Rain

It just stopped raining here. It has rained hard for about three hours. I don't know where this comes from. Everything gets brown this time of year. Not here. Everything is really green. I have not seen anyone watering their lawn. There's just no need to. I ran about four miles this morning. Luckily, I did it early so I didn't get washed away in the flood. Its a little tough running because its hot and muggy most the time, so it keeps me from going very fast. Yeah, that's the reason I'm not going fast. There is no room along the sides of the roads. So I run on the road and scamper to the other side of the road or into the ditch if there is a car coming. That's usually fine because there isn't a lot of traffic. During the weekdays there are the coal trucks which are enormous and seem to be in a big hurry. But if you time it right, there isn't much traffic. The drivers here know they get one lane to themselves, but the tend to take it out of the middle of the road. So running on the roads are kind of like participating in a video game, dodging all the obstacles. There are about a mile worth of drives and trails within our “city” so that you don't even have to go out if you don't want.

Last weekend we were in Tennessee and it rained then, too. That was cool because it was the remnants of Hurricane Isaac. Its exciting being part of a hurricane even if it is just the left over parts. I used to watch the news and it seemed like the lead story would always be the current hurricane, the after effects of the last one or something out in the ocean thinking it might become one. (I read that David Letterman used to be a weatherperson in Indianapolis. On the air, he used to congratulate tropical storms that had been upgraded to hurricane status.) We don't get a lot of hurricanes in Oregon. Hurricanes would always be on the news and I would think, "Who cares?", ignoring the fact that there are probably tens of millions that care quite a bit. I'm in the perfect location now. I doubt Kentucky gets any hurricane weather that would cause much damage, but I still get to feel like part of the action.