RGV Weather Station

[PyramidBlaster]

I'm still waiting for my check from the NPS for the pickles...Uh, I mean....YEAH....Wha t she said.... :oops:

[SHANEA]

Leave the bbq pit and the stove at home, you won't need it.  Just cook on the concrete/blacktop or on the hood.  Think it got so hot that it busted it - Most Recent Observations at June 11, 2007 - 13:50 CDT

[presidio]

You left a word out of that quote .......

Gasp!  :shock: Was it THAT word? :oops: Yep, I thought so. \:D/

[chisos_muse]

You left a word out of that quote .......

Gasp!  :shock: Was it THAT word? :oops: Yep, I thought so. \:D/

Yeah....Jonny and I used to say that all the time joking around when the weather got extreme...

I think that PB is just a wholesome kinda guy....kinda like the Wal-Mart of downloads... :whistle:

[presidio]

I think that PB is just a wholesome kinda guy....kinda like the Wal-Mart of downloads... :whistle:

Flattering, to be sure :D

[bdann]

We ought to start a permanent "weather" thread...we're always talking about it.   :lol:

Cool night in the Basin... low 58 @ 1:22am.  Still only 61 at 8:22.  The inch of rain over night cooled things off a bit.

RGV station stuck at 1:50pm yesterday.

[PyramidBlaster]

I left out that word intentionally....Th is is a FAMILY board!!!!

I didn't want to offend anyone by having someone see something that isn't appropriate...You know, like, Oh...I don't know....Some poor slob being impaled by a Lechuguilla, or something....

[RichardM]

I left out that word intentionally....Th is is a FAMILY board!!!!

I didn't want to offend anyone by having someone see something that isn't appropriate...You know, like, Oh...I don't know....Some poor slob being impaled by a Lechuguilla, or something....

Don't worry, most people will probably think that's an agave.  :twisted:

[chisos_muse]

I left out that word intentionally....Th is is a FAMILY board!!!!

I didn't want to offend anyone by having someone see something that isn't appropriate...You know, like, Oh...I don't know....Some poor slob being impaled by a Lechuguilla, or something....

Don't worry, most people will probably think that's an agave.  :twisted:

Interesting...here are two different kinds of lechuguilla, the second one is common for the Chihuahuan, the first, which resembles your drawing, is probably found in the Sonoran, as I don't recall seeing this variety in BIBE? :?  Maybe I did, but didn't know it was also lechuguilla?

[presidio]

Interesting...here are two different kinds of lechuguilla, the second one is common for the Chihuahuan, the first, which resembles your drawing, is probably found in the Sonoran, as I don't recall seeing this variety in BIBE? :?  Maybe I did, but didn't know it was also lechuguilla?

It isn't.

If you check sources you'll find that the only(?) references to lechuguilla being in the Sonoran desert are from, or referenced back to, wikipedia (hardly the most definitive or accurate word on much of anything and while much of their info is probably good, there are enough instances of bad info that you must suspect it all).

There are many species of agaves, but the lechuguilla variety is naturally found only in the Chihuahuan desert, though it might be possible to find a few stragglers on the fringe of the Sonoran as limited intermixing certainly occurs at transition zones

More authoritative sources include:
http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch?keywordquery=agave+lechuguilla&mode=sciname&submit.x=0&submit.y=0
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=AGLE

[Boojum1]

God, I love it when yall talk Botany.... :lol:

Here's the money quote (IMO) from the wildflower.org link:

"and the Tarahumara people of Mexico once used the plant's poisonous compounds on their arrows and in water to poison fish."

 :twisted: Looks like that could use some additional investigation.  :twisted:

[presidio]

"and the Tarahumara people of Mexico once used the plant's poisonous compounds on their arrows and in water to poison fish."

There is a cortisone-like chemical ('saponin') on the tip that contributes to a coolish effect amid the pain when the sharp spine gets rammed into your leg. Probably has a certain toxicity to small game in sufficient quantity.

[BIBEARCH]

There is a cortisone-like chemical ('saponin') on the tip that contributes to a coolish effect amid the pain when the sharp spine gets rammed into your leg. Probably has a certain toxicity to small game in sufficient quantity.

"The fresh leaf tincture and the dried tea are good GI tonics, useful for indigestion, gassy fermentation, and chronic constipation. Water retention from little physical activity or major shifts in the weather are relieved by the strong diuretic effect of the leaf tincture, and arthritis aggravated by changes in humidity and barometric pressure can be helped by the root tincture, 1/4 teaspoon in water three times a day. Mexican Dark tequila may work similarly." Medicinal Plants of the Desert and Canyon West, Michael Moore, Museum of New Mexico Press, Santa Fe, NM, 1989, pp. 12-13.

An excellent reference on medicinal uses of desert plants - if you're interested.

I personally use a tincture of leaves or roots for occasional flareups of joint pain (my nigh onto 60 year old bones plus lots of backpacking with a 60+ pound pack). The tincture in an old Visine bottle works great for dispensing drops at a time. Got a cranky finger joint? A couple of drops directly on the joint and within a couple of minutes - pain's gone.

"Mexican Dark tequila may work similarly." (Uh-huh)

CAUTION: "Constant use of the root for arthritis may interfere with some intestinal absorption; so don't use for more than a week at a time." (Moore, 1989)

Prolonged use also inhibits uptake of Vitamin B.

[BIBEARCH]

WOW! The RGV Weather Station really took a strange turn in subject matter!

Weather to the BBQ and pickles in desert to being impaled on agaves to Sonoran lechuguilla to poisonous compounds to TEQUILA!

[SHANEA]

We ought to start a permanent "weather" thread...we're always talking about it.   :lol:

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If you look weally weally closely, you can even see some hikers on top of Emory peak.    :P








And there is the BIBEWEBMASTER waving to us from PJ :P