As the drought continues down here in South Texas, I thought I’d take time to remind hams to double check their grounding systems (if they have any), because the ground is so dry and getting cracked, and you might not as well grounded now as you thought you ought to be. You might have to water around your grounding rods, or around your tower base to prevent shifting / cracking ot that. Of course if you’re having that much of a problem, you need to have soaker hoses around your house’s foundation as well.
I took these photos at a customer’s front yard this afternoon, thought it was ironic that a yard care company would leave a sign in this desolate dry yard, warning folks to not walk on the grass until it dried.
Obviously the treatment phase for this yard has gone well past the time for simply spraying more fertilizer on it. This house was located on Silent Cloud, near Silent Oaks, just off Tezel Road on the NW side of San Antonio. Most of his neighbors, those without shade, had the same looking lawns, other than a few who had obviously been hand watering.
