The Very Wet Dry Season

While at work this morning I was talking to a coworker at the over abundance of rain during the dry season this year. It sounds funny, but it is the honest truth. Dry season in the tropics starts in January and continues through the "summer" months. When my group of volunteers arrived in the Eastern Caribbean in February of last year it was dry, hot and waterless. I remember thinking how strange it was that everything was brown and crunchy when the picture in my mind had lush and green.

Grenada experienced one of the worst droughts in history last year, with many houses without water for days on end. It was painful, but thankfully the country made it through and the plants have recuperated. During the dry season this year, which we are currently in, its still raining at least once throughout the day. Today it has been raining consistently since I woke up this morning and the weather is predicting it to continue the rest of the day. I'm so thankful for the rain, as it helps our plants grow and our bodies stay nourished, but when its raining sideways as I walk to the bus stop, nothing is going to save my dress clothes.

Check out these pictures.

This year February: Lush and Green

Last year February: Brown and Burnt