A LITTLE BACKGROUND IF YOU GRANT ME PARDON ..

The FEAST DAY of SAINT ROCH, PATRON SAINT of dogs, is AUGUST 16

FROM WIKIPEDIA

FOR WHAT IT IS WORTH

CAN YOU BELIEVE?

For the ancient EGYPTIANS, Sirius appeared just before the season of the NILE's flooding,

so they used the star as a watchdog for that event.

Since SIRIUS's rising also coincided with a time of extreme heat,

the connection with sultry weather was made for all time:

Dog Days bright and clear

indicate a happy year.

But when accompanied by rain,

for better times our hopes are vain.

The phrase is mentioned in the short story The Bar Sinister by RICHARD HARDING DAVIS.

The main character, who is a street dog, explains "but when the hot days come, I think they might remember that those are the dog days, and leave a little water outside in a trough, like they do for the horses."

GOOD GRIEF

HERE (WISCONSIN) IT HAS BEEN RAINING IN COPIOUS AMOUNTS

THERE HAS BEEN MUCH DAMAGE FROM FLOODS

IN THE HILLY COUNTIES OF WISCONSIN AND MINNESOTA AND IOWA

COUNTIES WHICH BORDER ..

THE BIG MUDDY,

THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI,

THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN PROFOUND

16 INCHES SOME FOLKS HAVE GOT

AND THE HILLS QUICKLY FUNNEL FLASH FLOODS TO THE SMALL COMMUNITIES IN THE VALLEYS