Here’s a map of average precipitation across the US.
I’m in the dry band that stretches from Texas to Minnesota, drawing a vertical line across the middle of the country. I grew up in the dark green to purple wet part of the country on the West coast, and my favorite part of the world is that dark purple blotch over the Olympic peninsula.
No wonder I’m thirsty. I need to get a drink of water and get to work now.
1990, eh? Well, that’s going right out the window.
I’ve traveled the world, nothing is better than the Olympic mountains region.
Some of our organization spent a decade in oregon. They had a 2+ acre forest they lived in and cared for. They loved it, except for the ever-increasing danger of wild fire and the incessant wood smoke damaging their lungs.
We are now all in a ‘dry band’ in scarizona. Lots of minuses, a few pluses.
Stay safe people. (it’s getting more and more difficult to do that)