The Texas drought (By the way it is not just Texas but there is a reason for concentrating on TEXAS)

[nadinbrzezinski]

Texas Dust Bowl Drives Cotton Rally as Perry Prays for Rain

The worst U.S. crop conditions since the dust bowl era of the 1930s are tightening domestic supplies of cotton and boosting prospects for a rebound in prices that fell more than any other commodity this year.

Withering fields in Texas, the largest U.S. grower, led Governor Rick Perry, a Republican presidential candidate and the son of a cotton farmer, to ask supporters to pray for rain to end a “monster drought” shrinking cattle herds and killing crops. Cotton futures in New York may rise as much as 15 percent by the end of December to $1.20 a pound, the median of 17 estimates in a Bloomberg survey of analysts showed.

“It’s by far the worst drought I’ve ever been through,” said Dahlen Hancock, 52, who has farmed cotton for three decades near Lubbock, Texas, and lost more than half of the 5,850 acres he planted this year. “We thought we’d kind of seen it all, to some degree. This rewrote the books.”

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-28/dust-bowl-in-texas-means-cotton-bottoming-with-rick-perry-praying-for-rain.html

A record-breaking stretch of scorching weather is keeping Texas and the lower Colorado River basin firmly in the grips of severe drought.

The 10 months from October 2010 through July 2011 have been the driest for that 10-month period in Texas since 1895, when the state began keeping rainfall records. Across most of the Hill Country and the Austin area, rainfall since last October is between 16 and 20 inches below normal. Across the eastern counties of Central Texas and the middle Texas coast, rainfall is running more than 20 inches below normal.

Despite the severely dry conditions, this drought is not as bad as the worst in history – the 10-year drought of the 1940-50s. Lakes Buchanan and Travis are in better condition than they were then, even with the low inflows, increased evaporation and water being used by LCRA customers. LCRA built the lakes in the 1930s and '40s to store water during times of plentiful rain so the region would have a reliable supply during a prolonged drought. That is exactly what is happening now. The lakes are about half full and LCRA is confident it can meet the needs of its firm customers, such as cities and industry, through a prolonged and serious drought as bad as the worst one this basin has ever experienced

http://www.lcra.org/water/drought/index.html

Texas drought: Farmers brace for record losses

LUBBOCK, Texas — How dry is it in Texas? Nearly 94 percent of the state was under "extreme" or "exceptional" drought levels this week, up 2 percent on last week, the U.S. government said Thursday.

Only on msnbc.com

While some neighbors got rain relief in recent days, Texas remained the epicenter of the record-breaking drought, with climate data from the U.S. Drought Monitor showing the state suffering its driest 10 months ever in over a century of data.

"This is unprecedented territory, as the precipitation deficits mount, and triple-digit temperatures continue to increase water demand," the service said in its weekly report.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44105982/ns/today-weather/t/texas-gets-even-drier-unprecedented-drought/

Texas Heat Wave: Dozens Killed As Scorching Temperatures Challenge Grids
By Ivana Kvesic | Christian Post Contributor
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Texas sees no signs of relief from the enduring heat wave that has engulfed the state and caused dozens of deaths.


Brian Edwards, meteorologist from Accuweather, reports that Dallas, Texas has already experienced 34 days in a row of temperatures 100 degrees and above.

Today's temperature is expected to rise to a scorching 108 degrees.
Texas was told not to expect any near-term relief.

http://www.christianpost.com/news/texas-heat-wave-no-relief-from-scorching-100-degree-temps-53433/

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[Broderick]

8. Method to the madness

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[Broderick]

13. the same media you praise

and where ever you got the incredible nonsense that it was the FOURTH DEADLIEST HURRICANE ever is beyond belief...

Whose media empire, driven by profit, you protecting!???


I am incredulous with your spouts!

