Thursday, August 06, 2009

Finally! Rain Arrives Just in Time for Fire and Fair

That sound you hear? Quite a few of us exhaling in relief. It began raining some time in the wee hours and continues as I slurp coffee and read the news this morning. And it's not an indecisive, few-drops-here-and-there rain. This is steady stuff.

I don't know that I've ever been so pleased to hear the sound of rainfall.

The timely return of precipitation ought to give all the yellow shirts out there a chance to contain and subdue the numerous wild fires out there. It definitely helps to not have the entire area tinder dry. Even if the fires north, east, west and south of us hadn't gotten any closer to Squarebanks and its surrounding neighborhoods, conditions were such that any kind of fire starting up within them could have chewed up the wilderburbs pretty quick. Forestry and the local VFDs have been jumping on anything that started around here - but the question was how long would they bat 1.000?

As noted yesterday, it ALWAYS rains during the local fair.

Heck, I don't even like the Tanana Valley Fair that much. (I don't want to go on rides, or walk around eating booth food that I consume throughout the summer, and I don't have kids. Why go?) But I just might go and walk around in the rain.

5 comments:

Ishmael said...

Sweet!

Anonymous said...

Great to be there while raining..


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KCB said...

Yay!

When you're done, send us the Tanana Valley Fair. We need the rain.

kodiakgriff said...

Glad to hear the rain is helping with the fire. BTW thanks for recognizing the volunteer fire departments,
I hope the fire go out and the the rain let's off.
Peace
Griff

CabinDweller said...

Thanks, Griff. Has rained all the fire away.

And suddenly, it's FALL.