Climate and Ag in the news
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NC State Extension posted a useful story this week on how to repair and restore your home after a natural disaster like a flood. You can find it at https://healthyhomes.ces.ncsu.edu/2018/09/home-restoration-steps-after-a-disaster/?src=rss. Please keep all the folks affected by Hurricane Florence in your thoughts, as many still have not been able to return to their homes and start…
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Climate.gov has a new article posted describing how September’s climate is changing across the US. You probably would not be surprised to know that it is not changing the same everywhere across the country. But you might be surprised to know that in most of the Southeast except for Florida, it’s gotten cooler over the…
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The latest set of temperature and precipitation outlooks was released today by the Climate Prediction Center. They show that for October, the forecasts are leaning towards wetter and warmer than normal conditions. This is basically a continuation of the last few months. The outlook for the rest of 2018 shows that most of the Southeast…
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The Packer wrote in an article this week that the prices of sweet potatoes rose after Hurricane Florence brought flooding rain to many sweet potato fields earlier this week. Some farmers were able to harvest a portion of their crops but many others were left in the ground. According to the article it is too…
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After every big news event, social media goes crazy with a mix of fact, fiction, and fake news. Hurricane Florence was no exception, with the mythological “fake shark” photo showing up as it has after every hurricane since 2011. But some of the flurry of activity on social media can confuse the situation or provide…
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As you can imagine, there have been many stories in the news about the impacts of Hurricane Florence’s winds, storm surge and rainfall on agriculture. Here are some of the ones I have found interesting. Tough to be a farmer under such extreme conditions! Much more to come as flood levels continue to rise. It…
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In the past I’ve discussed the CoCoRaHS network and how citizen scientists from all across the US (and now in Canada and the Bahamas, too) measure daily rainfall using a simple rain gauge. These measurements are invaluable in providing ground truth to what is estimated by radars. Here is a neat story about the woman…