I must say though, after mocking the lack of rainfall totals there's been a heavy mist/light rain across parts of Orange County all morning which won't add up to inches of rain but certainly appears to be beneficial. It would be interesting to read a study on rainfall rates and the benefits to grasses and plants. What I'm getting at is this softer smaller drop rain is soaking in versus a 20 minutes deluge on rock hard ground with a lot of it running off.