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"Jim Burns" wrote:

Thanks. That was a nice relaxing retreat from what we're experiencing here
in central WI, which is... brown.... with only circles of green.
Our green is coming at a huge financial cost. We haven't had any rain
appreciable rain since May 28th.

IIRC, those are the same conditions as last year. The rain arrived about
the same time AirVenture started!