Posted on 08/24/2008 4:37:35 AM PDT by Clive
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Sigh, now I know where our rain has been!
It’s been pretty dry here since early July. We had some rain the other day and a few sprinkles last night but that’s it.
FReeper in Florida
This has been the wettest August this Texan has seen. At least the weeds are green in my lawn.
It’s alL right. In another couple of months it will be snowing instead.
Whazzat? ;-)
Why do people consider bats a "problem"? Bats are good. They eat bugs. They spread seeds.
You really ought to get out of your tent more often. :)
I always use a good anti-precipitant after a shower. :-)
Bats in the yard are wonderful. Bats in the house are trouble.
Could be worse, Ms. Woodcock, You could be living in Florida.
Now that's a lotta precip :(
The carry rabies. They bite your cat or dog. Your pet suffers horribly. Your pet dies. They bite you, you suffer horribly, then YOU die.
We have a bat problem here, too. Of course, the Brown Bats are ‘protected’ so we’re not allowed to touch them. They’re to have free reign in our attic, ruin our roofing, and whenever they’re flying around our heads in the living room in the evening while we sit and watch TV, we’re to ENJOY them because they’re GOOD for the planet, LOL!
They are vermin with wings, and they outnumber humans by about a thousand to one on the planet. The job of pollination and mosquito control will just have to be handled with a few less from my house. :)
Our corn crop needs rain in the worst way. Rain has been “spitting” on us for a week, but now it’s cool and clear again with no real rain in sight for a while.
The soybeans can handle drought, but corn doesn’t like it.
This is three summers running with cool, wet springs, then drought in the summer months.
But, as someone else said, the snow (100+” last year!) will be here soon enough! ;)
Ummm... I have never heard of a bat biting a pet. Unless some cat tried to catch it. They do not all carry rabies. "Bats can get the rabies virus, but the incidence of bats and rabies is very low, usually only about one half of one percent of bats tested, test positive for the virus."
People are afraid of bats for no good reason.
My wife hated bats till my kindergarten son did a project on them. Now she likes them. Do some research first before condemning them.
Here in northern new hampshire, the rains have been relentless. I wouldn’t mind so much, but I am building a new home on a mountain and trying to keep my driveway graded and passable has been an almost full-time job. I have suspended building my home, and have been concentrating on road improvements to handle the 2 hour/6 inch rain storms that we have been getting every two days.
Hey, I get out. We just don't have any of that precip-whatever stuff here. Unless you count sand. ;-)
I use a towel. ;-)
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