Is anyone else having a drought, or lack of rain?
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Comments (21)Dude, I enjoyed mowing the month of June. Great exercise. Sure beats watering (which takes 100x longer and 10x more costly) and watching plants suffer with dieback in the surrounding woods here. Enjoy your rain while you can! Finally got 3/4" today which ended a 39 day period without rain greater that 1/8". Plants are starting to cash out so just this bit helps after this week of near record temps and windy conditions....See MoreAnyone else getting swamped with rain recently
Comments (14)Chicago has gotten lots of rain as well as two hail storms and Monday there were tornado warnings. It has been a cold and wet spring again like last year.this is probably our new climate. I'm still waiting to get my sweet potatoe slips and this is the end of June! My strawberries are the worst they mold on the vine from too much rain and humidity. My garden is mulched think with organic hay and the slugs are having a feast. I can't really fight them when it is so wet, I hand picked some today and yesterday a whole can full! My potatoes look good that's about it. My garden is way behind anyway due to late cold weather....See MoreDid Anyone Else Have Rain in California?
Comments (17)Being less than 10 miles from Montecito, I would like to share: The area had been carved up in to Mandatory and Voluntary evacuations for the better part of a month for the fire. I was in a voluntary zone and did pack my photos and drive around with them for a week. I had friends who where out of their homes or knew if they left to buy groceries, they might not get back in. We cancelled parties, Christmas shopping and a variety of things. This was a hard Christmas season. We were all pretty tired of being evacuated or on warnings The rain evacuations were posted with a Monday at noon deadline. Homes above hwy 192 where Mandatory and those below voluntary. I would guess most of those people in the voluntary zones followed the guidelines of packing your car, facing it out and being prepared to leave at a moments notice. When I went to bed, I checked the forecast and there was no hour with over .50" of rain. The rain was more a fine mist at midnight. Would you have left? At 2:32am the phone weather alert blared with the alarm. At 3:52 a second alarm sounded and then one again right after 4am. They received 1/2" in 5 minutes. The mud flows broke the Highline water supply pipes from the lakes in several places. It broke gas lines, knocked out power, cable etc. Most of the people that lost their lives were in the voluntary zone below hwy 192. I would guess they all had their cars packed and ready, they just did not anticipate what was about to happen. In hindsight, they should have changed their evacuation zones to reflect low spots and where water might go as mandatory. But if you would have told me the problem in the middle of the night at the Montecito Inn was mud in the lobby, I would have wondered why it was there and not in the creek beds. I don't think anyone thought that light rain would have torn the mainlines from the lakes. This was a horrible result of 5 minutes of heavy rain....See MoreAnyone else have a total lack of motivation?
Comments (31)We are in the midst of a kitchen reno, my name is also Anne, and my husband is retired and I am resentful (kind of). My job is a huge part of my life, and I've toyed with retiring and could financially. The more sibs and in laws around me retiring, the more envious I get. I also could not get myself to pack the kitchen up, but finally started. I would box things up and bring them down to the basement. Then the reno got drastically moved up and I was gone for work, so hubs had to finish packing up the kitchen. As a result, I have boxes all over our living area, I don't know where anything is, and despite plastic sheeting up my house is filthy and dusty. The floor is almost in, but they probably won't come today because it is pouring out. Need to finish laying the tile and then grout, then let sit before cabinets go in. Then laser measure for my countertops, then wait 4 weeks for the counter top. I hate messes, but know it's the price (along with the price for the reno, ha ha) to pay for a hopefully beautiful, more functional kitchen. I guess my advice to you would be to just start, otherwise your mess may be bigger then it needs to be if it falls to your husband. I was just struck by the similarities in our stories. Good luck!...See Moreponcirusguy6b452xx
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