EC
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Thu Jul-21-05 10:11 AM
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Does anyone else think this drought is going to cause |
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Edited on Thu Jul-21-05 10:24 AM by EC
problems? The farmers already in great debt with aid cut also, are not going to have a very good crop this year, fire is now a threat accross the nation not just out west. The paper this morning says this is a record breaking draught, the worst in 135 years...says some rivers and lakes are so shallow that the ducks can stand on the bottems of the rivers and lakes....I think food prices will increase, some produce will be scarce and God forbid if a fire starts in some of these little communities with no water...
Is this the start of another dust bowl era?
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Thu Jul-21-05 10:16 AM
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oh you mean DROUGHT :evilgrin:
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Thu Jul-21-05 10:17 AM
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It's been dry for three weeks here only about .35 inches of rain. I am concerned about what will happen if it lasts much long.
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Thu Jul-21-05 10:19 AM
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3. There is no drought! There is no Global Warming! |
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Thu Jul-21-05 10:19 AM
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4. Just curious where you are at - geographically? |
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I am in eastern Iowa and it is really bad here. I wasn't aware other parts of the country were in bad shape also.
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Thu Jul-21-05 10:22 AM
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did their show from Iowa this morning. The corn looked withered.We took vacation 2 years ago. Iowa is so beautiful.
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Thu Jul-21-05 10:23 AM
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the paper has a map, and it is bad all over the country, most severe in upper western states and through the corn belt...
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Thu Jul-21-05 10:29 AM
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Thu Jul-21-05 10:19 AM
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5. And to think that here in L.A. we got more rain... |
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in one month then we sometimes get in a year!
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Thu Jul-21-05 10:24 AM
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8. We've been having too much rain in Mass, |
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Thu Jul-21-05 12:29 PM
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10. I'm really really worried about this... |
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I'm in nothern Illinois, extreme drought zone (red) according to that map. We haven't had a solid rainy day or a good honest soak since May, seriously. It's got to where I dread the sight of that cloudless sky and bright sun.
OK, I'm in Chicago, which is not exactly an agricultural center. A co-worker of mine's family has a farm and she's really panicking. You can see it here in people's lawns and parks too. A lot of plants just don't look good.
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Thu Jul-21-05 12:33 PM
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11. They're predicting that corn and soybean crops could be down by 30 percent |
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