It s not how much rain we get, however, it s when we get it. My tomato crop can attest to that. So can any number of my fellow farmers with half-empty haylofts. If the drought hit the farmers hard this summer, the recent rains have wreaked havoc with politicians bankrolls this fall. Campaign signs put up one day are either soaked by rain or blown down by wind the next.
Some candidates seem to be spending as much time repairing signs as they are knocking on doors.
With the drought concluded, we can all go back to washing cars without feeling guilty. Municipalities can stop sending someone down to the reservoir on a daily basis to check the water levels and farmers can stop worrying about rain for crops. At least for now. But next summer, it will start all over again. As soon as the spring rains stop and the heat of July takes hold, water worries will probably crop up again.