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A few reports of small hail across the metro I got some Dippin Dots around my parts. It was easily a heavier rain than anything we've had this year, and I want to say it was better than them all combined. I'd be surprised if I didn't surpass an inch in my particular location just in that short time.

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Now THIS is rain!

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It's a slow moving boundary. Been sitting in the same spot for a while. It's pretty cool, if you are near there or east of there, you can physically see the boundary.

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Athomsfere wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:15 am
S.O.Boy wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 3:00 pm The Rocket Carwash signs are gone and replaced with for lease signs.
Finally some good news for this area.

I wonder what fell through for them.

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Any raise of hands as to who's tried and liked coconut water? I'm tellin ya, it's made a difference for me. It's got to be a combination of the potassium, vitamin c, and other minerals. For lack of a better explanation I've tended to hold onto and use the water in my body rather than get rid of it, ...

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With this rain today, I started to see tree’s budding out. They started budding out a few weeks ago due to the abnormally warm winter. It was discussed somewhere, but It obviously wouldn't be a surprise is the rain gave them a boost. It's been so darn dry, the plants will probably have a positive r...

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skinzfan23 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:42 pm Got just under 1” in Bellevue. This has to be the most in one storm since last summer.

You're always getting way more. Eppley is sitting at just over .5".

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With this rain today, I started to see tree’s budding out. They started budding out a few weeks ago due to the abnormally warm winter. It was discussed somewhere, but It obviously wouldn't be a surprise is the rain gave them a boost. It's been so darn dry, the plants will probably have a positive r...

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One good way to tell if we've had a decent rain is to look at the trees. One, if the tree is completely saturated, and two, if the lichens on the tree have greened up. Lots of trees in my neighborhood have a decent amount of lichens on them today, but aren't fully saturated. Maybe 50%. It's been a m...

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I do recall hearing a rumble of thunder in the middle of the night, and hearing rain coming down pretty heavily for a short time.

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I'll just preface my experience by saying I wasn't expecting much... I had the jalapeño pepper jack burger from Freddy's today. I'm far from a Freddy's Fanatic, the last time I had them was darn near two years ago. I ordered it online, which in theory should be pretty nifty but they left out the sea...

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Okay, I'm pretty sure I'm gonna have to try that new jalapeño pepper jack burger from Freddy's today. It sounds kinda basic, just their burger along with some of their jalapeño Freddy's sauce, pepper jack cheese, and jalapeños. But for some reason I'm fiending and this is something that should be ri...

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almighty_tuna wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 12:08 pm Sounds like I'll have to break out the fertilizer then.

Would be a great afternoon to do it

There's also a break tomorrow and during the day Saturday, but it'll be colder and windier.

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almighty_tuna wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 11:23 am Any thoughts on how much rain will actually show up?

Not much at all tonight, maybe a tenth. But starting Saturday night into Tuesday morning, the confidence has remained pretty high. We might get an inch.

Gonna be a bit of a gloomy stretch, but we need it.

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1965 if I'm making out the year right? That would have been quite the tower Meh, it would have just been another woodman tower look alike, with an oppressive brutalist design. If only the old post office would have been preserved, but they had trouble preserving. This building would have been an ic...

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Curious if anyone knew more information on the future development of Fontenelle Park specifically the rumored disc golf course? Drove by again today and it just seems like no one is ever in that park for how beautiful it is. I disc golf now and then. It seems like we're going on 5+ years since it w...

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Metro is proposing some route cuts in response to the lack of drivers. The 13 from Downtown to MCC-South will go from every 15 minutes to every 30 minutes. Similarly, the 15 from Downtown to Aksarben will go from every 15 minutes to every 30 minutes. They haven't posted the details on their website...

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1965 if I'm making out the year right? That would have been quite the tower Meh, it would have just been another woodman tower look alike, with an oppressive brutalist design. If only the old post office would have been preserved, but they had trouble preserving. This building would have been an ic...

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Curious if anyone knew more information on the future development of Fontenelle Park specifically the rumored disc golf course? Drove by again today and it just seems like no one is ever in that park for how beautiful it is. I disc golf now and then. It seems like we're going on 5+ years since it w...

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I take the bus by this all the time. It’s cool to see it rising but they need to do something about pedestrian crossings. I cross 72nd and Dodge and in the morning people are oblivious and will take a right turn when you’re standing right by them with the crossing light on. When the library is fini...

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That's cool! The one Nebraska game I watched was when he went off against Michigan. He was super fun to watch. The whole team really, I had no idea they were actually pretty good. I'll definitely watch their games and be rooting for them!

