Tropical weather
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The official end of the Atlantic hurricane season is November 30, and since there are no active areas in the Atlantic Ocean right now, NOAA has released their preliminary final summary of the very destructive 2018 season, which included named storms from A to O, including Florence, Gordon, and Michael, which caused tremendous problems for…
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The USDA’s Southeast Regional Climate Hub is in the process of developing a manual that will help land owners deal with preparations for and recovery from hurricanes. The manual will be based on input from a recent workshop that I attended last week in Gainesville FL and will feature checklists and lists of resources that…
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It’s been a tumultuous year for tropical storms in the Southeast, with three hurricanes (Gordon, Florence and Michael) hitting parts of the region this fall. But the hurricane season doesn’t officially end until the end of November, so there is at least the potential for another storm to develop (although we see nothing on the…
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If you are interested in stories about how farmers in the path of Hurricane Michael have been coping with all of the damage, you will appreciate this story by Brad Haire in the Southeast Farm Press on one farmer’s experience. Check it out here. Sounds like this is the first in a series of stories…
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The US Forest Service published a blog post that detailed all of the damage to forests and foresters in Florida after the passage of Hurricane Michael back in October. One of the most interesting quotes in the blog said “It would take 2.4 million logging trucks to remove all of the dead trees that we have…
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution published a sad but interesting story this week about how farmers in Southwest Georgia are still coping with the total devastation of Hurricane Michael. In many cases, it is clear that life will never be the same, but farmers and other residents are working together towards a new future. You can read…
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The Georgia Department of Ag put together a heart-wrenching six-page media guide called “Facing the Storm” that contained stories from a number of farmers around Georgia that were affected by Hurricane Michael. I think you will marvel at their stories and share in their sadness as they pick up the pieces of their lives and…