Tropical weather
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The Southeast Farm Press posted a slideshow today showing some of the damage to farms from the winds and rain of Hurricane Harvey. The damage to cotton was particularly severe since many bales were sitting on the ground and were impacted by both the winds and rain of the storm. You can see the photos…
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NOTE: This was written specifically for extension agents in Georgia but the information is generally true for the entire Southeast. Meteorologists and storm-watchers have been watching the progress of Hurricane Irma for the last week as it moved from off the west coast of Africa to its present position east of Puerto Rico and the…
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If you are interested in seeing what tropical storms have passed close to your location in the past, you should try out NOAA’s Hurricane Track archive at https://coast.noaa.gov/hurricanes/?redirect=301ocm. It allows you to select a location and a radius of interest and provides information on all of the storms that have passed within that circle since…
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Many of my meteorologist friends of mine have been watching the progression of Hurricane Irma across the Atlantic for the last several days. There is a lot of hype out there on social media, and some people pushing clickbait have put out wildly speculative (or in some cases, just plain false) information. However, in the…
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If you’ve been following the news since Hurricane Harvey hit Texas you likely saw more than one story about how Harvey’s rains were or were not influenced by climate change. If you are confused, you are not alone. Here is an article by Jason Samenow of the Capital Weather Gang that provides a no-nonsense look…
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Social media being what it is, and humans being what they are after a big storm event, Facebook and the Twitterverse are starting to buzz with dire predictions about Major Hurricane Irma, which is a new tropical system way out in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. Some of the very long-range forecasts put the storm over…
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Even though the tragedy of Hurricane Harvey is still ongoing and heartbreaking, I did want to share some stories about the impacts of Harvey so far that I have seen in the media. This is not by any means a complete list but just a sampling of the effects the storm has had on farmers.…