Ray's RC

Mike J. Shade (mshade@No-Spam)
Thu, 27 Apr 1999 17:03:33 -0700

>
> Thanks Jeff. I hope this "event" doesn't suck up too much rain
> from Arizona though. Mike Shade seems to complain alot about how
> dry it is there anyway. He definitely need's more rain. Perhaps the
> rain will try to come from Texas and make it only half-way here. :-)
>
> (Sorry Mike, I couldn't resist. But I would rather you have the rain than
us. :-)
>
> -Ray

To be serious for a moment, some rain might be good. Our fuel moisture
levels (amount of mositure in things that might burn...trees and such) are
the lowest in 31 years and we are expecting a horrid fire season this year.
We have already had a few wildfires-one in January which is very rare for
here. I just had a wonderful time eating smoke last Sunday on a small fire
that we had-only 10 acres or so. All we need is some wind and away we will
go. After monsoon is going for a few weeks, we should be in better shape.
As it is now, we are quite nervous and some rain might not be a bad
thing...if is is around full moon!

Mike J. Shade: mshade@No-Spam
Sonoita Hills Observatory, Sonoita Arizona
See the observatory at http://c3po.cochise.cc.az.us/astro
under the "telescopes and observatories" section.

"I like the dark; it's cheap." E. B. Scrooge
International Dark-Sky Association: www.darksky.org "I'm a member, are you?"


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