Pam Knox
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The Associated Press ran an article this weekend describing some of the damage to peach crops in central Georgia from the cold snap in late March. Jeff Cook, the Extension agent in Peach and Taylor Counties, noted that roughly a third of the peaches in 10,000 acres may have been lost due to the cold…
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Where were you on April 3-4, 1974? I was living in Grand Rapids, MI at the time. We heard the stories there of the terrible tornado outbreak that affected a wide area of the eastern US, including areas of the Southeast. My church sent workers to help in the cleanup of the devastation at Xenia,…
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If you live in any of the counties below in northeast Georgia, your help is needed for a University of Georgia study on wind and wind-related damage. Participation is easy–use your computer to fill out a 20-30 minute survey on wind damage in your area and your opinions of several severe weather conditions. In return…
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The 7-day QPF for this coming week shows a continuation of the split pattern we have seen over the last couple of weeks. Wet conditions should continue to occur in northern parts of the Southeast, while southern areas, especially southern Florida, will see lower than normal rainfall. This may increase the extent of abnormally dry…
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March 2015 was warmer and drier than normal for most of Georgia. While the warmth helped encourage rapid growth of planted corn and other crops, cold conditions late in the month may have caused some damage to fruit blossoms. The warm and dry conditions also increased soil moisture shortages across the region. In Atlanta, the…
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The USDA’s Southeast Regional Climate Hub (SERCH) has a new web site that you might find interesting. This climate hub will be helping to gather information on climate and management of working lands like agriculture and forestry. They will also link to other groups that provide tools and data on dealing with climate variability and…
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The Washington Post had an intriguing article this week on the role that Arctic soils may play in greenhouse warming. Temperatures in polar regions, particularly in the Northern Hemisphere, are increasing much faster than in other parts of the world due to changes in land cover and the switch from snow and ice to bare…