My British friends will find this difficult to imagine, but
it’s been a month since I’ve seen rain.
Utah doesn’t get many earthquakes, floods or tornadoes. We don’t have
hurricanes or tsunamis. But we do see the occasional drought, and we’re seeing
one now. Worse, last year was cool and wet. So the ubiquitous grass grew tall
and thick. You can see last year’s grasses everywhere, white and dry as bones
bleached in the sun. It’s like living in a powder keg. Any little thing can set
them ablaze. We watched last week as friends in Colorado, family in Idaho and
neighbors just a few miles west of us were forced from their homes by wildfire.
When my sister and her family were allowed to return to their Pocatello home,
they were relieved to find it untouched. But many, many people were not so lucky.
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