I live in Windham Maine - just outside of Portland. I work as a dispatcher for Directv crews and have recently been assigned to the Baton Rouge/ Texas area. For the last three months I have been hearing about the unbelievable stretch of weather that you folks have been suffering through and I just can't believe it. I saw a video the other day of people dancing in a rain storm in Texas that looked so celebratory it seemed tribal. My heart breaks for your situation. Perhaps we should be thankful that winter is on the way but Lord only knows what that will bring. Global warming is not a political football. It is real.