Rain
We need it! This weather year (from July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014) is shaping up as a record-setting dry year across most of California. Santa Rosa has received 8.71 inches of rain to date compared to an annual average of 32.22 inches. There are as yet no calls to restrict water usage and the dreaded word ‘drought’ is seldom mentioned in reports on our current predicament. But it is a looming reality.
Several small, local municipal water systems are running dry. The Sierra snow pack is 20% of normal.
There are other consequences. Air quality is fair to bad, and ‘spare the air days’ are setting records too. Fire danger remains high as the normally (by now) green rolling hills remain brown and crisp. Today an unseasonal wildfire is raging in Northern California.
I recently read an article by Peter Crutchley, “Did a prayer meeting really bring down the Berlin Wall and end the Cold War? Got me to thinking about praying for rain.
The weather year is not over. The majority of our rain often falls January through Spring. Whatever your belief, I invite you to join me in praying for rain. A wet New Year would be very welcome.