In my dry, desert hometown of El Paso, Texas, rain is a rarity, floods are even rarer... so we never expected this. Big, fat raindrops have been falling like watery missiles and decorating evergreen needles like tiny diamonds. Yesterday our regular old residential street turned into a raging river avenue, with curbs and sidewalks disappearing under the churning rainwaters. I sit, watching the stormy skies through my bedroom window, and wonder when we will ever be dry again...