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MistressOverdone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 07:09 AM
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It's RAINING! IT'S RAINNNNING!
It's raining in Florida. Now the fires will stop and we can breathe again! Hope this makes it up to GA and puts out THOSE fires! This is one time I am looking for that little round gizmo on the Weather Channel to come right up at us. Our drought has been so severe the vines on the trees have died. The bushes along the road have died! The snakes come on the back porch looking for water and the gators cross the back yard looking for water. We can't let the kids play out there.

IT'S RAINING! HALLELUJAH!
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 07:12 AM
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1. Thank Barry
and enjoy :D
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 07:15 AM
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3. Barry aka Barak? :-D
every time I hear the name Barry now I think of Barak Obama. :)
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Clark2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 07:40 AM
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11. I still think of Barry Williams (Greg Brady).
I watch too much "I Love the 70s" on VH-1. LOL!
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 07:13 AM
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2. The frogs are so happy that they haven't taken the usual precautions
and disappeared with the night, and in the early morning, I caught some big ones having an orgy in whatever basin of water they can find.
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MistressOverdone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 07:19 AM
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7. Good times for all!
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DeSwiss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 07:16 AM
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4. Yippieeeee!!!!
I know you're happy! :)

So go on and have fun with it. Go play in the rain. It'll be just like the old days....
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Uben Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 07:17 AM
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5. All or none
We went through a two year drought in north Texas. I figured when it finally ended, it would come a flood. It did! We have had a flash flood watch every week for the last month! I am not complaining though. I live at a small lake, and it is so nice to be full again! I sure hope this ends your dryness and puts out those damned fires!
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Jeanette in FL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 07:18 AM
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6. This is so needed and welcomed
Raining hard in North Florida this morning. Thank goodness.

I was down in South Florida all week and they are in dire straights with the drought, so I know they will be happy as well.

Hope this lasts a while, we all need it so badly.
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Lochloosa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 07:26 AM
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8. I walked out and stood in the rain this morning....damn it felt good.
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MistressOverdone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 07:33 AM
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10. My dogs are happy
they are retrievers...and my six geese are deliriously happy.
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kdmorris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 07:44 AM
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14. My dogs think we're torturing them
They don't like rain. We take them to the back porch and they just kind of stand there with the "Woe unto me" look! The frogs around here are really happy though. Our canals had dried out so badly that there was not even mud in the bottom (the one around our neighborhood, not all of them).
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 07:42 AM
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12. Enjoy
I was there a few weeks ago and you sure need the rain.
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Nimrod2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 07:32 AM
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9. I have been praying for rain for months!!!
:sarcasm:

My yard is loving it, my pool is going to overflow today.
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Clark2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 07:43 AM
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13. We're getting it, too, in East Tennessee.
It hasn't rained here for two weeks. My grass looks like a dirt field.

I guess it's Barry's "arms".
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watercolors Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 07:51 AM
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15. The trees are so happy!
When we were in Cayman Brac and it rained a lovely native woman smiled at me and said "the trees are so happy". I now think of it when it rains, and we so need this tropical storm, it is most welcomed.
My trees and plants do look like they have had a long needed drink, everything looks so much greener now.
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 07:59 AM
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16. Fabulash! nt
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 08:00 AM
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17. Somehow I doubt either drought or fires
will make a dent in the damned kudzu.

Glad you're getting rain, though. You certainly needed it.
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MistressOverdone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 08:06 AM
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19. Ou town made a big dent in the kudzu
with a couple of flocks of sheep. They ate it down past the roots.
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 08:18 AM
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24. Funny, my town is using goats
to go after salt cedar and other invasive plants that suck water out of the Rio Grande, water the desert can't afford to lose.

