Extreme Drought conditions now in South Georgia

I decided to share this picture that I took back in November, I believe. We were driving home, from up in the Atlanta area when this little patch of "irridescent cloud" (I've also heard it referred to as a "sundog", but I haven't found anything conclusive.) caught my eye. I begged hubby to stop and get into a better location for me to shoot it. When he finally found a good spot, it had faded some, but it was still beautiful. I felt inspired to share it today in light of our lack of moisture... because here you have it folks, we are officially experiencing extreme drought conditions in my neck of the woods... I knew it was inevitable, given the weather void I've existed in, but it's official now. I am now accepting donations... you got rain? We want it! Send it on down, buckets, barrels, tankers... This, of course, makes the fire threat that much more grim, and with the Waycross area currently experiencing tragic loss of homes, resulting from the widespread fire out that way, it is a reality that hits scarily close to home. Here is a satellite image of the smoke from the Waycross Fire... Unfortunately, the smoke is expected to creep back into this area Monday and Tuesday... and no relief in sight... Dry air accompanying a high pressure system moving in will keep POPS at ZERO through the short term for this area. Sadly, the climate prediction center isn't optimistic that we will have much rain during the next 14 days, either. My shower this morning was more of a trickle falling out of the faucet, lacking the necessary pressure to offer a decent stream... I'm getting a little nervous about that... Looks like it might be time to see about digging a deeper well.

Weatherwise, not too much going on today in the CONUS, a slight risk area outlined over far western Texas... but that's about it... I have had a busy morning, and in fact, just interupted my post for tea party, where they didn't even serve any tea! Go figure! Thought it was implied in the name that tea would be a factor... oh well, I'll just have to serve up some chai for myself.

I was talking with hubby yesterday about the "Must-do-before-I-die" list that I have made for myself. At the rate things are being wiped off my list (this is not a complaint), I am concerned that I might run out of things to shoot for (what happens then, no goals? No way!). I will be accepting suggestions for inclusion on my list... So far, my list looks like this:

DEW'S "MUST-DO-BEFORE-I-DIE" LIST

1. Plains Chase (coming up in June [Insert H.D.D. here])
2. Chasing a Hurricane (plan to do this summer if they aren't all fish, like last year. Oh, and if I happen to meet Jim Cantore, while doing that, I wouldn't be heart broken...)
3. Skydiving (Did indoor skydiving the week before last, next step is a doozie, but it's still on the list, as such.)
4. Getting my (...ehem... non-existent) passport stamped

The list is almost depleted, which is awesome because it means that I have been living my life, but I need to have goals. I'm thinking I could safely add a trip to the moon... and not have that one wiped off for a while... but I need fresh ideas... I will gladly consider any and all suggestions.

Oh, and I am also looking at laptops right now for use in chasing, so I'd appreciate any feedback about brands, modem options, memory, disk drive space... so many things to consider. I want to hear what you like and what you don't like... I just want to be able to check the radar and download pics. General Reid has gotten me off to a great start with the brainstorming on this, but I'd like as much input as possible.

Today is cleaning day (and here I am procrastinating)... long overdue. I have absolutely no weather to distract me, and hubby's not around to mess things up behind me, so I should be able to make some significant progress, if I can just tear myself away from this blasted computer.

OK, OK, I am stepping away from the blog.

Have a great day!
~Dewdrop