And raining, and raining. All night long. Some tropical storm over Mexico, says the Jeep’s radio. Insert nonsensical rant about illegal aliens.
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They say that Louis XIV had the inscription Ultima Ratio Regum cast into all the cannon of the French Army. It means “The Ultimate Argument of Kings,” and that always struck me as one of the most honest and up-front things any ruler or would-be ruler ever said. “We can dress it up prettier than this, but when it comes down to the unvarnished truth this is what it’s about: You’ll do as I say or I’ll send my goons to kill you.”
I thought about that for a long time. If there’s an ultimate argument, it seems only logical that there must be an ultimate answer. For years I thought the ultimate answer must be the bullets in my rifle, but it never seemed quite right. I’ve got bullets – he’s got frigging Cannon Balls. I mean, if there were three hundred million rifles throwing bullets at him, then maybe. But we all know that’s not going to happen. So if there’s an ultimate answer to his ultimate argument, it sure as hell ain’t bullets.
It finally came to me – and that’s when I abandoned the city and most of my stuff, and gave all that was behind me a good stiff Randian Shrug.
The ultimate answer to kings is not a bullet, but a belly laugh.
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It’s Hurricane Rosa . . .
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/storm-duo-including-rosa-to-raise-risk-of-dangerous-flooding-in-southwestern-us/70006219
Think of the rain as recharge for your aquifer, which will dilute the mineral concentration in your water. A slow steady rain = infiltration. You really don’t want your aquifer drawn down.
BTW now that you have gutters and downspouts, can you add rain barrels with screened tops so you don’t become a mosquito hatchery and get yourself some extra, low mineral water? With a bit of piping and some valves you could divert rainwater into a barrel that feeds your toilet tank. Plans available on the Internet.
It could always be worse Joel. A friend in Calgary, Alberta sent my pics of her place. They got an early dusting of snow to the tune of a foot.
I live in tropical north Queensland, some locations (e.g. Tully, Babinda) can record a metre of rainfall per day of excessive monsoonal or cyclonic weather. Nobody takes much notice of the rain during the Big Wet, although more than two successive weeks of heavy rain and high humidity see some people going a bit troppo.
Wow. I’ll bet you folks have drainage worked out to a fine science.
I’m from Western Colorado. We’ll sometimes get 4” of rain! By that I mean one drop every 4”.
I’m generally not superstitious – but I avoid expressing any preference about the weather. “Fickle” is hardly the word. I’m just grateful when I don’t have to abandon what I thought was high ground – and can barely contain myself when I get a steady and slow 1/4″ (of rain…). That means I don’t have to water anything for a day or two.
One inch in a day can disrupt travel plans around here for the effect on the local roads.
Attributed to Heinlein – though I can’t source it: Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.