{"id":5041,"date":"2015-07-04T17:44:15","date_gmt":"2015-07-04T22:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deepsicks.com\/?p=5041"},"modified":"2022-06-18T13:32:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-18T18:32:26","slug":"rainy-drought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/2015\/07\/04\/rainy-drought\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainy Drought"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/texas_bubble_sky-1200x675.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/texas_bubble_sky-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/texas_bubble_sky-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/texas_bubble_sky-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/texas_bubble_sky-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sky does fun things here. No more than <a href=\"http:\/\/deepsicks.com\/2010\/06\/19\/36-tornadoes-came-to-minnesota\/\">Minneapolis<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/deepsicks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/IMG_2616-1360x1020.jpg\">Vancouver<\/a>, and I know it&#8217;s not true everything here is bigger, but I&#8217;d buy more ostentatious\u2014more selective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/selective_rain-1200x675.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/selective_rain-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/selective_rain-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/selective_rain-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/selective_rain-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The City of Austin doesn&#8217;t have tornado sirens. Instead our phones blow up at godawful o&#8217;clock with perpetual flash flood warnings and looming coffins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"506\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/coffin_warning.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7107\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Squalls. Lots of them.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1027\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/squalls.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/squalls.jpg 1027w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/squalls-768x354.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1027px) 100vw, 1027px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These past few months the earth has sipped its fill, saturated to bursting. But we&#8217;re still in a drought, still overspilling. When me and Mudcat ventured out to Adventure Alley, I turned around and didn&#8217;t drown my dog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/adventure_alley_flooded-1200x675.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/adventure_alley_flooded-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/adventure_alley_flooded-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/adventure_alley_flooded-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/adventure_alley_flooded-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">She&#8217;s a weirdo and only likes water she can lick.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/mudcat_at_creek-1200x675.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/mudcat_at_creek-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/mudcat_at_creek-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/mudcat_at_creek-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/mudcat_at_creek-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The City of Austin doesn&#8217;t have tornado sirens. 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