Not having rain overnight was a relief but we might have a very stormy afternoon today. NOW we've got an enhanced severe risk, although you wouldn't think it to see the clear skies this morning. I guess that had to happen eventually. It should reach its peak by five PM and after that it should be over. It can rain as much as it wants but I'd rather not have large hail. We'll have to see what develops.
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It was cool and cloudy and a little breezy last evening. Sure enough, we had a thundershower overnight, maybe more than one in succession. And the rain did fall. It's cool and cloudy and wet this morning. It's as though we are in monsoon season, except this area doesn't have monsoon seasons. We don't do monsoons, as a rule. So strange. But it's a great thing to have all this rain. I won't complain, no matter how much it rains. Seems to me that the cotton farmers ought to be in great shape this year. And I just heard a distant rumble of thunder...
For about a week we seem to have the same setup as we had a while ago, that brought so much rain. Interesting, to say the least. We might go right into the first week of June with rather mild temps and a lot of rainfall. Is it El Nino? Or is it... I'll say this: no more jokes about Uri Geller! I wonder what hurricane season will be like. Of course, where we are, the odds of any effect from a hurricane are very slight, perhaps a surge of moisture if the thing hits the gulf coast just right.
I did all the stuff I haven't been able to do since it started raining. It was a very quiet Memorial Day and weekend. It began with that epic storm and ended with a whimper. I clean forgot to put the flag up. I feel kind of bad about that. But none of my neighbors had theirs up and that was kind of odd. Strange things are happening. I remember Red Buttons... heck, I remember the Jimmy Durante Show, and The Texaco Theater! I remember the Berlin Airlift! I remember Eisenhower and Joe McCarthy! I remember Fulton J. Sheen. I remember Buffalo Bob and Mary Hartline. Amazing how long I've been around. I don't often think of that. I'm really old! I never, ever, expected to be so old. But now that I AM that old it's no big deal. I seem to be in remarkable health. Diet and exercise make a huge difference. I guess that's helped me.
I was quite certain we'd get hail, but no, not in my area. Just a spectacular lightning display, with some strikes very close to me, and very heavy rain. What a way to finish the month! That was supposed to be the last gasp for storms and rain in this area. Spectacular finish! Very loud, too. So I hope we get a chance to dry out. I need to do a lot of mowing and trimming. It'll be a real job. So much wild growth and I haven't been able to attack it because it's been soaking wet every day for over a week.
