I have always felt that it is just too damn hot here in New Mexico. I am more of a cold weather kinda guy and feel it is easier to dress warmly than to try to keep cool when it is over one hundred degrees. I used to say that my ancestors invented alcohol as blood antifreeze until I realized people have become just too damn sensitive about ancestry and country of origin. (What the hell is up with that, anyway? It is MY origin, yet I am not allowed to make jokes about it?)
Now it seems like the whole state is on fire. There are many forest fires going on right now, and the drought is considered extreme. More wildfires are expected. The largest wildfire in state history is done threatening Los Alamos, but still out of control in other areas. Small fires are breaking out every day while firefighters are standing by to stomp them out as quickly as possible before they turn into BIG fires.
I have been fascinated by the fire near Los Alamos. The way people have gotten themselves worked up over radiation releases that failed to happen has been entertaining. The fire never really entered Los Alamos or the labs. There were some spot fires, but nothing of any real significance, yet the ‘whistle blowers’ have been watching intently for any sign that they might have some new ‘dire emergency’ to prattle on about while telling us about the dangers of the nuclear industry.
Those who keep statistics on such things say there has been no significant precipitation in well over 200 days. Where we should have over 3 inches of rain for this year, we have less than .2 of one inch. Frankly, 3 inches is not much at all if you live where green things grow.
Now that there are large areas where all living things have been burned off, if it does by any chance rain, they expect flooding and are sandbagging already.
If it ain’t one thing these days, it’s another.
If I had my druthers, I would move outta this small, friendly slice of hell to a place where it rains and green things grow on their own without artificial irrigation.
But I don’t get my druthers.
