Night Rain
My goodness, we got another dose of rain last night. The big storm fell to the south of us, but we got a nice taste of the action. We have another chance tonight. That would be sweet. I like these seasonably cool mornings as we head into summer. The baking days will come soon enough and last longer than anyone really likes. So, the soft, cool touch of a rain soaked morning is a nice memory to carry into summer.
Of course, getting rain on my one acre doesn’t mean much for the entire county or the entire region. We need a deluge lasting days, not just minutes, and we need repeat episodes. But I’m not sure how or when that’s going to happen. In the short term, our best hope is for tropical weather to pay us a visit. Hurricane season starts in a few days, but I’ve heard little about what the season portends. So, I’ll just have to wait and see.
Meanwhile, more and more people are moving to Texas and they need water to drink and flush their toilets and cool their data centers. So, they’re drawing down the lakes and sucking out the aquifers and I don’t hear much talk about how we’re going to deal with that. The cynic in me says that the folks making all the money don’t really care, but the optimist in me is thinking people are starting to wake up and want real conversations about the issue. So, my fingers are crossed and I’m heading outside to enjoy the day.