It barely clears the small pebbles on its floor. The cattle are feeding on pastureland the color of wheat. Wells are failing. Reservoirs are low. And the more the rivers fall, the thicker with sewage and fertilizers and pesticides they get.
Showers come now and then, but they barely moisten the topsoil.
What the Blue Ridge needs is a good soaking to rescue its farms, its families. It sure could use some rain. A long, hard rain.