Milt Burgess

The Rainmaker became an American 1956 film directed by Joseph Anthony and adapted by N. Richard Nash from his play The Rainmaker. The film tells the story of a middle-aged woman, suffering from unrequited love for the local town sheriff; however, she falls for a con man who comes to town with the promise that he can make it rain. It stars Burt Lancaster, Katharine […]

It isn’t the sky that’s falling, it is the State of California’s reservoirs. What if this is just the beginning of a ten year drought. Does anyone have any idea what the socio-economic consequences could be? The following was quoted from the San Diego Metro Daily Business Report. Other than saving water, do any of […]

It is the year 2024. The weather pattern has not changed since 2014 over Southern California with a dome of high pressure over the Southland steering moisture-laden fronts north and east. Rainfall in San Diego again recorded less than six inches in 2023. Average precipitation over the last ten years is 6.5 inches. The San Diego […]

“I shall never cease to be amazed at the infinite capacity of the human mind to resist the penetration of useful knowledge” – a favorite saying of my father, S. J. (Ben) Burgess, who was a research engineer for the State of Montana Highway department. Never has this been truer than now. Common sense tells […]

The Autobiography of a Glass of Water   I was born, actually formed somewhere over the Western Pacific Ocean. I am told my ancestors did trips through the kidneys of dinosaurs. After I left the cloud, having been carried eastward, I dropped into the high Sierra range, trickled down a clear mountain stream and was […]