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Months after Hurricane Michael came onshore in the panhandle of Florida, many homeowners have barely begun to rebuild. This is due to a combination of lack of building materials and workers plus delays in getting relief money to the region. Driving through the region you can see many homes flattened by the waves and wind…
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Very few people dispute that the earth’s climate is changing, and most also admit that the changes are due to human influences like adding carbon dioxide, methane and other gases to the atmosphere (along with other man-made changes due to land use like urbanization and natural changes due to oceans, solar radiation, and volcanic activity).…
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My colleague Dr. Marshall Shepherd of UGA has posted a good article describing the heat wave we are expecting in the Southeast over the next few days, including what is causing it and how it may break records for high temperatures at many locations. You can read it at Forbes.com here. Make sure you are…
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The latest 7-day QPF for the Southeast shows that no rain at all is expected in Alabama, most of Florida, and Georgia as strong high pressure continues to dominate the region. Some light amounts of rain are expected in South Carolina and more rain is expected in North Carolina and Virginia. Because of the complete…
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The heavy rain in the central US has caused huge problems for farmers in the Corn Belt, according to a story in Growing Georgia this week. According to the story, as of Sunday, only 49 percent of corn was planted, 31 percent behind the national average. This is the slowest start to the season in…
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Clint Thompson of UGA has an article out this week discussing the impacts of the hot weather on cotton and other crops in Georgia. You can read it and find a link to my blog on the summer outlook at https://newswire.caes.uga.edu/story.html?storyid=7972.
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While over time many farmers have reduced the use of windbreaks on farms to maximize the area under cultivation, they do provide some excellent benefits to crops as well as promoting refuge areas for wildlife and pollinators. They also reduce the amount of wind erosion, which can preserve fertile soil. You can read more about…