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Drought 'severe,' officials declare (Severe Drought in NC)
www.newsobserver.com ^ | Mar 31, 2006 | Sarah Lindenfeld Hall

Posted on 03/31/2006 7:05:45 AM PST by SmoothTalker

"The amount of water flowing into the Triangle's reservoirs is at or near historic lows. And the forecast: below-normal rainfall through June."

"So the drought in most of the Triangle and much of central North Carolina is now "severe" instead of moderate, state and federal officials said Thursday. Gov. Mike Easley asked residents to conserve water."

"Less than 5 inches of rain has been measured at Raleigh-Durham International Airport since January. Normal rainfall would total 11.4 inches by now."

"The flow of streams into Falls Lake is 9 percent of normal for this month. If water customers start turning on the spigot as weather gets warmer, the lake will drain faster, officials say.

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TOPICS: US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: drillwells; government; publicutilities; publicwatersystem
Thought all you NC freepers might be interested in this
1 posted on 03/31/2006 7:05:46 AM PST by SmoothTalker
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To: SmoothTalker

Falls lake is really low.


2 posted on 03/31/2006 7:21:01 AM PST by conserv13
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To: SmoothTalker

Hoosiers here in Indiana will be more than happy to dump buckets of water we're getting here....all day....all night......we've had more than our share this March...in fact.....we missed Spring coming in....still haven't seen the Big White Rabbit yet....:)


3 posted on 03/31/2006 7:23:37 AM PST by auto power
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To: SmoothTalker
They're talking about rain tonight. "Soaking" was the word that was used. The talking heads on TV were complaining last time it rained because it was 'the wrong kind'.

Oh, and it's Bush's fault.

4 posted on 03/31/2006 1:06:15 PM PST by wbill
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To: wbill

You all better move back to a blue state....Just kidding.


5 posted on 03/31/2006 1:27:24 PM PST by napscoordinator
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