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Originally Posted by Schaumburger
Please send some rain up north. The Chicago area and all of Illinois, and most of the Midwest (think of the farmers), really need the rain.
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We also were beginning to get "dry" after a very emerald green grass kind of spring with lots of rain...........but now the rains have returned again, as has the very bright green grass.
We would gladly send you our rain from Vermont if we could.....
All of the rain is making up for the lack of snow last winter.
However, it is also coming up to the August 28 1st anniversary of Tropical Storm Irene whose flooding inundated Vermont's bridges, roads, barns, homes, etc.....as well as neighboring New York State.........
The entire spine of the Green Mountains or middle of our state was cut off (various villages and small towns) by destroyed bridges and roads.
This summer we saw massive rebuilding as we drove north. Even our western side of the state had big gouges out of highways. Water can do a lot of damage. We had tons of rainfall that weekend last August.
Truthfully, we've never seen so much constant RAIN which in turn brings heavy humidity and mugginess. It poured again last night as it did a vew days ago and also last weekend........very rainy up here. I feel sorry for all of the brides who plan their outdoor weddings under tents or by covered bridges in the great outdoors........not the year for it at all.
People can argue against global warming but there most definitely is a climate change that we've been experiencing for a long number of years up here.
When we lived in Florida, there always was a "very predictable" timewise thunderstorm DAILY all summer long. On the east coast it was in the afternoon hours......but as soon as it began, it was over and the sun would pop out again..........it tended to cool things down.
When we were in TV last autumn, the rain was so HEAVY and visibility pretty bad..........but we noticed how great the sewers and gutters were performing.......as we made our way back from an early breakfast.