As you see, Mount Desert Island was under celestial shark attack on Wednesday. However, the large island survived and its Acadia National Park reportedly is remaining open despite a federal government shutdown. That’s the good news.
The bad news is that we’ve been having a lot of beautiful weather of the type that you see here. Yes – you read that right; that’s bad. We need about a week of steady rain. We remain in an extreme drought and the possibility of catastrophic wildfires in our extensive woodlands is real. See the latest official map:
(Photograph taken from Brooklin, Maine, on October 1, 2025.)