.
Summer makes it to November! Amazing.
My thoughts continue to turn to pool covers and solar panels as a
contemplate the seasonal change.
Topic 36 [texas.ind]: Summer Watch
#69 of 73: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) Sat Nov 8 '03 (03:45) 2
lines
Day before yesterday summer ended. Yesterday Fall came and the leaves
fell.
Today it's winter.
Topic 36 [texas.ind]: Summer Watch
#70 of 73: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) Sun Nov 9 '03 (12:06) 8
lines
In about five months from now we'll be looking for the beginning of
summer.
As noted, in 2001 summer started April 5. In 2002 summer started around
April 10.
So aound the middle of March we'll start watching again. When the pool
temperature hits 69 degrees we'll declare the beginning of another
summer.
For now, it's Winter. And it feels like it.
Topic 36 [texas.ind]: Summer Watch
#71 of 73: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) Wed Nov 12 '03 (14:05) 11
lines
Today, summer's sayin' "OK you can have one more day of me but that's
it!"
Water 68 degrees.
Air temp in the 80s.
Cold front on the way.
Let's call this the reprise of summer.
But no more summer.
Topic 36 [texas.ind]: Summer Watch
#73 of 73: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) Wed Nov 12 '03 (20:32) 2
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I love this one litty bitty last ditch reprieve. I'm headed for the pool
now, I got distracted for a bit by the Best Damn Sports Show Period.
Topic 61 of 64 [austin]: Summer Watch - guaging the seasons with the pool
Response 2 of 3: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Nov 25, 2003 (10:53) * 1 lines
Two nights of freezing, summer's a long way off now.
Topic 61 of 64 [austin]: Summer Watch - guaging the seasons with the pool
Response 3 of 3: Admin Guy 2004 (admin) * Thu, Feb 12, 2004 (13:22) * 3 lines
Summer will come, be patient. Relax. Only 3 more months to go.
Cold pool.
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