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Water Conservation and Drought Awareness: Information about the Georgia EPD Drought Level 1 Response
Fifty three counties in Georgia are currently designated by EPD as in a Drought Response level 1. Earlier this week I discussed what the difference between different agencies’ drought designations mean. Today Greg Huber of UGA’s Center for Urban Agriculture has published some information about water conservation efforts and the current drought response level 1…
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I’ve been getting a lot of questions about when fall weather will finally replace the many days of 90 F plus weather we have had over the course of the last few months. Of course, the sun is rising later and later each day so the total energy into the climate system is decreasing and…
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We will soon enter the last quarter of 2016, and the Climate Prediction Center has just released their latest set of updates for fall and winter. What do they show us in the Southeast? Predictions for the end of September continue to show warmer than normal temperatures for most of the rest of the month.…
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The Daily Beast reported this week that ‘A new report signed by former top military officers and national-security officials declares that climate change—and its symptoms—is putting U.S. military operations at risk. A statement Wednesday by the Washington-based Center for Climate and Security said, “There are few easy answers, but one thing is clear: The current…
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As you saw in my drought post earlier today, dry conditions and drought have expanded in many parts of the Southeast except those that have seen tropical activity. The maps for the month to date show the story. A band of heavy rain associate with Hermine and, to a lesser extent, Julia crosses northern and…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that in many areas of the Southeast except those affected by Hermine and Julia, abnormally dry conditions have expanded. This includes parts of southeast Georgia, southern Alabama, and western North Carolina and Virginia. Florida and South Carolina did not change. Extreme drought expanded in the area south…
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Production of fall vegetables, sweet corn and green beans looks good so far for Georgia farmers, according to The Packer. While spring production took a hit from poor weather, the dry conditions this time of year has not hurt yields, and supplies are expected to be good. Production of eggplant and peppers could go into…