I like drought!

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When it rains a lot I get mud creeps.


I like clear night skies. So do labs.

Drier air so I breathe and sleep better.


Less weeds.


Less mowing.


Less sticker grass.


Less mosquitos.


Less fire ants.


Less mold.


And the less rain I experience, the more I enjoy when it does.


Drought creates struggle and struggle builds character.


A lot of rain creates mildew and mildew stinks.

[Ken]

Drought also provides:

Less underground water.

Dried up creeks.

Dried up ponds.

Less wildlife.

Less produce.

Dried up ground is more susceptible to erosion (from wind and water when it finally rains).



I prefer a balance in nature.

[mollymckee]

Drought also can bring devasting fires.

[ketoriverfarm]

Ken and mollymckee. I thought you both made really good points. I saw the original post yesterday andcouldn't think how to respond. I see the point that too much rain is also a bad thing. So all things in moderation. And since I have two fires burning within ten miles of me. And our river is the lowest it has ever been since record keeping started. And the fish are dying because the water is to warm. I am not liking drought at all.

[manygoatsnmore]

Not enjoying the drought here, either. The rain we finally got the last couple days was wonderful. River is very low, fires are a real danger, and the garden isn't liking the drought much either.

[Awnry Abe]

Drought is part of natural balance. Normal drought is a very good thing. Extreme drought is not so good, just like extreme rain.

I love the lush green grass for my dairy cows...until July. Then I yearn for dry weather so their production drops. I depend on the dry season to perform quite a bit of farm work that isn't possible when it is wet. I am a big fan of normally dry July and August.

The best part about drought is that I can do something about it--add water. Removing water in a deluge is not so easy.

[mollymckee]

Bluemingidiot, I would think you would remember all the pain the drought brought to TX several years ago. The lakes and rivers dried up, ranchers had to sell their cattle because they had no feed, the fires around Bastrap where 1500 or so families lost their homes, all the dead woods from Houston to Waco to Austin. Thousands of acres burned and so many people lost so much. This years rains have also caused problems, I think things in moderation are the best, not that we can choose.

We have drought this year. We have very serious fire conditions. The price of hay is going up rapidly, gardens are failing, pastures are drying up, fishing has been stopped. It will hurt people.

[here to stay]

A silver lining for me, with all the problems drought has given- less slugs. But no one should get upset with me for saying something good about a bad situation. It's not like my opinion about it effects it at all. The rain doesn't care at all what I want. If it did, it would rain a bit each night from 2 am to 4 am. And only then. I have yet to have the world accommodate that idea.......

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Jul 28, 2015 5:36:36 GMT mollymckee said:

Bluemingidiot, I would think you would remember all the pain the drought brought to TX several years ago. The lakes and rivers dried up, ranchers had to sell their cattle because they had no feed, the fires around Bastrap where 1500 or so families lost their homes, all the dead woods from Houston to Waco to Austin. Thousands of acres burned and so many people lost so much. This years rains have also caused problems, I think things in moderation are the best, not that we can choose.

We have drought this year. We have very serious fire conditions. The price of hay is going up rapidly, gardens are failing, pastures are drying up, fishing has been stopped. It will hurt people.

Forest fires are part of the natural process.  How unnatural would you like your world to be?  Mother Nature doesn't get mad, she gets even.

Too many people trying to do too much to the land. The reason we have to have the lakes is that the population is six times what it was 60 years ago.  You know what the major human water use is, flushing the toilet.

God didn't make the land for that many people. When they built the dams they buried some of the prettiest river bottom land the Lord ever made.  And the lakes are so crowded like a swarm of huge, noisy insects.

Because there are so many more people we have to grow more which means GMA, herbicides, pesticides, more water, etc. When we raise more animals that means jamming chickens up like sardines, anti-biotics, growth hormones, and more water.

Shucks, I remember the Drought of the 50s.  My parents remember the Dust Bowl.  Compared to that what you are talking about is a stick of candy.  That was the greatest generation.  Just something else to withstand and overcome.  It brought people together.  Llano brought in a rail car of water on Saturdays.  They put up a big tent down by the river.  Water pipes and showers were installed inside.  Women and children took showers Saturday morning and men took showers Saturday afternoon.

Babylon was a land of crops and gardens, Israel and Judea were lands of milk and honey.  But not any more.  Faster and faster we are making the world a desert.

There have always been lean years.  How could we ever know such joy in fat years without the lean years.  I think people stick closer to the Lord in lean years and maybe that is what I like most about them.  In fat years people tend to wander away from the Lord.

[manygoatsnmore]

Well, that's a might bit harsh. Stick of candy? Tell that to the families burned out in Wenatchee. Maybe it's time to take a deep breath and step back from the keyboard.

You make fun of those of us who think 90's are hot, but it sounds like you have a lot more trouble coping with a little rainy spell than those of us in the PNW, lol.

[Awnry Abe]

Jul 28, 2015 14:21:36 GMT bluemingidiot said:

Jul 28, 2015 5:36:36 GMT mollymckee said:

God didn't make the land for that many people.

Hittin' the Like button because of the general tenor of your post, but I gotta ask what you meant by the above?

[Deleted]

Genesis 1:31New International Version (NIV)


31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.


Why did God cause the flood?

[manygoatsnmore]

Um, if I remember correctly, it was because of sin, not numbers.

[Awnry Abe]

Jul 31, 2015 3:21:37 GMT bluemingidiot said:

Genesis 1:31New International Version (NIV)


31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.


Why did God cause the flood?

I guess, based on the context, that he thinks 8 is an optimal population for earth? Or maybe he disagrees with your drought philosophy? Lol. JK. My real answer: He protects His plan of salvation.



I was only asking because there are some crazy elitists out there that wish for a drastic reduction in population (Georgia guide stones, UN, etc.) . And their desire for control trumps their religious world view. So I am hyper-sensitive to comments made by people about what an optimal earth population might be. That attitude permeates the Internet space--including the old HT site. I know that isn't where you are coming from. So just exactly how are you connecting the creation account with the flood?

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Jul 31, 2015 3:21:37 GMT bluemingidiot said:

Genesis 1:31New International Version (NIV)


31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.


Why did God cause the flood?

'And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt' (Genesis 6:12).
 

 Outward actions often reflect inner person.

corrupt comes from the Latin word corrumpere which means "to abuse; to destroy; to injure; to ruin, to spoil,"

We have shaved down God's hills and mountains;

We have cut down God's forests

We have polluted God's oceans, creating floating islands of trash.

We have covered God's fields and meadows with asphalt, strip malls, convenience stores, liquor stores, pawn shops, and subdivisions

We have exchanged God's river bottoms for lakes, and sucked rivers dry to maintain golf courses, gambling casinos and swimming pools.

We are drinking converted urine.

We have wiped out species

We have Overcome natural sounds with noise from devices and machines.

We have changed the composition of air and rain God made.

And we do all these things and more at ever increasing rates.

Abe and MGM you are both entitled to judge me just as I judge mankind to be corrupt.  But in the end, only God's judgment counts.  My only guide to what God might do in the future is what He has done in the past. 

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Jul 31, 2015 3:38:46 GMT manygoatsnmore said:

Um, if I remember correctly, it was because of sin, not numbers.

Well, Cain slew Abel.

We always had sin.

But when the numbers became too great, God took action.

[Awnry Abe]

I'm not judging you.

[manygoatsnmore]

I'm not judging anyone. Presenting other viewpoints on issues isn't judging, necessarily, just that if you ask 100 people what their opinion is, you'll likely get at least 100 different responses.