Central MS has been very short on rain. Up to today, we are more than
20" short for the year. Our acre pond/lake has gone from 4'.5' to
less than 3' deep. That is serious when the herons visit! At 4' they
get very little. At 3' they do better. At 2' they can wade anywhere
and will strip the pond. Our 500 game fish and thousands of flathead
minnows would simply vanish!

It is raining solidly today! We will get more than an inch of rain if
it keeps up. Could even be 2". The pond collects 4-8" per inch that
falls...depending how wet the ground is before the rain. I suspect we
will see an increase of 4 or more inches from this rain. That is a
serious help. I will go out to check the depth in a day or two.

Rain, rain, come and stay. Drop some more on us today!

Jim