......that Hannah didn't do any damage.  I'm thankful to hear it.

maw

I sure wish WE'D get some rain...........the only people reporting the drought around here are the local weather forecasters who can see the devastation. Right now, within view of my window, I can probably count a half dozen big old trees that are suffering fiercely -- some even have spots where there are no leaves, and countless other smaller trees are suffering so much that their demise almost seems imminent. I don't know if trees that suffer from lack of moisture can be saved before they really die. It sure would be a shame to lose a bunch of huge oaks, maples and ash trees  -- especially when we have an in ground sprinkler system.

....the fine, soft. hurricane rain.  It's the kind that will soak in because it falls so lightly most of the time.  At my home, we got 11.3" of rain from Gustav, and we're nowhere near the path he took.  But haven't you noticed, that often times the bad, is the bearer of the good! Let's all remember to look for the good in any situation.

maw

I'm sure glad for those of you who are in the path of Hanna, that she's not going to linger like Fay. I've been hearing from the Weather Channel that places inland in N.C. and S.C. are really suffering from drought, and they could use some moisture.

Here in my part of Central Texas, we've been very dry this year, too. In fact, the usual display of wildflowers I count on early in the spring -- so I can get my fix of bluebonnets (what a sight it is to see little elevations of blue jumping up from a field of green) early in the spring. We're still short rain. 

I hope, though, that all who need rain get some. The unknown path of Ike is troubling since it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that it will make landfall as a major hurricane. If you live anywhere near where it may hit -- especially south Florida along both the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts, I would STRONGLY urge you to start stocking up on provisions. The sooner you do so, the better. People don't mess around and things that are as basic as water, hand sanitizer, peanut butter and bread will sell out of every store for miles around. I learned that the hard way when Hurricane Rita was thought to be aimed at Houston which would have brought a lot of rain our way during a worse drought that what we have now. Every store from Walmart to Walgreens and every little convenience store in between sold out of every bit of canned food, bottled water, batteries, flash lights, paper products, you name it.