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niyad

(119,888 posts)
Thu May 9, 2013, 05:43 PM May 2013

I couldn't work on the gardens yesterday or today!!! why is this good news, you ask?

Because it is RAINING!!!!!!!!!!! we are in serious drought here (so serious that the idiots at utilities FINALLY got around to watering restrictions this year), so, believe me, every single drop of rain helps. The waldo canyon burn scar is under flood warning, but, so far, things are calm. AND, it is RAINING--a nice, gentle, rain that the trees, and plants, and grasses, are happily drinking in.

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Voice for Peace

(13,141 posts)
1. I hear you, we are dry as a bone in NM
Thu May 9, 2013, 05:49 PM
May 2013

especially in the valley. Some days I can smell rain
but no drops fall to earth.

uppityperson

(115,869 posts)
2. I got to work on the gardens yesterday and today because it is sunny! Too many years of wet weather
Thu May 9, 2013, 05:54 PM
May 2013

and finally it is sunny here.

I am very happy you got our weather and we got yours, makes a nice exchange.

mountain grammy

(27,271 posts)
3. Same here in the mountains. An inch of snow today, May 9th
Thu May 9, 2013, 05:55 PM
May 2013

added to a couple of feet since the first of May. Plus, it's been raining here too, better than snow. I'm whining, but moisture in Colorado is always GOOD NEWS! Our poor, low resevoir should almost fill up by July. Keep it coming!

mountain grammy

(27,271 posts)
6. Grand Lake, west side of Rocky Mountain Nat'l Park.
Fri May 10, 2013, 08:57 AM
May 2013

You know, our National Parks, where Rmoney said we could drill baby drill and our local right wingers voted for him in droves.

niyad

(119,888 posts)
7. it is beautiful there. drill, baby, drill, indeed--which is why we are fighting fracking in one of
Fri May 10, 2013, 09:05 AM
May 2013

our residential areas. (and the companies are fighting even such minor restrictions as being forced to locate their wells 1,000 feet from schools or homes.)

mountain grammy

(27,271 posts)
8. Considering our abundance of sunshine and wind, it's criminal to use
Fri May 10, 2013, 09:10 AM
May 2013

our precious water to bring polluting fossil fuels out of the ground. Natural gas burns clean, but the cost to the environment to extract it is too high. Would like to see Hickenlooper replaced by a gov who cares. Problem is, our other choices were completely unacceptable. He said fracking water was good enough to drink.. take a big gulp, gov!

niyad

(119,888 posts)
9. we have 300 days of sunshine a year here--and more than enough wind. gov frackenlooper
Fri May 10, 2013, 09:17 AM
May 2013

has turned into such a disappointment, but, you are correct, the other "choices" were completely unacceptable.

where is the water? this is an alpine desert, we have to get water from elsewhere as it is, yet council won't address this tiny little issue.

mountain grammy

(27,271 posts)
10. Funny how the Republicans in my neck of the woods will yell and scream
Fri May 10, 2013, 09:32 AM
May 2013

about preserving water in the high country to "save our rivers," but when I bring up the use of water for fracking, they clam up. Frack away, but to hell with farmers or anyone who might have a back yard garden.

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