Drought

My lawn has cracks 3 inches wide. My grass is crisp and brown, and not because it is January. The wind howls non stop everyday and has for almost 6 weeks. The sky is endlessly blue and there is not a cloud in sight. The temperature is in the mid to upper 70’s.

Today is a carbon copy of the last 6 weeks. Everyday we turn on the 5 o’clock news to see where the wildfires are today. If we see smoke we panic. When we drive down the highway we see large patches of burnt land. Tree and plants are only skeletons now.

Countless people have lost their homes; many people have been hurt. The fire departments are all exhausted and stretched beyond their limits.

We are had been under a burn ban for an entire year and have now been declared a disaster area.

How many more people must pay for carelessness? How many for people must lose all they own because some idiot threw a cigarette butt out the window? How many more people must get burned because someone thinks they are the exception to the burn ban?

Lake Bridgeport is over 11 feet under-level now and there is no possibly for rain in the near future. Last year was one of the driest years on record. We all wonder when it will end, when we will get that drenching rain that we so desperately need.

We pray it will be soon.