It poured down in buckets. It just keeps us even. Late in the week, he canceled mandatory water restrictions, but still refused to lift the drought emergency. He urged people to conserve voluntarily. We've seen how well that works in Virginia and the District.
People run around flushing their toilets every five minutes just for the fun of it.
Not that I do that. I stopped watering my lawn long before people called for water restrictions. I live three blocks from the Maryland line. Throughout the summer, a man around the corner from me watered his lawn all night, every night without regard for the community of man. His lawn is thick and brilliantly green.