It's been a long drought. I don't think we've had any rain since March. We've been spared the fires in Georgia, northern Florida, and California, but several days the air has been thick with smoke that has blown south to us. Even the weather is relative. There can be too much of a good thing. We've had comfortable, beautiful weather, but our plants and water supplies are suffering.
So, here came Tropical Storm Barry, ironically right on schedule the first day of hurricane season, and brought us the perfect, gentle, many-hour rain. Some places got the downpour and flooded streets, but we were the grateful recipients of the best rainfall. We hope the fires have been quenched and the overworked firefighters will at last get a rest.
People greeted each other with thanks for the rain instead of complaints about it.
Maybe in a month, when we have the daily downpours and have to rush to shut down and unplug our computers to be safe from the lightning strikes, when we have hurricane warnings, we'll be less enthused about rain, but for today, we are thankful.
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