July 2020
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Almost everyone in the Southeast knows that Georgia and Florida have been fighting a legal battle for many years now about the amount of water that should flow from Georgia to Florida into Apalachicola Bay in the Gulf of Mexico, the so-called “Water War.” It’s gone all the way to the Supreme Court and then…
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In recent years, we have seen an increase in the number of extreme rainfall events as well as an increase in the number of dry periods. This is causing a lot of problems for oysters in the Gulf of Mexico, which depend on water that is not too salty and not too fresh to thrive.…
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A new set of maps produced by the research and technology nonprofit First Street Foundation shows that FEMA estimates of areas prone to flooding may be underestimating the number of properties that are at risk by as much as 6 million, which would bring the total number to 14.6 million, according to a Bloomberg article…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that the southern portion of the Southeast will see a lot of rain this week, while Virginia and North Carolina have a drier week. Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama could see several inches of rain in all, with only slightly lower amounts in Florida. The rain will be distributed…
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No matter where you are, I hope you are safe and healthy and all set to enjoy a wonderful holiday. Happy 4th!
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Our planet Earth will be farthest from the sun in its annual orbit on Saturday, July 4 at 7:35 am EDT. This is called aphelion and it comes in the middle of Northern Hemisphere summer and Southern Hemisphere winter. The distance of the earth from the sun has very little to do with our temperatures…
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According to a story from UGA by Paul Pugliese, “This year has been a terrible year for mummy berry disease due to the unusually cool, wet spring weather. Late freezes also predisposed leaves and flower buds to infection.” Mummy berry is a fungal disease of blueberry plants that causes blueberries to dry, shrivel and drop…