Our part of the Mid-Atlantic region cannot seem to climb out of some level of drought and stay out. Since August of 2023, Rockbridge has gotten dry, then had just enough rain to prevent us from tipping into the “severe” or “extreme” drought designations by the U.S. Drought Monitor. The frustratingly glib “nothing ends a dry spell like a good rain” is just as frustratingly true. For now, our biggest concern is the potential for forest fires.
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