Just what we need...more rain!
A week after Ida dumped more on us than we normally get in a month, the "remnants" of some other storm--I've stopped keeping track of the names--washed up our way. It doesn't look nearly as bad as Ida, but I think many of us feel about rain the way we felt about smoke, loud noises or plane crashes in the days after 9/11.
The weather reports say the rain might stop later this afternoon or tonight. If it does, I'll go for a ride, even if it's only a short local trip. I might go even if it doesn't rain as heavily as it is now: Barely any wind has blown, so far.
Oh, well. As long as we don't experience floods again, I won't complain--not too much, anyway!
I contacted a friend who lives in the Philadelphia suburbs, saying that I hope he had dodged Ida's wrath. He said that one basement window had sprung a leak, and he has to replace some old carpeting. But the tornado warnings were a bit unnerving. Here in the West, we've had weeks of triple-digit temperatures, the fires are still burning, and we've been breathing smoke since June. Bring on autumn!
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