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Today we might get rain and will probably get a lot of wind. And we won't hit 50* in all likelihood. Such is life. It looks like we should get rain over several days in the next couple weeks, but the rainfall amount is still going to be significantly below average.

So why did I bring this up? Because today's weather is the first weather of the year likely to cause wildfires. It is so dry here that, despite the beautiful warm weather, our grass is brown like mid-July. If we get thunderstorms with lightning strikes, fires are inevitable. Couple that with 25-40 mph winds (and higher) and it could get real nasty. Fortunately, being in the city reduces our risk of fire. But not of dust storms, which could happen if we don't get the rain. Oy!

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No rain today, but we did get a minor dust storm. The tops of the buildings a couple of blocks away disappeared (like in a fog). The hills across the valley were hidden behind brown smoggy-like air. And we have a dust storm warning into the night. We could really use some rain.

The funniest thing is it rained all around the city. The radio announcer said it looked like we were in a doughnut. Hmmrph.

Julia is helping set up for the anthropology conference her university is sponsoring. Of course, they would end up scheduling it at the end of finals week. Fortunately, Julia was able to reschedule her finals for last week and set up a take-home for one class. But that means she still has grading hell ahead of her as well as writing a paper for the conference as well as being techie in charge of things that go wrong. Sounds like fun, huh?

S