I've threatened for years to get a pet pygmy goat for my yard.
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MistressOverdone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 08:58 AM
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28. I've raised pygmies
Just don't get a billy...they stink! But they are very cool animals. Watch out for coyotes.
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riona Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 08:05 AM
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18. What a relief
and I'll bet some people in Pinellas County are thrilled. According to the local news last night, some homeowners had received warnings - do something about your brown lawns, or face possible fines of $50.00/day. Wh-a-a-t??
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SaveAmerica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 11:06 AM
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34. Please tell me you're joking!! What is wrong with some people?
Glad to hear the rains are back.
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 08:08 AM
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20. 'Bout freakin' time.
It's just grey up here in Etlanna. We sure could use some rain.
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ncrainbowgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 08:31 AM
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27. We sure could use rain too. Gettin' dry up here in piedmont of NC.
Alas, the 90 degree weather keeps going...
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waiting for hope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-03-07 08:41 PM
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41. It rained in Wilmington ALL DAY!
My kids hated it, but my lawn loved it! Hope you get some soon!
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tsuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 08:09 AM
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21. If you start getting too much, please send excess to NW FL. Thanks. nt
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FlaGranny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 08:11 AM
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22. During the downpour yesterday
afternoon I heard laughing voices outside. I looked out the window and the neighbor down the street and his 2 grandchildren were cavorting in the rain in their bathing suits. I checked the rain gauge in the back yard this morning and it had 5-1/4 inches in it.
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RestoreGore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 08:16 AM
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23. Do you have a rain catcher?
It might come in handy now.
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onethatcares Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 08:19 AM
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25. I do, 125 gallons worth
and it was dry as a bone. Now, I need more milk jugs.
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RestoreGore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 08:25 AM
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26. Good for you
Save all you can. Good luck.
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onethatcares Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 11:00 AM
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32. with the houseplants and vegetables we raise for our
own consumption, it would be too much to rely on city water. I don't water the grass, I let it do its' own thing. It is so easy to get a blue 35 gal drum, few milk jugs and run your gutters into the drum or set it under a roof valley. When you water by hand out of the jugs, you get to see your plants close up and personal.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 09:04 AM
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29. It's been raining for 16 straight hours here (Tampa)
It's a beautiful sight/sound.
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NightWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 09:07 AM
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30. It's pouring in Savannah
I want to run outside and play like a 5-year old. Every window in the joint is opened and I love the sound....although I have the constant urge to go to the little boys room
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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 09:24 AM
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31. The northern edge of the rain is still 50 miles from me.
Come on, Barry!
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 11:03 AM
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33. OK, snakes on the back porch, alligators in the yard and the sky
is on fire. I think I'll stick with 3 months of snow here in New York.

I'm glad to hear your drought is breaking. I just wanted to point out that there are reasons why some of us are willing to tolerate 10 feet of snow a couple times a year!
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 11:08 AM
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35. Good
I hope all this rain really helps.

We've been in a drought in north Texas for the past few years, but this year thank god it's been all about the rain.
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Tsiyu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 11:15 AM
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36. It is refreshing
Here in Middle Tennessee the corn is happy and most of the hay farmers had plenty of dry to put up the first cutting, so everyone is grinning about the rain.

The roads are slick, though.

I hope it keeps raining for days. :)
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lostnfound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-03-07 12:45 AM
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37. Yay for Florida! We in Texas have been getting the rain you usually get
I swear we've had 'Florida rains' here for 2 or 3 weeks -- those lovely tropical rains every afternoon/evening. Having grown up in FLorida I've missed them in Texas which is so often day after day of boring dry heat.
But my home state has suffered so much under Jeb since I've been gone, I'm glad it won't have to suffer any longer with drought,too.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-03-07 12:47 AM
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38. Hope you get your full measure, MistressOverdone.
:toast:
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-03-07 01:14 AM
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39. FINALLY raining here in the Sandhills of NC.
My grass was dying and I was beginning to worry about some of the trees.
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Viva_La_Revolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-03-07 01:48 AM
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40. I share your joy! Here in OR we are due to get rain in the next few days...
It's been hot the past few weeks, we need some too. :bounce:
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