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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Jul 23, 2008, at 4:14 PM, Lynda wrote:

> We have literally had NO sun for a month and all the plants are  
> acting like
> winter is here. . . . The madrones are all dying and some are  
> dead. . . . The dogwoods have dropped their
> leaves, the alder are dropping, and some of the Ponderosa pine are  
> turning
> brown.  Even the mazanitas are dropping leaves and shedding bark.  The
> manzanitas *rarely* peel bark! . . . . The hills are literally  
> covered with shedded leaves!  The deer are turning
> darker brown already.  Skunks and raccoons can be seen out wandering  
> during
> the day. . . . Lightning sucks!

Good grief. Sounds terrible. Unless you are playing a prank--give me a  
day and I will tell you how to blame all this on Bush--this sound  
apocalyptic for gardeners and more.

Perhaps I missed a post. What is the lightning connection? Are you  
connecting all this with the smoke from lightning-caused fires?

If so, which god shall we blame it on?