Relief
Last week, we finally received some much needed rain. Unfortunately, 2.5 inches of it came in one day. Stamford, a city 20 or so miles southwest of here got twice that amount. Streets flooded, blocking off access to the I-95 on ramps and forcing some drivers to abandon their cars. My wife said that she saw people headed for safety from knee deep water.
Anyhow, it took a large chunk out of our drought. Autumn has slowed down to a more normal pace. After bottoming out at an 11.25 inch deficit (28% of our total), we're now down a mere 8.8 inches (21.6%).
Other parts of the country aren't so lucky, in particular southern California and the Southeast. While Kentucky and Tennessee are forecasted to receive rain this week, Alabama and Georgia may not. Last week, it was announced that the city of Atlanta has only 90 days of water left. Lake Lanier might even run dry, a truly frightening prospect.
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DED
Anyhow, it took a large chunk out of our drought. Autumn has slowed down to a more normal pace. After bottoming out at an 11.25 inch deficit (28% of our total), we're now down a mere 8.8 inches (21.6%).
Other parts of the country aren't so lucky, in particular southern California and the Southeast. While Kentucky and Tennessee are forecasted to receive rain this week, Alabama and Georgia may not. Last week, it was announced that the city of Atlanta has only 90 days of water left. Lake Lanier might even run dry, a truly frightening prospect.
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DED
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posted by DED at 11:37 AM
6 Comments:
Congrats. Flood beats drought any day, IMO.
I sure am glad we aren't next to Georgia. They'd be trying to buy our water with worthless dollars.
Edgar's right! We would be trying to buy that water.
We've lost two ponds near our house already. Dry as a bone. Nothing but weed patches now.
No offense dcup, I'd gladly sell you enough to fill your ponds. This would be a good time to get a backhoe and dig out and reinforce those ponds. Use the time wisely. That earlier comment was really a poke at East Texas, those buggers are always trying to buy our reservoir lakes during a drought. I'm like hey! Why don't you build a few reservoirs of your own? They get floods every third year, sheesh!
That sucks, dcup. I guess the garden's going to have to be a casualty. Or is it exempt from the watering restrictions?
I seem to recall that with the onset of the last Great Depression there was a terrible drought that gave rise to a dustbowl in states like Oklahoma. History has a funny way of rhyming.
For those who might be interested I have a new post up at disasterporn.
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