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I am attending the EDEN (Extension Disaster Education Network) annual meeting up in Grand Rapids, MI, this week (my hometown!). I have been enjoying all of the colors of the trees, especially the sugar maples that are fiery red/orange at peak color. Here is a story from EarthSky explaining why the leaves change color. In…
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The North Carolina State Climatology Office released their September climate summary today, after a wet end to the month from Hurricane Ian’s remains. They also provide a look at the fall foliage season that is underway. You can read it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/blog/2022/10/september-felt-like-summer-to-start-then-fall-at-the-finish/.
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In spite of the dry conditions that we have seen in parts of the Southeast over the last month, some blueberry producers are noticing problems with root rot in their fields. Dr. Jonathan Oliver, blueberry specialist at UGA, discusses how fungal diseases like root rot occur and how excess irrigation may be the cause of…
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Phil Brannen, one of the UGA fruit specialists, wrote a post to peach farmers in Georgia as we prepared to experience Hurricane Ian last week discussing what kinds of damage to expect following the storm. While the storm bypassed Georgia this time, other growers in surrounding states that did get hit might find the information…
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Mount Washington is a 6,288-foot mountain located in New Hampshire. It has some of the worst weather in the United States and is topped by a weather observatory that has frequently recorded wind observations over 100 mph. Since I am a cat lover, I was taken by this story about the observatory and the cats…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that most of the region will not see any rain until late next week, when a front moves through the area and drops some showers. The exception is southern Florida, which will see rain by mid-week. Because of that, the Drought Monitor is likely to expand abnormally dry conditions…
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While residents of southwest Florida as well as the Carolinas are currently still picking up from the incredible destruction of Hurricane Ian, and Puerto Ricans are dealing with power losses and damage from massive flooding that fell during Hurricane Fiona, extension agents and farmers are starting to assess the toll that the wind and rain…