I live in Denver, Colorado, and for the past few days, we’ve had nothing but rain. Three months of rain in 48 hours, to be exact. The surge of water has caused rivers and streams to overflow their banks, drowning Boulder, Loveland, Longmont, Estes Park and many other towns along the Front Range under several feet of rushing water.

Conditions were so bad, the National Weather Service felt compelled to use the words “biblical rainfall amounts” to communicate the risk to local residents.

Any other time, extra precipitation is cause for rejoicing in Colorado. Ongoing drought has facilitated massive wildfires across the state for two years running. We’ll take all the wet we can get, although as the past few days have shown, we’d prefer it doesn’t all fall at once.