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Old 05-20-2011, 06:37 PM   #16
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Today's te first day in a long time that it hasn't rained. Our swimming pool is surrounded by water which isn't good if you want to clean it.
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Old 05-20-2011, 06:52 PM   #17
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Y'all can send some of that rain to this part of Texas! What hasn't burned to the ground is now dried up and will be blowing away in the nonstop winds we've been having.
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Old 05-20-2011, 06:57 PM   #18
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Y'all can send some of that rain to this part of Texas! What hasn't burned to the ground is now dried up and will be blowing away in the nonstop winds we've been having.
Ditto! We woke to a bit of rain but not enough to do much. We will be happy to take some of that rain of your hands!
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Hey Texas, I'd be more than happy to send you some of the 3" we got in 2 days! Holy Moly, my annuals are wilted & moldy
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Hey Texas, I'd be more than happy to send you some of the 3" we got in 2 days! Holy Moly, my annuals are wilted & moldy
Please do!!! I'll take wilted and moldy flowers over fire fighters losing their lives trying to save peoples homes in the wildfires that have ravaged Texas in the past few months. Hundreds of thousands of acres have burned and hundreds of homes have been lost. It's so sad.
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I will say too that I really feel for the poor people dealing with flooding along the Mississippi river. That is such a sad situation as well.
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I should knock on wood when I say this, but it's been 24 hours without rain!!!
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yup 24 hrs but they are calling for it for the next 6 days!!! UGH so glad I am leaving for WDW in 6 days and hopefully won't have to deal with any rain for 8 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (knock on wood too) LOL
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48 rain free hours finally! If I could send it to Texas I would, but it doesn't listen very well.
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I understand rain. I'm living in Macao right now and we are entering Monsoon season. This past weekend it rained from Friday night to Sunday night with maybe 1 hour where it didn't rain. It was crazy. Never seen so much rain in my life! According to my Macau guidebook in June it is common to get 16 inches of rain. Woohoo! Guess I'll just have to dance in the puddles.

I'll see if I can get some of it to Texas though!
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