Since July 1, the park has seen over 8.5 inches of rain. Most of that came in 2 major rain events – 4.2 inches in just under 24 hours and 3.26 inches in about 2 hours. Of course when that much rain comes all at once it can be rough on human infrastructure. The park’s roads are certainly showing this. The crew at MPEC is working on the roads but it is tough. The upside is that the immediate fire danger has been significantly reduced and the land is certainly greening up. The creeks are full and I noticed that nodding onions are popping up everywhere and the land is responding to the moisture. If I could make one request to the rain gods; ” please keep the rain coming, but in much smaller doses. ”
