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Stormy Night

It's been an unusual weather year in 2010.  After one of the worst winters I can remember the snow melted and then it turned dry.  Of course, being married to a farmer with dry weather and his crops life isn't the best during this time.  But then the faucet opened in late June and it hasn't shut off.  We had record amounts of rain in July and August is off to the same start.  The heat I can handle.  It's the humidity that's stifling and we've had our share of that this summer.  The worst weather seems to just go around us which is fortunate for the crops but we have 2 months to go before harvest begins.  But, the mosquitoes are here and the worst in 3 years.  They love it!

Late yesterday afternoon the clouds began to form and gradually it got darker and darker so that it was more like 9 p.m. than 5 p.m.  When it began to rain it dumped!  We got over 2" in less than an hour.  The winds blew but no trees fell.  I just have sticks to pick up all over the yard before I can get on the lawn mower yet again.  I'm surprised the poor thing hasn't given up and died after the workout I've put it through this summer mowing every 5 days.  Anyway, we were lucky in the wind department.  All around us big trees were uprooted some falling on cars, houses, and campers in campgrounds along the river.  We lost power shortly but not for long.

The summer of 2010 has already surpassed the summer of 1993 for the most rainfall ever and we still have most of August to go!