CTGilley said:

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That said, who really knows with these amounts of wind and rain. Last time anyone saw anything like this all the cotton was still in trailers.

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Jumping in cotton trailers and burrowing tunnels. One of the highlights of summer right there.

Traditional modules have lost tarps in Wharton.

We saw this as early as Hurricane Allen in '80 when just a fraction of the cotton was modules, most was still in trailers; the tarp HAS to stay on for the module to survive. Back then the tarps were the heavy burlap cotton tarps and once they got wet they 'stuck' to the module much better than the lighter tarps do today. The challenge was keeping them attached with all the aluminum pins and rubber bungees we used before module string. That being said, there's point where nothing survives. This is @ Bayside.


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look how the wind scattered the round bales, and pushed one halfway across the field



Bayside Richardson Coop

I'm stealing some of those pictures to educate the city-folk in my office.

Can you tell from the address the fb profile I linked them from? If not email me username@yahoo and I'll give you the name to even more of them. I take no credit for the pics.

Email sent, thanks.

-Jake

Was discussing the traditional module Wednesday with my dad when I called to see if he was through picking. My last crop was in 2006 and we "strung" the hell out of those modules, at minimum 4 strings to cinch things tight. Dad was telling me the quality issue of string in the cotton was a big concern now and they moved to only a couple of strings on older tarps, or to some of those cinched-belt type. We were both wondering how they would fare in a big storm. I guess we're seeing that.

jtp01 said:

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Quite honestly, if not for family in the area, I'd never come back here. Simply because of the people. The Panhandle is what it was like when I grew up down here. Folks used to care about their neighbors, now it seems folks get home, lock themselves in their homes and become a prisoner in a way.

Growing in in rural Liberty County, we had a sense of community, now, if not for family, there would be virtually no one to rely on.

You say "don't let the door hit me on the way out" you have proven my point with that statement!

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Wow.

I guess you havent bothered to pay attention to the news at all over the last few days. I will just leave it at that, not worth additional effort.