I may be begging for rain in a month, but right now we have enough. 

Last Thursday we drove home from Ark and passed close by the campground that was flooded, but not a drop of rain fell until we were home. 

This morning a daughter in OKC reported that water was flooding over the road in front of her house, running down her yard (she lives on the side of a hill) and flooding her neighbor. 

So far we have only an inch and a half of rain, but the lightning and thunder tell me more is on the way.  (And so does the TV.)
Ox

Hi Ox, i saw the news and thought about you being in Oklahoma and all some areas recieved 5 inches.
We have gotten good amount as well as of late with more to come tomorrow , wed im going fishing and hope it does not rain.

Martin;
Woke this morning to another inch and a half; three inches in a day and a night.  Daughter in OKC lives on the side of a hill facing a street with another hill behind that.  The water came down the hill, across the road and down her yard to a creek at the foot of her yard. 

She lives way up at the upper end of the normally-dry creek, so it never got over three feet deep.  Her kids were tubing down her yard and into the creek.  The house sits on the high side of the lot, so she never got near water.  Some in her neighborhood did.  Told her to get the kids the hell out of that creek; they have no idea how dangerous that is.  Kids drown every year in storm runoff. 

I had about a dozen cuttings, well rooted and leafed out, in a barrel of sand under the eaves of a little outbuilding.  I got out there this morning and found them afloat.  Took them out and turned the barrel over to drain and will put them back when I leave here. Same with others I had in pans, but I had put drains in the pans so they never got higher than an inch and a half.  No rain forecast for the rest of the week. 

Taking some figs to a family reunion.  We have an auction every year to support the reunions; last year my little fig trees brought $50 each.   The kinfolks are nuts; those with money blow it so that we don't have to charge for coming.  My cousins, siblings and I have been spending $100 each or so at the auction for years; last year a new crop of kids came of age and we old folks were practically shut out of the buying!  We were pleased; this is as it should be. 

Hi Chuck and Martin,We were promised a lot of rain here in northern Ohio,but got very little of it.The southern counties were flooded with a few tornadoes.We have had 90 degree weather and much more of the same in the forecast.Good luck with your fig trees.
Phil

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you, Ox, that the jetstream will only bring you dry weather.  We had a fast moving storm today with lots of lightning. A postal carrier on a walking route up the road was struck while she took shelter under a tree. She was only 34. Count me in for drier weather too. My brebas have started to ripen this week.

Please remember our figs in your prayers too for a sunny warm/hot summer and fall. Right now we are having two days of showers after each sunny or half-sunny day.