Weather
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The Director of the UGA Weather Network, Pam Knox, does a great job of keeping Extension informed on upcoming weather events. Around 11AM on Friday September 20th, we received the first email from Pam regarding Hurricane Helene. At that point she said “it is too early to say what is going to happen… there is…
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Over the holidays, Lincoln County and the surrounding area experienced some of the lowest temperatures on record in many years. Last week, those temperatures hiked back into the 60’s. I want to start this week just by recognizing the hard work of our county employees that worked endlessly to repair water pipes and assist people…
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Robyn Stewart Driving down the road in Lincoln County right now, it is not unusual to see creek beds overflowing and unexpected water features in people’s yards and pastures. In the last 60 days, Lincoln County has received between 10 and 15 inches of rain. In contrast, our normal rainfall for the same period is…
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Robyn Stewart Here in the Southeast, we are no stranger to a variety of summer weather but over the past month we have watched the typical Georgia summer devolve into a severe region-wide drought. The October 8th Georgia Drought Monitor identified that over 50% of the state is in a state of severe drought and…