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Fairfax, Ohio     August 26, 2014     7:43 pm–9:05 pm     warm and humid (getting dark) with discrete rain at beginning and other intervals     82 °F (heat index about 86 °F)     short-sleeve shirt, hiking pants, rain pants, water sandals, rain hat     initial low thunder     gentle patter of raindrops on paper, occasionally louder and more insistent     sparse evening traffic (car and foot)     song of cicada and cricket rose as night fell     mosquitoes flitting     unruly dog (woman stopped to look) pushed snout into me; nearly upset my ink bottle     rare flash of lightning bug