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AP’s The Big Story blog posted a story yesterday on the deaths caused by the floods that recently swept South Carolina. Ten people drowned in their cars in the Columbia SC area from October 3 to 5 as flood waters ravaged the city. “Some were going to work. Some were going to someone else’s aid.…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows a big fat goose egg in the rainfall department this coming week. The only place in the Southeast that is expected to see any rain at all is the east coast and southern tip of Florida. This is thanks to a dome of high pressure over the region which…
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Vegetable Growers News published a reminder this week of the many programs that are available to assist farmers after natural disasters like the flooding in South Carolina earlier this month. If you or a farmer you work with is affected by a natural disaster, make sure you understand all of the help that is available. …
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In recent climate news all of the attention has been on the upcoming winter and what to expect from El Niño. Most predictions show that we should start the growing season with plenty of soil moisture, and perhaps so much that field work is delayed in spring. But many farmers are also wondering what the…
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Forty years ago today, on October 16, 1975, NOAA’s first Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Known as GOES-A when it launched, the satellite was designated GOES-1 once operational. GOES stands for Geostationary Orbiting Earth Satellite. GOES-1 returned its first image only nine days later on October 25,…
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Our sister blog for the “Animal Agriculture in a Changing Climate” project has a new blog post out this week with the title above. You can read the post at https://animalagclimatechange.org/mother-nature-always-wins/. The blog discusses the impacts of extreme weather events on livestock production and agriculture and how future extreme events might impact farmers. The project has a…
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The cold and dry air moving into the state late this week could lead to scattered frost this weekend in low-lying areas that are prone to experiencing cold air drainage. The NWS in Peachtree City has put out an advisory slide on their home page warning about the possibility Saturday through Monday mornings. Not all…