We had two rear load Republic trucks followed by a Republic pickup truck. The second truck was picking up leaf bags.  They apparently have gotten their internal communication cleared up and we are good to go. I think the drought caused the trees to almost simultaneously drop their leaves which caught Republic and property owners by surprise.  Prior to the last rain I was starting to be concerned about the possibility of fires with so many dried out leaves. Brush fires were burning in every region of Maryland and Pa and Jersey. There are still a lot of leaf piles around the Pines which hopefully will be removed should we go back into drought conditions.