I'll tell you what . . . standing in lines with those
old guys that practiced that long ago bathing schedule had a lifetime influence on my own behavior!
Northern Cal and further north has been getting about 1/2 the rain that could be expected. I said something about that the other day to someone in Arizona.
He said, "Oh no! The snow came early and it's still around!" I looked at what NOAA had to say about December in his part of AZ and sure enuf, below normal temps thru the month and a little above for precip . . .
The valley where I have lived for over 40yrs has a very large aquifer. I have thought about a "grey water" discharge for the backyard but haven't acted on it. One thing about over-use of water here -- if it doesn't run into our storm or sewer systems and cause problems there, it just re-charges the aquifer. Something I am concerned about is the energy use that's required to get it out of the ground and moved around. Power, power, power - everything takes power! Then, if we
burn our resources . . .
I think this will be a good day to wash some towels and heavy things and put them out on the line. More electricity to dry clothes & pump heat outdoors? Maybe I can get back to my summertime clothespins. Don't usually need them for my nose when I'm at the post office, these days
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Steve
. Things have calmed down here as I hope they have on the other side of the mountains! We are getting real close to only 1/2 the normal precipitation that should have fallen since September. I'm not wishing any -43 on northern Montana but an 8" snowfall might be of some help to the folks in that part of the world. I'll tell you what, it isn't very good news for the rest of the Great Plains that this corner is burning right now . . .
