Tropical weather
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If you’ve ever had tupelo honey, you know what a treat it is. I was interested to read a story about the tupelo bloom being affected by Hurricane Michael in the latest IFAS newsletter today. According to the story, the tupelo trees were so stressed by the hurricane winds that their blooming season is all…
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The Guardian posted an interesting story this week about how Florida farmers are adapting to the impacts of Hurricane Michael by changing the types of crops they grow and how they manage their fields. They are starting to move towards less traditional crops like cotton and introducing new crops like hops and hemp. You can…
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The latest IFAS bulletin discusses the difficulties that cattle ranchers in Florida are having after Hurricane Michael moved through in October. Hay is in short supply and winter grazing is behind schedule. But the producers are continuing to plug away and work on keeping their cattle in the best condition they can while watching the…
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The latest hurricane summary from NOAA for Hurricane Florence indicates that it was even more costly than originally estimated. According to The State, “The final tally on damage from Hurricane Florence is higher than the costs from 2016’s Hurricane Matthew and Hurricane Floyd in 1999 combined, new federal estimates show. Florence’s final cost was $24…
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WSFA 12 News posted an interesting story about a rash of unexplained cattle deaths in parts of Alabama, Georgia and Florida in the months following the passage of Hurricane Michael back in October. Veterinarians in the area have seen a number of mysterious deaths which they think can be attributed in part to the effects…
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A new study released earlier this week by Nature Communications shows that in recent years, hurricanes in the Atlantic have been strengthening more quickly than in previous decades, according to a study by a number of US hurricane experts. We saw that this past year with Hurricane Michael, which strengthened to a category 4 storm…
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The South Carolina State Climate Office released a new online map-journal today describing the impacts of Hurricane Florence on South Carolina after the storm made landfall in North Carolina. Very cool! You can check it out at https://scdnr.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=c2d63441bc974cadb52f0bed7528aae1.