As soon as the sun rose it was certain there was going to be rain. Despite the bright sun and the soaring temperatures, there was a that stirring that comes before wet weather moves in. By noon the cumulus clouds had started to build upward, like huge mounds of cotton candy forming around a cardboard core. By 1:30 it was sprinkling, despite large patches of blue sky, and 30 minutes later, the skies opened up. There was distant thunder, but no significant wind. The heavy downpour went on for several hours. The ground was so dry, the water just ran off at first and flooded the streets, but shortly be earth began sopping it all up like the massive sponge that it is.
Funny, I took the dog out twice this morning and I was the only person around. Even the landscaping and construction work around the neighborhood appeared to have been called off today because of the heat. Yet, once it started to rain, there seemed to be people everywhere, some on their porches, some walking with umbrellas, and some, like me, just standing in the rain because it felt so good.
Oh, there was that storm a couple of days back. We had some gusty winds and sideways rain for a little while, but areas north and west of us got hammered with terrible wind. Power is just now being restored to some of them. But that storm came and went very quickly and, despite all it's bellowing and drama, didn't drop enough rain to even penetrate the parched soil. Today was good. Today was very good. Now if we could just get a few more. But it doesn't look hopeful. No matter - I'll take what I can get and hope the weather forecasters just have it all wrong.
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