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[Broderick]

19. OMG

Floyd, Camille, Bonney, Isabel, Agnus, Hazel, Betzy, Katrina, Audrey, Diane, ummm fifi, but that is not your kind of deaths, flora, mitch (again skin color doesn't fit the template), JEanne, David, Stan, ect ect ect.


Such a fitting tribute where ever you heard this nonsense from - it fits the google profile of someone that is prone to frenzy and hyperbole when it fits whatever template exists in the head.


Laughing my fucking ass out loud!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

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[Broderick]

21. There is no misspeak. You were trying to garner a point

from google that failed you. and then trying to sell it.

The fourth largest hurricane loss of life or some other nonsense to make your point.


One minute you despise the media for their lack of attention to radiation, and the next you scour headlines on google to fit your agenda to praise them.

Inconsistency. And you are NOT an expert on anything other than google in my most humble opinion.

I am still retching from laughing so hard from your proclamations of it being the forth most devastating hurricane in loss of life. The edit button has worked wonders for you in other threads.


I am consistent. I see a profit driven media corral folks over and over and over again.

[nadinbrzezinski]

22. BUZZZZZ

[Broderick]

25. buzzzzz

[Fumesucker]

2. I'm glad you think our news media is balanced, accurate and responsible..

I disagree, I think they are unbalanced, inaccurate and irresponsible.

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[Fumesucker]

9. I've never made any claim about the media not covering the Texas drought..

Is that what your OP is about, I couldn't tell through your sarcasm?

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. It is not about you

trust me...

[Fumesucker]

14. I can't tell *what* it's about..

And I've been online long enough to learn how to decipher some quite strange gibberish, like Leet for instance.

(4n ¥0µ r34Ð £337?

[w8liftinglady]

3. Thank you, nadin.

we have had four grass fires in my town tonight. My partner had to take a 30 mile detour because of a grass fire off I 75.
Tension is high here, because so many have NOTHING to fall back on...there are so many living week-to-week.There is an enormous number of renters here,with very few having insurance.Heat exhaustion is the diagnosis of choice in the ERs these days...we are using up tons of IV fluids...both for patients and rescue teams.

It ain't pretty here.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Oh I know it is not pretty

and yes IVs are the in thing in a heat wave.

Locally, not that I'd be complaining that the national media has not picked it up... if they do it got serious, we have a two brush fires right now.

One at a time threatened the usual structures at the usual town.

[fishbulb703]

4. As much as this is "news" it is not rapidly changing and there is nothing people can do about it. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. There is a little that people can do

farmers up north organized bail shipments... but there is not much more than that or sending the cattle to market early.

[Gman]

12. It was 113 here yesterday and 110 today

Saturday was 109. I've never seen it this bad. I see nothing in the articles cited that are wrong or exaggerations. This is very bad and getting worse. We'll get some relief (hopefully) when the temps drops to the low and mid 90's (15-20 degrees cooler) and a chance of decent rain later this week.

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. THis could easily be anther dust bowl

[Gman]

45. If La Nina returns

as it often will after another strong El Nina like just ended in May we may be in for some very rough and dry weather for another year, at least. The El Nino models were showing Pacific Ocean temps trending down based on observations in July. They were neutral and stable in May and June. So it's like another La Nina is forming. That's bad news.

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.html

[seabeyond]

16. why must your ops always be condescending and jab at some duers all the time

i even appreciate the thread that you created and still

you are condescending as hell as you share it

and make snarky comments to duers.

can you just post a thread with all you vast knowledge and experience without the condescending insults.

[pintobean]

18. +1

[seabeyond]

23. snort.....

it seems it really isnt even meant to be about the drought, but an ongoing battle about something else.

lordy

awfully dry here. how about where you are

and i want you to know, all your posts, i have this constant image of you in a robe, slippers always drinkin coffee trying to wake up.... lol

[pintobean]

24. A little dry, but it's just a normal dry spell

for the mid-west. Nothing like what you guys are going through. I hope you get some relief soon.

I love that Woody Woodpecker pic. I guess that's how he looks before he gets wired on the coffee.