Still hoping for that Creighton - Nebraska semifinal

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I've been getting into tinned fish a lot lately. There's a lot of interesting varieties out there now. The market is certainly much bigger than the King Oscar Sardines in Oil on the shelf at Walmart. Lots of protein, Vit D, and calcium. There are some crazy flavors/sauces out there now too. Most ar...

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Dues need to be paid. It can't be dry and above normal all the time. Why can't it? Not that it's good for our particular environment, but we know things are and have been changing for awhile now. Like I've alluded to in the past, earth is a fixed reservoir. The water doesn't just disappear. If it's...

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If it turns out that way, I can't say I didn't call it. Dues need to be paid. It can't be dry and above normal all the time.

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Lol, I feel silly admitting it, but I just went to Walmart and I bought a handful of those Armour lunchable style snack things. They actually are a pretty handy snack. Definitely not a healthy thing to eat, but they come in handy to have in the fridge. Ham and cheese crackers, nachos, pepperoni pizz...

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I agree that a bus route makes the most sense. The streetcar going to the airport like others have mentioned is the wrong mode to be using. Pittsburgh has a dedicated bus route called the 28x Airport Flyer that I've used a few times when I didn't have a rental. It would be nice if Omaha had somethi...

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Mayor Stothert also mentioned on Grow Omaha that the Med Center was working with HDR to look at what the streetcar through the campus will look like, and that it will likely go to Saddle Creek. Maybe they'll get that figured out before that section starts so they don't have to terminate it at 39th ...

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I personally was more looking at airport transit as a solution for people coming and going from here, not those coming in from elsewhere. Either way, the bus route I indicated above gets that job done, and faster than a streetcar. Furthermore, one could be dropped off at Westroads, anywhere else alo...

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“Just run buses or shuttles.” This. The intent should be to get people easily from the airport to downtown. There are not developable opportunities due to jails, homeless shelters, a lake, and airport property itself. I really think we can meet our perceived "need" by running a regular bu...

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Although I don't follow basketball much, it's good to see Creighton and Nebraska seeded pretty highly. I only watched one each of Nebraska and Creighton games and they were both pretty impressive. Looks like its setup that Creighton and Nebraska could face each other in the final 4. Now that's a gam...

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I'd be okay if they wanted to extend it to the airport by way of 16th street and Carter Lake. Streetcars aren't much of a transportation solution. They're good in the intimate streetscape level, but if you need to cover distance quickly, a streetcar ain't it. That's why I hope they aren't really con...

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I don’t think it’s unpopular necessarily but a very costly extension that would be nice, but even if that ever did happen, it would be at least a decade or 2 away. Let's get that light rail plan started then... Streetcar is the least favorable option between the airport and Downtown. Light rail>reg...

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skinzfan23 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 3:47 pm

From that photo, the transition looks a little more fluid than the rendering, so that's good. I still wish they ended up complementing the big bridge better. But functionally speaking, this is a plus.

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It looks taller to me :thumb: On the grocery store, this addition certainly shifts the population distribution. Maybe tear down the state building and add a Hy-vee there? Only as an anchor to a larger project. I discussed this exact site when having beers with Omaha Cowboy last summer. Here's a loo...

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It looks taller to me

On the grocery store, this addition certainly shifts the population distribution. Maybe tear down the state building and add a Hy-vee there?

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I was just mentioning that to my wife, once you get some decent rain, it always helps the air quality some and of course seems less dusty as well. Been awhile since we knew this feeling. Mine have been markedly bad the past week or so. It makes sense with the weather so much warmer so much earlier,...

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ita wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 12:09 pm I think the math should be 550 units since 150 is being built on top of the garage. That's about 800 sq/ft/unit for the units in the towers. Heistand said $900 starting, up to $1500 for one beds.

Ah yeah, you're right. $900 wouldn't be bad at all. $1,500 definitely getting up there.

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Nice they look like they're adding some cornice of sorts. I'm assuming that's to make the "rooftop amenities" covered. But it's a nice touch. My main concern(s): do they make the windows functional? I'd never live somewhere I couldn't open the window. The other is if it's 440,000 sf, divid...

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Yeah, this is pretty meh for a conference. Obviously not a bad thing to add 700 apartments, but I was really hoping for something big at 1416 Dodge. It always seems odd to me to convert an office building to apartments, but then again so is a hospital.

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I've enjoyed this rain. It probably won't help for long, but my allergies have really started to ramp up in the last week or so, and that warm, dry, and windy weather was really not helping.

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