bunrab | Another brief thought (Reply)

I mentioned that Austin's average annual rainfall is 32 inches. What I may not have mentioned is that there's only about one year out of 10 where we get something near 32 inches. The rest of the time we alternate between about 20 inches one year and 45 inches the next year. That tends to mean that half the plants in the city die of drought one year, and the other half, the good xeriscaping, gets flooded out the following year. This is going to be one of the 45-inch years; we had about 13 inches of rain in June alone, and it's still raining as we enter the beginning of July.

We're supposed to play patriotic concerts - you know, Stars & Stripes Forever accompanying fireworks - both Saturday and Sunday nights, Saturday in Bastrop and Sunday in Round Rock. Can't tell yet whether there will be any intermissions in the precipitant humidity so that we can really play and the fireworks might even burst in air. Fingers crossed, or other superstition of your choice, that it will be outdoor concert weather.