Here in Tallahassee, FL, we had an "official" 7.86 inches of rain in about 3.5 hours last Friday (9/22) thanks to Tropical Storm Helene, but nary a drop since. We're still about 15" behind on rainfall for the year, and in the third year of a drought. Thanks to a series of Highs after Helene, temps have been in the mid 60s and night and mid 80s during the day. For us, that is indeed a delightful change. It's a tough time for trees right now. Because of the drought, many species have been dropping leaves all along, or not putting forth the normal abundance. Many have died, and many more are severely stressed and vulnerable to insects and fungus, etc. There are those who seem to think it's a major crisis, mainly because they've never personally experienced such things, here or elsewhere on the globe. It is, however, all a part of the natural scheme of things. Thanks to TTR for starting this thread, for it gives us all a reason to stop or slow down long enough to get reconnected in some degree to the natural world around us.