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Water: Feast and Famine

May 3rd, 2005 · 4 Comments

I started this post quite a while ago and it’s taken me this long to finish it, partly because I lacked time, and partly due to technical difficulties–we’ve been having a lot of trouble with our internet connection.

The first weekend in April our area experienced the worst flooding in 70 years. It was a combination of a lot of rain falling on, and melting, a lot of snow, over earth that was still frozen and couldn’t absorb it. Image of a bubbling springFrom April 4th until this evening (April 22) it didn’t rain at all. We’ve had one of the most glorious Aprils I can remember, with lots of sunshine and warmer than average daytime temps. (Still got in the 20s (F) most every night, though.) Glorious, but dangerous. Until the thunderstorm moved in, there was a heightened fire threat in effect. From sopping wet to flammable in two and a half weeks. Incredible. Yet how much you want to bet people complain about the rain that’s now falling?

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