Our six-week drought is breaking, with good rains yesterday afternoon, and more early this morning. When the sun comes up, I bet I'll find my cistern is full again. In honor of the event, I present this video, showing a "wet microburst" that resembles the effect of a helicopter dumping a load of water on a wildfire.
Related, much worse news: three firefighters were killed yesterday in Washington state when their vehicle crashed and they were overrun by a wildfire. The chilling news from officials: "the crash did not kill them."
That's a hard way to die. I'm sorry to hear that.
ReplyDeleteThere are about 200,000 acres burning in WA.. 300,000 in Oregon. It has been tinder dry for months-even in western wa. A few days ago we got the first rain in a very long time. Not enough to do much , but every bit helps.
ReplyDeleteThis winter I am going to put in a above ground cistern for the garden and emergency fire protection.
Very sad news about the firefighters.