Carol34446

When I lived in El Paso, TX stables where we had the horses in dessert would come to life with frogs everywhere - when it rained. As 7" was normal rainfall there one year we had over 12" and many thousands of frogs, when it dried up they went back down into sand and waited for next rain. VERY strange to say the least. And dessert where we rode normally brush was 1-2' high was so high you couldn't see over in on horseback. Like a huge high corn field. Not many trees and one main roads from El Paso to Alaramagdo, NM had the National forest, and it was two trees with big sign. .

JanieH

I can certainly sympathize with you all on the loss of trees due to drought. When we were at the height of our drought several years ago we lost hundreds of thousands of trees in the Houston area. Most from the drought itself but many from the after effects of being weakened and thus vulnerable to disease and insects. The city and many other organizations have been planting trees everywhere possible. On a side note - if you have a dead tree on your property and do not get it removed and it falls and damages your property or your neighbor's, many insurance companies will not pay off because you did not remove a known danger.

MarleneC

I see the spiders are crawling around and it is minus 18 this morning and lots of snow. Haven't had a winter like this for a number of years or so cold and windy in Southcentral Alaska.