Drought
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If you follow the national Drought Monitor, you know that parts of Oklahoma are currently in D4 Exceptional Drought, the highest classification of drought there is. Because of this, things are tinder-dry, and there have been many wildfires which have affected cattle production in the area. Here is a story and scary video of one…
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The USDA Climate Hubs recently published a paper describing the results of a survey of their field agents and how they are dealing with increases in extreme weather and changes in climate over recent decades. You can read more information about the report at https://www.climatehubs.oce.usda.gov/hubs/topic/usda-field-staff-surveys. According to that page, “In order to better support NRCS and…
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This week’s Drought Monitor shows a slight decrease in drought conditions in northwest Alabama and in North Carolina as well as a reduction in abnormally dry conditions in Florida. Drought slightly expanded in Georgia, South Carolina and Virginia due to lack of rainfall in those areas. Most of the Southeast should get rain this week,…
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Today’s Drought Monitor shows that severe drought has now appeared in southern Florida and has expanded in South Carolina, as well as a significant introduction of moderate drought into that state. As of today, severe drought covers almost 7% of the region, any drought over a quarter of the region, and any dry conditions more…
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The latest Drought Monitor released this morning, shows that new areas of moderate drought were introduced into central Florida, far northern Virginia and northwestern Alabama this week. Drought conditions remained constant in Georgia and North Carolina. Some further expansion of drought conditions may occur in Florida this coming week, since most of the rain is…
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On Thursday March 29 there will be a live webinar on Forestrywebinars.net at 2 pm covering two new sources of information on climate and drought data. The information on what will be covered is listed below. The webinar should also be recorded for later viewing. Preregistration is not required. Here is the link to the…
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A major weather or climate disaster like floods, wildfires or drought can affect tourism into the area for months after the event ends. We saw this in 2016 in the Southeast with the wildfires in the southern Appalachians, where visits to Gatlinburg TN and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park were reduced by peoples’ perceptions…