I wanted to comment briefly on the situation in Paraguay right now. I realize that Paraguay rarely makes the news in the United States, but if a report were to run right now it would include words like "drought","widespread fires", and "national state of emergency." I know that some of you have the tendency to worry, so I want to preemptively put the worries to rest. The weather has been unusually dry for months now, and as a result the plains and forests of Paraguay are catching fire at an alarming rate. (I live in the city, which is not so much in danger of catching fire for this reason. The electrical wiring is a bit sketchy however...) There are images on the news of people in the Chaco beating the fire back with branches, which seems a bit archaic even for South America. What they really need is rain.
Asuncion got a pretty good rain this weekend, so now it is pleasantly cool. Glorious. It makes me miss the cloudy fall days of Kansas. Sigh...
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