{"id":20311,"date":"2020-09-17T21:35:44","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T01:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=20311"},"modified":"2020-09-17T21:35:46","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T01:35:46","slug":"preliminary-damage-from-sally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2020\/09\/preliminary-damage-from-sally\/","title":{"rendered":"Preliminary damage from Sally"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Folks around the Southeast are starting to assess the damage from Hurricane Sally as it crept onshore yesterday and moved off to the northeast through central Georgia. Because of the slow forward movement of the storm, parts of the coast were subjected to hours of hurricane-force wind which caused problems for cotton and pecans. Heavy rains caused problems for peanuts and also for cotton. Here are some early comments about damage from Sally to agriculture from <em>Farm Press<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmprogress.com\/disaster\/sally-hits-farmers-hard-pics-and-words-coming-ground?NL=SEFP-01&amp;Issue=SEFP-01_20200917_SEFP-01_551&amp;sfvc4enews=42&amp;cl=article_1&amp;utm_rid=CPG02000002518665&amp;utm_campaign=53050&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;elq2=0e252036fd2d4e239bf37674d1be6ea8\">Sally hits farmers hard. Pics and words coming in from the ground<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dothaneagle.com\/news\/local\/forecast-of-sallys-heavy-rains-concern-farmers\/article_d38d4f2a-f75f-11ea-b37b-9f11f8722bb3.html\">Forecast of Sally&#8217;s heavy rains concern farmers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rfdtv.com\/story\/42645797\/sallys-impact-on-agriculture\">Sally&#8217;s impact on agriculture<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The State of Alabama has an online survey which will help them collect more information. You can read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsfa.com\/2020\/09\/17\/state-launches-sally-damage-assessment-survey-agriculture\">https:\/\/www.wsfa.com\/2020\/09\/17\/state-launches-sally-damage-assessment-survey-agriculture<\/a>\/.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/10\/flooded-field-Hurricane-Matthew-plane-view-084-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/10\/flooded-field-Hurricane-Matthew-plane-view-084-web.jpg 960w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/10\/flooded-field-Hurricane-Matthew-plane-view-084-web-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/10\/flooded-field-Hurricane-Matthew-plane-view-084-web-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2016\/10\/flooded-field-Hurricane-Matthew-plane-view-084-web-245x138.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>Flooded field in eastern North Carolina.  Source: The Packer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Folks around the Southeast are starting to assess the damage from Hurricane Sally as it crept onshore yesterday and moved off to the northeast through central Georgia. Because of the slow forward movement of the storm, parts of the coast were subjected to hours of hurricane-force wind which caused problems for cotton and pecans. 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