Archive for September 3, 2007

Will History Repeat Itself?

Posted in Personal Stuff by John E. Pannell on September 3rd, 2007 at 2:59 am

isabel2.jpgThose who know me are often reminded that I am a transplanted Northerner.   Folks here in the South use a different and less tactful name to describe what I am.    Yet as I’ve been here a while now, I’ve taken an interest in some of the local history.  

We have had an unsually hot and dry Summer here this year.   Sure it happens from time to time.  Extreme weather is to be expected here in the South.   But this is the driest I can remember it.   Every day last month the high temperature was in the 90s and we broke 100 several times.   Very little rain has fallen at my house since Spring.  Parts of my yard where I haven’t been heavily watering have been cut only once since June.   Cities all around us are under various types of water usage restrictions but not Burlington.   Why that is so makes an interesting story.

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Ronald Reagan


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