Tropical Depression

Sorry, no internet last night. Seems to be due to the tropical depression which has been passing through. This is a good thing so far. It has been providing a light but consistent rain which is well timed to water the planted tree seedlings and crops (corn and beans). It is at the same time not so strong as to cause a lot of erosion. I had heard earlier in the season that there were 23 tropical depressions forming, an unusually large number, and that 6 or 7 of those were likely to become hurricanes. I don't know how many of those we have used up already, but having this one pass through gently is just one more that can't cause damage. Our director here in Haiti said to me jokingly yesterday that there will be no hurricanes in Haiti this year, it simply cannot happen. He has to be right, doesn't he?