Fire and rain...

Would that this were about the song.

In my last post, I asked for the weather predictions to come true, and yet, our meteorologists have once again been foiled by the whimsy of the planet. Yet another part of our country is being devastated by flooding, and we in Texas were only to receive the wind out of the storm. Gusts of wind. And no precipitation. Gusts of wind to knock down power lines that would spark and start wildfires in our tinder-box of a state. 25,000 acres...How does one imagine that. And 300 homes. People who have lost everything. A mother and child who have lost their lives. Resources for fighting the fires depleted and firefighters being begged to help wherever they come from.

It all makes me very sad. Very, very sad. So many extremes become overwhelming at times.