The earth held up her arid arms....

The people in the States of New South Wales and Queensland, Australia would agree with you right now Miss Letty.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iQ1ZR7nUv8CJL8TA1bNtPp5w1PtQ

and so in Northern Ireland, Dutch,
The soaking floods
Are nature's crutch.
The way to temper
Desert like,
The cactus plants
And thirsty night.

In my area, it goes like this: drought, flood, drought, flood, drought drought, flood, drought, flood, drought drought, flood, drought, flood, drought drought, flood, drought, flood, drought drought, flood, drought, flood, drought drought, flood, drought, flood, drought drought, flood, drought, flood, drought drought, flood, drought, flood, drought drought, flood, drought, flood, drought drought, flood, drought, flood, drought drought, flood, drought, flood, drought drought, flood, drought, flood, drought drought, flood, drought, flood, drought drought, flood, drought, flood, drought drought, flood, drought, flood, drought drought, flood, drought, flood, drought drought, flood, drought, flood, drought drought, flood, drought, flood, drought drought, flood, drought, flood, drought drought, flood, drought, flood, drought drought, flood, drought, flood, drought drought, flood, drought, flood, drought drought, flood, drought, flood, drought flood

Feast or famine,
dry or wet,
The moisture
does itself beget

Over and over,
Two by two,
The floods of time
Wash over you.

And now old sol is coming out,
Glowering on the lake below,
Competing with our mother earth
And sucking up the moisture flow.