OK, here we go! Thunderstorms are almost upon us here in Catalinaland after our dismal, droughty October through May start to the Water Year with only 2.38 inches! Average is 9 inches. Boo.
Some call our summer rain season a “monsoon.” I’m pretty sure the native Americans that lived here for millions of years did NOT call the summer rain season, the “monsoon.” (Hint: “Monsoon” is an Arabic word.) But, in a moment of capitulation, let us hear from Monsoon, the band, with Sheila Chandra singing, “Wings of the Dawn (of the Coming Monsoon)” as we celebrate the coming rains, ones that look pretty generous over a several day period beginning in early July:
