downpour

I just read Newscoma’s post about her strep throat related hearing loss.  Hers is temporary, but it’s still weird.  I lost my hearing temporarily once.  She can describe what the experience is like better than I can, but my story is still worth telling.

There will be a rain dance tonight, weather permitting.”
–George Carlin
Which is it with you? Do you love the occasional shower and sometimes long for a real downpour?

Well, last night's downpour put a new glow of green on some hills this morning, but according to TVA, only resulted in one hundredth of a foot of water going back into in Normandy Reservoir. And it is still steadly dropping. The cut of the flow from the dam has helped ... but the numbers are still going down...