Thanks!
Two heavy thunderstorms really helped lay it down last night & night before, without setting any major new fires, though it did start two small ones on our our neighbors’ properties...among the 15+ small fires from strikes.
Electric co-op told us that our power is now restored, so I can water the garden (ON TOPIC!) this evening.
We’ve been staying with friends in town, and going out daily to feed & water the chickens & rabbits; and to run the generator for the fridge & freezers.
Ironically, just after our friends got home with a load of our our stuff to store at their house, a strike set a clump of yuccas on fire in the vacant lot next door to them.
Now ... get that garden watered! :)