After a hot day, it is raining. The somber bath of water, cools down the atmosphere, to an enjoyable temperature. Rain is such a good thing, in moderation, it turns the grass green, cleans the air, and replenishes life. Yet, it can be such a bad thing, causing floods that destroy whole communities and crops, and ruin outdoor plans.

Rain Brings Life Back

Rain brings life back. Plants and animals need water to live. That includes humans. Humans need plants and animals to live; nature is a very important part of our lives. Without rain we would go thirsty, and there would be no beverages. The streams of water that fills our wells would go dry. Water allows crops to grow, to feed our animals, to feed us.

Without Rain We Burn

Without rain, our forests burn. The grass and crops turn brown, which is a form of burning. Not to mention they become flammable. Our structures become threatened by fire, the fiber that holds together our whole communities.

When we don't have rain, they tell us not to burn anything. They tell us to be careful. Fire holds us hostage, or more the lack of rain does. Rain can clear out the smoke, or hold it in, and make a wet fire smoky. It can cause a clean burn to go dirty.

Burns us All

Rain burns us all, at least in the Northeast. Our poor public policies on the national level, reduce the cost of power for people in the midwest, while burning our lakes clear with acid rain. You don't always think of burning as a purify processing, but sometimes acid rain does make lakes clearer.

We don't feel or sense the acid in the rain. It's like it's not there. But our science says differently. As a society we can, and have linked acid rain to changes in our world. Rain, which is suppost to sooth us, actually burns us. It's like aloe turning into fire.

When It Doesn't Burn, It Drowns Us

Everybody knows that the majority of rain doesn't burn, it does the opposite to fire, it drowns it, by stealing it's oxygen. Too much rain makes things soggy, and mushy, like the ground. Then our automobiles rut the ground, our plants rot, and we generally feel miserable.

Or if we get even more rain, and we start to approach on nature�s ground, we pay the consequences, sometimes in the area of billions of loss property value. Our basements get flooded. Sometimes the rivers rise so high to take whole houses in with them. Or it eats our food a fast rate.

The same river that brought us the silt that made that highly productive farm possible, destroyed it. What made it, took it away. It didn�t seem to give a damn either about us. We show no respect, so it shows none back to us.