Rain is vital to our livlihood. There are many places in the world where the availability of clean water is almost non-existent and that includes drinking water. So, as the population of the world still grows (explodes in some areas), the problem grows more severe.
We, here in Alabama, are fortunate. We live in a relatively wet climate thanks to our dear friend, the Gulf of Mexico, but we all know that occasionally we have dry spells and even droughts. People have been begging for rain lately and we now have experienced two big rain events in the last few days including the last 24 hours.
I did not mean to preach a sermon. All of that just bubbled out when I opened my mouth. So, let me get down to business and give you some rain amounts for the last 24 hours. Some of these reports may be incomplete and there will probably be some that we missed.
2.24 Lookout Mountain near Collinsville
1.40 Oxford (1.10 in only 15 minutes)
1.00 Weaver
3.02 Springville
1.75 West Trussville just west of downtown
2.33 Clay/Deerfoot Parkway
0.42 Muscadine
2.40 Clay/Pinson (Womack Road)
0.09 Bessemer (Skywatcher Jeff Drake said the showers simply went around and avoided him.)
1.34 NE Trussville (Molly’s House)
1.30 Anniston Airport
1.83 Birmingham Airport
0.65 Shelby County Airport
1.41 Decatur
0.98 Huntsville
0.33 Mobile
1.11 Muscle Shoals
0.07 Tuscaloosa Airport
2.28 Pinson (James Price has been the official observer for eons.)
1.71 Crossville
1.36 Cullman Agricultural Station
2.56 Guntersville
1.30 Russellville
1.22 Scottsboro
2.56 Valley Head (A quaint little town. I would love to live there.)
1.19 Albertville
THE BIRMINGHAM STANDINGS
3.13 inches so far in October
41.13 for the year-to-date
58.91 we had by the same date last year
3.18 is the deficiency so far this year
A FEW EXTRA NOTES JUST TO ADD VARIETY
96 was the hottest in the country yesterday at Laredo and McAllen, Texas.
It is time for me to take a 53-minute super power nap since I have only had 90 minutes sleep in the last 24 hours. There is a good side to that. My IQ seemingly goes up several points when I get little or no sleep.
