Let It Rain Please!

Having the hurricanes in Texas and Florida it is interesting here in the Pacific Northwest we could use some rain. It has been a dry summer and with the wild fires happening here rain would be added relief.

Asking for rain is interesting because I know that a lot of rain will start falling in October if anything like last year and all the previous years of my life. Friday while on my walk there was a little drizzle so that is why the thought of rain anyway. Of course if we don’t get rain for a few weeks we will be OK. It is at least nothing to worry about like the hurricanes.

Here in the northwest we have weather that is nice most of the time because we pretty much have four seasons here or at least three anyway. Winter time isn’t what I would expect though the mountains the last couple years have gotten their snow. We went a couple years where the mountains had a drought concerning snow. We need snow in the winter at the mountains for the rivers to have enough water plus the ski resorts to be able to stay in business.

Forest fires are common place during the summer months though we prefer that they don’t happen. Usually they are caused by people’s carelessness but rain can help the cure. Many cars this week got ash on them because of the fires. It reminded many of Mt. St. Helen when it erupted in May of 1980. We had ash on the ground for several days. How much depended how close to the mountain. Here we still have possibilities of other eruptions along with earth quakes. I will take our weather over many places myself. One of the reasons I love living in the Pacific Northwest.

In the meantime I will continue to press on like I hope everyone is doing. Life has its ups and downs along with curves but with hope, faith and most of all love we will continue to persevere. Amen!