The Irony of it All
By Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (128208)
Gainesville, Florida
April 26, 2026 12:56pm CST
North Florida and South Georgia have been in extreme drought for the past couple of months, with no relief in sight in the near future. New wildfires are popping up daily and stretching firefighting resources thin. It’s getting bad here. Really bad.
So imagine the irony when I took a trip to Disney World this weekend, which is about an hour and a half south of where I live, and it poured down rain the entire time! Of course the Orlando area is not in a drought, so naturally it would rain there and not where the rain is most needed!
Anyway, when the storms ended yesterday evening right around sunset, we were treated to a beautiful rainbow. Just a reminder that there is still beauty in the natural world even in the midst of troubling times.
Do you stop and appreciate the beauty of rainbows when you see them?
Photo was taken from the ferry boat as we made our way across the Seven Seas Lagoon from the ticket and transportation center to the Magic Kingdom. I’m still convinced that Disney somehow controls the weather over their theme parks! Lol
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@LooeyVille (67)
• United States
7h
That's a beautiful rainbow. I wish the rest of Florida could get some rain relief.
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@moffittjc (128208)
• Gainesville, Florida
2h
I was hoping for a full rainbow, but beggars can’t be choosers. I was pleased with what I saw. It’s like God telling me everything is going to be alright, even in the midst of all the fires.
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@moffittjc (128208)
• Gainesville, Florida
2h
Rainbows are cool.
Lack of rain in drought-stricken areas is not cool.
Anyway, glad you and I both got to see rainbows.
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@TheHorse (237101)
• Walnut Creek, California
2h
@moffittjc Yep. Always a good thing. I hope you get some rain soon.
@moffittjc (128208)
• Gainesville, Florida
3h
It was such a beautiful view. I wanted to just sit and stare at the rainbow for hours. One of the things I love about Disney World is the amount of conservation land they have set aside, and how the beauty of nature is all around, even when you’re in the middle of the theme parks.
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@RasmaSandra (96708)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
3h
Rainbows are among my very favorite things, I have managed to get some good shots of them,
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@moffittjc (128208)
• Gainesville, Florida
2h
I love rainbows too. I can sit and look at them for hours (if they last that long).
@DianneN (254388)
• United States
3h
That is ironic. And lol about Disney.
I’ve seen double rainbows in Hawaii - one towards the east and the other towards the west. I didn’t know which one to look at first.
Florida is known for its beautiful rainbows. They are huge and seem to cross from the ocean right across the intercoastal to my backyard.
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@moffittjc (128208)
• Gainesville, Florida
2h
It’s funny you mention two rainbows, because we were just talking about that last night on the drive home. I’ve seen lots of double rainbows (one on top of the other), but have never seen multiple rainbows where you have to look in opposite directions to see them.
@Deepizzaguy (120563)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
3h
I do my best to appreciate the rainbows when I see them in the sky.
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@moffittjc (128208)
• Gainesville, Florida
2h
I am the same way. No matter what I am doing, if I see a rainbow I will stop immediately and admire it (and often photograph it). They’re just too beautiful to ignore.
@GardenGerty (168670)
• United States
5h
I do appreciate rainbows, but if I am driving I obviously cannot stop.
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@moffittjc (128208)
• Gainesville, Florida
2h
Sometimes you can get the perfect view of a rainbow while driving, but others times they’re harder to see from inside a vehicle. I’ve been known to pull over on the side of the road just so I can safely look at God’s beauty.
@2ndchances24 (12045)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
4h
I'm fixing to be heading to Fla around the 7th of May
& from what I have seen fires have been really bad around
some areas close to where we'll be going to (panhandle)
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@moffittjc (128208)
• Gainesville, Florida
2h
Most of the bad fires or on the eastern side of the panhandle, but considering the panhandle is 90% forested, the danger lurks everywhere in that area. I hope you can travel safely without any worries of nearby fires.
