YAHOOOOOOOOO IT RAINED

When I lived in Canada, I never paid attention to the rain or snow, other than how it affected my daily life. Boots, umbrella, squeeghi thingee to clean off the windows of the car...that kind of stuff.

But, here in Jerusalem, we are very aware of rain. Everyone is careful not to waste water. We have reports on the water level of the Kinneret. Where are we in connection to the RED LINE? Is it too low? Is it getting better? Are we going to be drinking muddy water with tadpoles? Eeuwwww!

One year in order to keep everyone calm, some brilliant announced that they lowered the RED LINE! That's just great, I thought. Like Cinderella's step sisters trying to push their fat toes into her little glass slipper and make it fit. Idiots! Did they think that now I would feel safe about our water situation?

They also decided to try and buy water from Turkey. Now, that's a plan. Instead of spending the money to establish a desalination plant, they would fill boats with Turkish water and shlep them back to...pour into the Kinneret?

Hey! Mister Smart Guy! What happens if, God forbid, Turkey decides to hate us like the other happy neighbours we have in this part of the world? Then what???

Sometimes I think that the people who run this place put their brains in their back pockets and forgetting all about it, sit on them.

During our latest War with Lebanon...locally known as Lebanon Two, oy, the enormity of the situation hit home to me as I watched our fire fighters pouring, God alone knows how many, tons of water into the burning buildings hit by the katyushas.

Water! Look at all that water!

But, there are always miracles in the Holy Land. And this morning, on October 15th, 2006, it poured. Yahooooo, it rained in Jerusalem. Maybe, we will have a great wet year and be able to struggle back up to that famous elastic marker of ours.

Have a great day...stay safe...and thanks for dropping in.