anyone else need rain in their area???

a kennedy

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Sun May-03-09 12:00 AM
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anyone else need rain in their area???

we're down a lot......and we need it bad.

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ghostsofgiants

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Sun May-03-09 12:02 AM
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1. It is pouring here.

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LeftyMom

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Sun May-03-09 12:06 AM
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2. We're finally getting some, but too late in the season to do much good.

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Brother Buzz

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Sun May-03-09 12:22 AM
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4. No, it's good and helps. It may not help the snow pack but it extends the green season

The brown season has been lasting too long for the last few years and I'm growing weary of it. Brown season means fires too, and I don't like fires.

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LeftyMom

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Sun May-03-09 12:24 AM
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5. Doesn't a green, wet spring mean more burnable material later though?

I seem to recall that's been an issue in past fire seasons, but I'm a city kid so I'm not really up on these things.

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Brother Buzz

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Sun May-03-09 12:38 AM
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7. Yes it can, but the temperature it the main factor

We need more delta influence to keep the temperatures moderate in the summer. Triple digit weather with a north wind blowing stink is what turns the little fires into conflagrations.

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janx

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Sun May-03-09 12:08 AM
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3. We got some in NM today.

Not much, but it was welcome.

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flvegan

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Sun May-03-09 12:28 AM
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6. Levy County, Florida and south is terrible.

The news said that right now, it's the worst drought in the country.

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Lucian

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Sun May-03-09 12:39 AM
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8. We could use some here in MN.

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fizzgig

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Sun May-03-09 12:52 AM
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9. not here in northern colorado

Edited on Sun May-03-09 12:52 AM by fizzgig

we've had a wet spring and we're up about two inches from normal. ask me again in two months, though, an my answer is likely to be very different.

eta: it's been cold and rainy all day. maybe spring will finally take hold soon.

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KitchenWitch

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Sun May-03-09 12:54 AM
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10. That is a resounding yes.

They are threatening the water rationing her in southern California.

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MajorChode

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Sun May-03-09 03:45 AM
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11. It's been raining hard here all day and for much of the last week

I'm putting some serious thought into building an ark.

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RushIsRot

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Sun May-03-09 06:34 AM
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12. In NW Arkansas we're under a flash flood watch. It's supposed

to rain some for the remainder of the week.

Wish I could share.

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cwydro

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Sun May-03-09 10:54 AM
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13. We need it very badly.

One rainstorm last week helped a bit, but it was less than an inch.

Desperately awaiting the rainy season.

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AwakeAtLast

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Sun May-03-09 10:57 AM
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14. No, quite the opposite

April was the 7th wettest in Central IN. May is supposed to be very wet, too.

Sorry to hear that you need some - wish I could ship some to you!

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Gidney N Cloyd

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Sun May-03-09 12:02 PM
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15. Chicago's been drowning for weeks now.

And I'm sick and tired of wiping off muddy paws.

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azmouse

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Sun May-03-09 12:08 PM
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16. I live on the desert. We always need rain.

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mnhtnbb

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Sun May-03-09 02:25 PM
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17. YES! We've been hoping to get some thunderstorms, but they keep passing north

Edited on Sun May-03-09 02:28 PM by mnhtnbb

and south or east of us. (Chapel Hill, NC) We're up to 80% chance for some tonight.

We put in new landscaping--all naturalized, no lawn-- last Dec with the final perennials just planted two weeks ago! It takes me two hours to water the yard by hand...and I don't want to do it tomorrow.

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