The forecast for our area is a long long summer. I watched a report yesterday that said the heat and drought will persist until late fall. My trees are dropping leaves. Last winter was so warm, many trees never went dormant. The lack of rest gave them no reserves to fight the heat this summer. On top of that, lightning hit one of my largest cottonwoods. That's 2 trees hit in the last year!
We have a whole-house surge protector, and so far, the house has been fine.
It's strange, but we get quite a few dry storms--just lightning and thunder, no rain.
