Yaaaaa!!! It's Raining, It's Raining, It's Raining!!!!!

[Marilyn]

Janet, wish y'all could have sent some rain our way!! This is about the worst year we've ever seen for drought. I think the lack of rain is contributing to everyone here feeling so down. You would not believe the dust in our homes!! We usually have plenty of green lawns and shrubs in the city so that dust is not such an issue as it is on the farms with tilled land all around, but we've had dirt and dust in our homes in the city this year. The baptistry at church had a scum on it the other night and I mentioned it to the janitor, and he said it's the dust, he keeps chlorine in it, so it wasn't from algae or anything, it was dust. He has to drain it more frequently to keep it clean right now.

Most everything has been so brown this year. It's hard to stay cheery in a brown world. This rain should green things up nicely.

[judy]

When I heard about the rain, I was so happy for you guys! No more fires, thank goodness.

You must be so relieved.

[Blueyes]

We got rain, too!! YIPPEEE

[gja1000]

We got a couple of much needed inches in Austin! It came slow and gentle over 3 days, the best kind of rain. It only rained a little bit at our hunting lease - south of San Antonio. Everything down there is dry and dead, very sad looking. NO grass of any kind for the cattle, I know many ranchers who have had to sell their cattle, because there is no grass and it is too expensive to feed them.

[donna1990]

So happy you guys got rain. It is so dry here and the pollen is so bad that I can't go outside.
Send some rain to FL.

[2tiredmom]

Hope your drought is over. We've had to much rain here. It's raining again today here. Flood waters had finallly gone down. Wish we could share it with all you that really need it.

[DianaB]

Originally Posted by gja1000

We got a couple of much needed inches in Austin! It came slow and gentle over 3 days, the best kind of rain. It only rained a little bit at our hunting lease - south of San Antonio. Everything down there is dry and dead, very sad looking. NO grass of any kind for the cattle, I know many ranchers who have had to sell their cattle, because there is no grass and it is too expensive to feed them.

I'm glad that you finally got some rain. It will certainly help things to green up. I hate it when the weather affects the farmers and ranchers. Been there, done that.

[gja1000]

Originally Posted by DianaB

I'm glad that you finally got some rain. It will certainly help things to green up. I hate it when the weather affects the farmers and ranchers. Been there, done that.

Unfortunately, our drought is far from over. We only got 1/2 of our average rainfall for 2008 and we are still at less than 1/2 for our usual amount for 2009. It looks very grim. There was an article in the paper today about a man who had been farming/ranching in this area for 60 years, and he has never seen it this dry. The paper showed a farm pond that was almost dry - he said it had never been this low in 60 years. It is really bad here.