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If you’ve ever wondered how the Drought Monitor comes up with the drought designations it does, you might be interested in this four-minute video showing the process. A lot of input is gathered before the final map is drawn. You can view it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo1Jyzba7rA.
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The Washington Post has an interesting and terrifying analysis of what is likely to happen to Tampa Bay when a major hurricane like Katrina strikes that city. Estimates of damage top $175 billion, and according to the story, a World Bank study called Tampa Bay one of the most at-risk areas on the globe. Yet…
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If you ever need lesson plans for school groups or 4-H gatherings, you may be able to find some useful information at this National Weather Service web site, which lists a variety of lesson plans and craft activities geared towards teaching about aspects of weather and climate. The JetStream web page is at https://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/append/lessonplans.html.
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There have been quite a few interesting weather stories in the news this week. Weather Underground has a good summary of all the different weather oddities that are occurring, not including the flash flooding in Washington DC today but including the summertime cold front the Southeast is experiencing. Check it out at https://www.wunderground.com/news/strange-weather-events-late-july-2017.
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The Packer noted this week that the Vidalia onion crop this year is 15% larger than last year’s great crop, due in part to great weather during the harvesting season. Growers noted that the mid-March freeze that killed off most of Georgia’s blueberry crop only nipped a few leaves on the onions, which require several…
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When a tree is hit by lightning, the damage can be severe in some cases and incidental in others. It’s not always easy to tell how badly the tree was injured just by looking at it. What do you need to do after the damage occurs? Walter Reeves, the Georgia Gardener, discusses this in a…
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The last patch of abnormally dry conditions is finally gone from Georgia, but dry conditions have expanded in Virginia to cover a good part of the state, according to the latest Drought Monitor released this morning. No drought is expected over most of the Southeast for the next few weeks as we should continue to…
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