Memo to rain, rain: “Another day” would be now.
For all the folks who have asked rain, rain to go away: I’m countermanding your orders. Tonight we have an ever-so-slight chance of rain, and possibly snow in upper elevations – ha! Guess who lives in the upper elevations now? – and whatever we do get, it won’t be nearly enough. There are local lakes and rivers that are over a foot, if not more than one foot, below where they should be. (And as you can see, the grass in my yard and my pasture is lookin’ real healthy.)
And there’s no end of stupid people who are convinced that they can keep it under control when they burn their trash, despite the 30 MPH winds that have been blasting all day. Eeeeeeyeah. Let us know how that works out for you. I can only imagine that more overconfident folks will come out of the woodwork when a smattering of rain hits the ground. “Woohoo! Drought’s over! Let’s burn the trash, Martha!”
To be fair, the fact that my pasture is so overgrown falls under my responsibility, but I’m far from being the only person who needs to knock down some grass around here (and in any case, it’ll take more than my push-mower to do it). We shouldn’t all have to be living in fear of the next idiot who flicks a lit cigarette out their window as they drive by.
2-3 inches of rain wouldn’t come amiss right about now.… Read more
