This does not apply only to folks on city water but those of us with wells too! Some place I read that the creeks and streams are the water table as seen above ground. I wish I could remember where I saw this- perhaps in the Hellbender Press?

Anyways if someone finds that article, please share it.

And sadly, welcome to an early autumn. Our leaves are all turning yellow and my plants are all dying just like they would in late Oct.

I count how many house lights I can see from my back deck. When the trees are full of leaves I can see none. A few weeks ago the first one became visable. Last night I counted three. In the past few years the first light did not appear until Oct. Man. This stinks!

When it gets this dry so many little things can happen that folks don't even consider. Like a hard fast rain won't soak into the ground so if you ever had a bit of rain in your basement the next hard rain could bring much more.

If you have been considering replacing your shingle roof due to wear / age, do not think you are fine until the rains come. We did that once many years ago. When the rains did come, those old shingles were so dry that it was like not having a roof at all and greatly compounded the repairs we had to make. ( Side note, I think there is still a nice tax deduction for putting on a metal roof!)

Should there be problems in the county with those of us on wells I can tell you for a fact we will be putting a greater burden on the city water supply. If we have well problems we will go to town to do laundry.

I can only wonder at what point will tourists be ask to take short showers? Would the powers that be dare do that?

Next up preventing wildfires.