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songbird wrote:

Billy wrote:
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The first one has Noam Chomsky, so you can hardly fail to learn
something new.

yep, should be fun.

arg! weather forecast has more rain coming.
looks like flood weather for some folks down
stream and in town. the water is already up
to the levees in several areas.

the wetlands have a few more feet of capacity,
but that won't do much good with the ground
already being saturated.


songbird

Until about a decade ago, we had one town that flooded nearly every
year. Only place I ever knew where flooding was normal. People started
putting their houses on 20' stilts. Then the Corp. of Engineers put in
flood control, and the river has been very sedate ever since. Not that I
wish flood victims harm, but we used to enjoy the floods. It would close
the main road, and the silence was golden. Additionally it was an
enforced vacation, where for a couple of days you just had to sit, and
watch the day slowly go bye. If we got very lucky the power would go off
for a day or so. Not enough to ruin what's in the freezer, just enough
to give a feeling of sanity to the neighborhood.

That said, a few years back it rained until June. Mud everywhere. No
fun, and the garden was late.

Is this normal weather for you?

We just had a 3 day wind storm, which is unusual for Northern California.

Hope everybody that wants to stay dry gets their wish.

Good luck.

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