Please allow me to interject my feelings about Mother Nature

I vacationed at Jasper years ago and it's not some fire alley pols and developers keep building on. It started as and still is a key Canadian Pacific rail hub. I have read that the train station and crew bunkhouse were both destroyed by the fire. The 300-foot wall of flame seems to have spared Jasper Park Lodge, where I stayed.

 

I'm visiting Nashville for a bit and just got drenched in my first rain storm since last fall. I am soaked head to toes. It was glorious.

 

I'll be there for about three hours on Saturday. I'd just as soon it not rain.

 

Smoky Mountain Rain

 

It freakin' monsooned here this afternoon. Absolute downpour.

 

Our 10-day surprising cool spell ends Monday. Back to the 100s this week with heat index of 105 to 110.

 

Apparently Dollywood had to be evacuated today.

 

Yep.

 

Guess Blazing Fury is back to having the splash landing at the bottom of the last hill.

 

Time to reopen the Flooded Mine.

 

It rained here this morning, first rain I can remember in more than a month at least. It was anice, a gentle shower instead of a deluge. Cleans off the streets, knocks down any remaining pollen, takes care of the dust and helps tamper down the wildfire danger.

I'd trade a couple sunny summer days for some rainy days if we could get the sunny days in January or February.