Posted on 07/17/2011 12:06:07 PM PDT by re_nortex
Wichita Falls has exceeded 100-degree highs 39 of the past 40 days. There was a string of 100-plus degree days before that. By this date in a normal year, Wichita Falls would have received about 16 inches of rain. This year it has been just over 3 inches. Forecasters are not optimistic about substantial rain between now and September.
Wichita County Extension agent Fred Hall said he has talked to old-timers who remember the severe droughts of 1956 and 1980. They recall those droughts started later in the year and there was residual moisture in the ground to help forage.
"There's simply no moisture bank this year," Hall said.
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They are being driven toward the population centers looking for food and water.
It's bad out there, but it's a dry heat ☺
I believe the answer is to get on our knees and pray to the One who can solve this problem for us, Allmighty God!
Personally I refuse to quit. I will hang on, pray and believe God will lead us through this.
We need to hang together and help each other out, that's what makes us special!
As for the people that have no idea what kind of sacrifices ranchers make year round in order to put food on the table for their families, you couldn't walk a mile in their shoes. They are just doing what ever it takes to make a living and my hat goes off to them...GOD BLESS TEXAS
I just drove past a creek bed a few min ago and the vegetation along the banks was dead and dying.
Cottonwoods are dropping their leaves as if it was autumn.
The mesquite beans are just about gone and the prickly pear will will be eaten up soon.
How does 0bama do it?
Seems we’ve had nothing but one crisis after another
since he took over our lives.
One does wonder if the anti-Christ is close by.
It almost makes you wish for a weak hurricane or tropical storm to push inland at the Texas coast...something with a lot of rain and not so much wind to dump a few inches of rain at least. Wouldn’t end the drought but could at least save what’s left.
That wont happen until at least Sept
Wouldn't you know, my freezer is full and now meat prices are going down. Going to have to make some decisions.
Isn’t that one of the reasons the Texas longhorn was once common?
A sad southern lament.
My county is split yellow/orange.
I guess we are damn lucky so far.
I’ve got a bucket of water I keep full, in the woods in front of the house. The critters are becoming very anxious, and it’s the least I can do.
It’s bad. I don’t think I’ve ever seen it so dry.
When Katrina hit New Orleans, one deranged liberal talker was claiming that the Evil Bush steered the hurricane toward New Orleans.
Why not pin the drought on Barry Dunham since he hates Texas.
Earlier this week, I read that people are avoiding outdoor swimming pools in Oklahoma City because the water is just too warm.
"The area pools are not crowded because the water is so warm, jumping into it is like jumping into bath water," said Damon Lane, meteorologist at ABC News affiliate KOCO in Oklahoma City.
Caution is advised with blue-green algae and bacteria that thrive in stagnant lake water.
Most likely, but a couple have hit TX in July and August before.
C’mon hurricane season!
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