[Obamanaut]

28. +1. Regarding the last line in your message block, I'd guess the answer to the

question is 'no'.

And the "vast knowledge" is questionable.

[WolverineDG]

31. Because we're stupid Americans, that's why nt

[uppityperson]

42. ++++++++++

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[SpiralHawk]

27. Huge story. Why so many damn Unrecs?

Who in Hell is wanting to hide the truth about this massive drought in Texas and fifteen other states?

Ya gotta wonder who wants to hide the truth?

[hobbit709]

29. There are a lot of people who have taken a dislike to the OP

Mainly because they're not used to someone that doesn't sugarcoat the facts.

[SpiralHawk]

33. Don't let the paid Republicon SuckerPuppets win

Say I.

[seabeyond]

35. i dont see anyone that has issue with facts. can you please point them out

if youa re accusing people on this thread, having issue with the OP over facts, surely you can let us know, where you draw your conclusion from.

[pintobean]

36. The reasons were editted out

of the OP

[seabeyond]

37. didnt even catch it. but i thank the OP for taking out the insults. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

40. Because if I post the sky is blue

it will be unreeled... it is that simple. I am used to it... they think they are hurting me... alas it is childish to the nt' degree. In fact, it has a lot in common with the bully behavior I saw while growing up.

So don;'t exect things I post to get ANY rects at this point. Wheh they do... well the unreccers were finally shut down.

[seabeyond]

43. you edited your post, correct? you took out the insults, correct? nt

[indurancevile]

30. "this drought is not as bad as the worst in history – the 10-year drought of the 1940-50s."

which were boom years for texas.

[Javaman]

39. Yes, they were...IN OIL.

sigh.

[a la izquierda]

32. Oklahoma has been seeing some periodic relief...

and my husband informs me that next week might actually drop into the 80s. But it's very, very dry. Even with watering, our vegetable garden failed. Our trees look awful. And the oxbow lakes and farm ponds are extremely low.
It's a real shame, and it's a real shame that Oklahomans and Texans embrace oil and gas instead of solar and wind.

[Major Hogwash]

34. Last week some peeps here were trying to downplay just how bad this drought is.

It was immature, at best, for them to say it happens every 30 years or so.
My relatives in South Kansas said the heat is unbearable and they have lived there all their lives.
So, when they say it is hot, it is not just hot, not the normal kind of hot they have lived with every year for over 50 years, but really hot.
And seeming without end.

I complain when it hits 100 here, but I could never live in an area where was a season of 100 degree temperatures for a month or more.
This is stretching into its 2nd month, and it is unbelievable how long this stretch of extreme heat has been.
I really like Texas and a lot of the Texans that live there.
So, this isn't a light subject to me to make fun of.
Extreme heat like this kills people.
It cuts live short.

So, this thread is just being factual, not overly dramatic, at all.
In conclusion, I wish other people would respect nadin's right to express herself.

[seabeyond]

38. interesting fact. in my area, there is on average 6 days a year over 100. working on 50 this year

i didnt know we had so few. but i knew we didnt have this many

and the Op was edited taking out the insults, which i appreciate. that is why you see nothing more than fact in the OP

[nadinbrzezinski]

41. THanks

I don't expect that respect anymore. They get angry when they get called on it though and a few will follow all I post with almost religious fervor to unrec and to belittle. Children do that, I accept it...

As to people downplaying it... in some ways it is downplaying the effects of climactic change. You know I will start using the term used sourth of the border. It is a tad more factual too.

[RedEarth]

44. Thanks for posting ....

The drought in TX and OK this year have been devastating to farmers, wildlife and native vegetation. Here in OK, parts of the state haven't had any measurable rain(at least a quarter of an inch) in nearly four months. High temps and lack of rainfall have created prime conditions for wildfires which have burned thousands of acres. Old growth trees have been showing signs of stress and many of the immature native trees have already died. Bottom line, it's a very worrisome situation.