With no rain in over 60-odd days or more, and one of the hottest summers in the past 11 years, it's been a drought-ridden summer and my lawn shows it with brown dormant grass and soil pulling away from the foundations enough that I could put a one-by-four flat against my porch wall and the piece of lumber would go down several inches. Knowing this is not a good thing, I have tried to keep pouring a gallon milk carton of water down along side the foundation during the drought. It has helped some. However, you should see my neighbors!!
This morning, while listening to the news and weather, it was obvious, that the much talked about tropical moisture from 4-seperate systems had arrive. North Dallas has recorded 15-inches of rain in the past 24-hours. Think goodness I live on top of a small ridge. The official bucket at DFW airport finally had some water in it's bucket. Like, at this writing, 9.02 inches in the past 24-hour period, the third all-time record rain fall in a 24-hour period and it is still coming down as the slow-moving Low Pressure system continues to move East and out of here. However, rain is still in the forecast for the rest of the week and this thing isn't over just yet.
When the official drought totals come out this week, it is most surely going to reflect that this rainfall has made a solid impact on our drought conditions, but the long-range forecast is already saying that we will continue to keep getting more dry over time.
If I were 30 years younger, I'd be looking for property in Canada or Alaska. In short---it ain't gonna be getting any cooler here any time soon!
Flooding on major streets looked like rivers and lakes this morning. There were a few shots, where the cameras of the local media, caught a current rushing by cars on 635 LBJ Expressway. That ads more credence to the fact that there really are express lanes on LBJ, especially if you remembered to bring your kayak with you on the way to work. Having said all this, I'm thankful that I don't drive anymore on a daily basis and I sure enough to have more common sense to "turn around and don't drown" watching high water rescue operations and people trying to walk through the water. One guy did that and had to swim to get out of the deep end. The roof of his car was all that could be seen. But, thankful for the water, I am and continue to be thankful as this crazy summer has begun to make a turn toward fall weather. It will now be a watchful one to see what kind of winter we will have. At least we have a new CEO at E.R.C.O.T. (Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc) the operating arm of the Texas Grid. The new guy comes from AEP Energy-Texas (American Electric Power) a member of the eastern 11-state grid in the US. I have a bit more confidence with an AEP guy at the helm of Texas' grid than the mess we had in most recent winter's past.
So the old adage that the only way out of a drought is with a flood has now arrived it seems. And the other common old adage that "Mother Nature has a way of balancing things out" seems to be right on target. The problem that I wonder about is what is she going to balance next with fires, earthquakes, blizzard conditions, volcano eruptions, hurricanes, melting glaciers, rising sea levels, falling space junk or solar eruptions and flares. Maybe, I should be looking for not only land in Canada but also an underground bunker. Then, the unthinkable. our atmosphere escaping into space as other planets have experienced since creation of the universe.
I try not to worry to much. Worry is interest paid twice and avoiding that situation has long been a goal mastered. I don't mind doing work, but I hate to do work twice.
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