It's Raining, It's Pouring...

And no, I'm not snoring.

But it's raining!!!!! Actual rain! Honest-to-God drops of moisture falling from the sky! The leaves are wet, there are raindrops on my window, IT'S RAINING!!!!!

And before you think I'm a total nutcase, the entire state of North Carolina is in the middle of the worst drought since....well, pretty much since anyone can remember. We haven't had significant rain since about June; many lakes are at less than half full, and some cities have less than a three month supply of water left. They've already banned outdoor watering pretty much everywhere, including for new sod, lots of people are taking "ship showers" (get wet, turn off the water, wash, rinse) and they're talking about other, more drastic measures. Like, pick what you want to wash today, your body or your dishes? Do you REALLY need to flush that toilet? So, yeah, the rain is a really good thing.

Now, the rain today won't end the drought -- it would take a couple of decent sized tropical storms to do that (we're about 10 inches down for the year). But to get a nice little rainfall as we're moving into the dry season gives an awful lot of people hope.

Plus, it means that the humidity, which was at approximately 900% this morning, should break!