Like a lot of you, we’ve been suffering from a drought of near-Biblical proportions the past decade or so. But it’s been raining for two solid days, and it’s supposed to continue tomorrow and perhaps into Saturday.
I went for a long, long walk at first light this morning, and I could feel the land around me heaving an enormous sigh of relief. Praise God.
Tom
we just got hit in west virginia with rain and thunder and lightning and of course our 100 pound dog was all over the place til she settled under my feet on the couch as long as i kept petting her. what a baby.
Do you a swap. You can have our rain, thunder and lightening for a bit, and we’ll have some hot sunny stuff for a change. Glad it’s raining for you, but in the UK, we are all SO sick of it. A lot of people have been seriously flooded, and are without electricity and (ironically), water. I’ve heard of rugby scrums in supermarkets for bottled water (one litre bottle left on a shelf was auctioned off to the highest bidder, as a near riot happened as people tried to get this last bottle. It went for GBP 28.)
The weather’s gone mad. 
Cass.
And who says rain dances don’t work…
We’ve had a terrible summer here. It’s been raining on and off basically the whole summer. Everyone’s sick of it.
We’ve got the opposite problem; rain rain rain. I think we’re 10 inches ahead of where we should be.
Summer’s been weird here, too
Last week we had a maximum of 35 degrees celsius and a minimum of about 10.. and of course loads of sun and equal loads of rain..
Reminds me of Mad](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/g/genesis/mad+man+moon_20058735.html%22%3E%5Bb%5DMad) Man Moon, an older Genesis tune by Tony Banks:
Within the valley of shadowless death
They pray for thunderclouds and rain,
But to the multitude who stand in the rain
Heaven is where the sun shines.
The grass will be greener till the stems turn to brown
And thoughts will fly higher till the earth brings them down.
Forever caught in desert lands one has to learn
To disbelieve the sea.
Still on fire out here. Been burning since July 4. Send some of that UK rain our way please!
With pleasure!!! 
Cass.
We finally got some rain a couple of days last week and it has rained most everyday this week. It is wonderful- I can practically see the grass growing…
Talk about grass growing! I’m still hoping for enough dry hours to pass so I can cut mine. I hate cutting wet grass.
Dammit, I was ready for bed, now I have to go listen to this. Any of you who don’t know it, this is a truly remarkable song.
And, back to the original topic, we also got some much-needed rain today, although it was about an inch in an hour rather than over a day.
Had another good downpour today, though it does seem to be clearing up a bit. That’s fine, since it’s back to the mountains next week.
My sympathies to all you who are getting too much of the good thing. But out here, it’s absolutely wonderful–the smell of wet grass instead of dust. Even the animals are acting happier, and I’m sure the ranchers are utterly thrilled!
Tom