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With a juicy hurricane headed towards the Southeast right now, it is hard to think about drought. However, up until now we have had fairly dry conditions across the region, and there are still some pockets of moderate drought and abnormally dry conditions. In Alabama, the area of moderate drought expanded, while the moderate drought…
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AgWeb has provided a useful set of information on how to plan for and operate a farm or ranch in case of a disaster like a wildfire or hurricane. It includes having an official disaster plan in place before an event occurs as well as what to do once the disaster starts impacting operations. You…
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EarthSky has an informative article which describes the process that meteorologists go through when they are forecasting hurricanes. They use a variety of models that use different schemes to handle various aspects of the weather and which give a variety of paths. On a display these are often referred to as “spaghetti models”. The expert…
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There have been several stories in the news today about how farmers are dealing with the potential blow from Hurricane Florence. Here is one from the Southeast Farm Press that provides a good look at what producers are busy doing in the days leading up to landfall. The outer rain bands are now visible on…
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Dear Extension folk, I am writing because there has been a change to the forecast path of Hurricane Florence and at this point most of Georgia is now in the 5-day cone of the forecast track. The change is due to a change in the steering air currents which are moving the storm around. While…
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This is an oldie but a goodie published in 2008 when several tropical storms were moving towards North Carolina. If you have a small farm in the region that Florence is expected to go through, you might find the advice about greenhouses and planting useful. Note that Florence is likely to be much worse than…
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Pig farmers are rushing to get ready for the landfall of Hurricane Florence, currently expected to hit the NC coast sometime late Thursday or early on Friday. The heaviest rainfall from the storm is expected to hit eastern North Carolina, a center of hog production in the Southeast. Previous storms like Floyd in 1999 and…