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Today’s emails and news stories are all full of climate predictions for the coming of spring based on whether a furry rodent has seen his shadow. The one that most often shows up in the news is Punxsutawney Phil from Pennsylvania, but there are many others from other parts of the country. Why would we…
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NOAA released their final outlook for February 2023 this week. It shows that for most of the Southeast they expect warmer and wetter conditions than usual to continue through February. The exception is along the coasts and in the Florida peninsula, where drier than normal conditions are likely to continue. I checked the long range…
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January 2023 ends in a few hours, and here’s an early look at how the month shook out. The entire region ended up warmer than normal, with the biggest departures in northern areas of the region. Most of the region was also wetter than normal, although most of Florida and some of Virginia as well…
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While it is pretty early in the year to be planting corn or any other crop, here is some advice from the Indiana Prairie Farmer about when to plant your corn. The dates for the Southeast will be different, but the advice about what kind of soil conditions to look for is still good. You…
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NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center has published their annual overview of last year’s severe weather across the country at https://www.spc.noaa.gov/media/year-in-review/. You can see maps that describe where the tornadoes occurred in 2022, where lightning struck, where the most watches occurred, and other facts about last year’s severe weather that you might find interesting. Check out all…
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If you are like me, you like to read articles listing the “top ten” of a food type, a place to visit, or things not to say to your boss. Here’s one from Yahoo that lists ten foods that may be more difficult to buy next year. While some of the shortages are related to…
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From time to time, I get asked where the safest place to live can be found in the United States, or a county agent will ask me to document the natural hazards that have occurred in or near their county in the last. Money News provided a list of six free online sources of this…