The Sun Herald | 04/12/2006 | GREAT BALLS OF FIRE

The Sun Herald | 04/12/2006 | GREAT BALLS OF FIRE: "HARRISON COUNTY - At least 50 wildfires in four days have scorched well over 2,300 acres and kept firefighters and foresters running past exhaustion in South Mississippi, said a spokeswoman for the southeastern district of the Mississippi Forestry Commission."

This is yet another serious issue we are contending with. No rain is expected anytime soon. It is very dry. I tried watering flowers yesterday and they actually floated out of the ground. The year started with a deficit of approximately 10 to 12 inches. Personally, I hear the sirens of firetrucks almost every day responding to fire.

It's ironic you know. We had so much water from the storm surge that gutted our homes and deposited salt and pesticides into our soil and now we are deprived of what would be a beneficial, cleansing rain.