Texas drought worsens from 'abysmal'

[nadinbrzezinski]

Drought conditions in Texas that have fueled wildfires and devastated farmers and ranchers actually worsened in the past week while several other states also saw spreading drought, according to a weekly report issued Thursday.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44534812/ns/weather/#.TnIuTaN5mSM

Comment here. .
http://nadinbrzezinski.posterous.com/texas-drought-is-now-abysmal

[seabeyond]

1. our temperature lowered but more fun.... we had our first rain last night and today

that was actually significant enough to go into the ground. we are feeling refreshed here and not so desperate. first real one since the snow in feb.

has been an horrible summer.

[Warpy]

16. We got to mid July here with 0.02 inches of rain for the whole year

I think we're finally up over an inch after a few showers over the summer, but things are still very dry. All I hope is that the winter compensates for it, even if it means I have to break out the snow shovel I brought with me from Boston and have used exactly twice in 20 years.

You're not getting any rain because we're not getting any rain upstream.

[seabeyond]

17. i went to red river beginning of aug. they had been dry, but a couple weeks before, they started

getting their rain. it was actually cool enough for me to wear a jacket. NM is one of my saving graces, living in this area. i didnt realize you were that dry. i didnt realize you lived next door either.

farmers almenac is not calling for much snow this year either. we had only one last year. way cold. colder than normal. but no snow.

i love my snow. grew up in Az and Calif, i love the snow.

[w8liftinglady]

43. sigh. we are still waiting south of Dallas.

Ellis and Henderson Counties with MORE wildfires.

MAYBE rain this weekend.
maybe.

[seabeyond]

45. ah bummer. i bet ours went over you. nt

[Hawkowl]

2. What would a redux of the Great Depression be without the dustbowl? n/t

[NMDemDist2]

3. it's raining here and in Ft Stockton and Midland/Odessa

so the W.TX plains are seeing some relief


finally.....

[Hawkowl]

5. How long?

How long has it been since it rained in Midland? I was there in May and it hadn't rained since last year?!?

[NMDemDist2]

59. We've been getting a few showers and Midland IIRC had only .5 inches

for the year. yup, half an inch and this storm gave them another half

it's horrible here

[Divine Discontent]

6. that's good to hear. here's to a few inches a day for... a week straight!

http://www.zazzle.com/republicans_2012_keeping_millions_out_of_work_bumper_sticker-128002960205017719

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. Good

Real comment off site though

[Javaman]

11. Yayyy!!!!

Is it heavy? Hope you don't flood with the ground as dry as it is.

I know you guys have been having it a lot worse thus us folks here in Austin.

I'm glad you are getting rain!

Oh I'm jealous. I miss the smell. :)

[NMDemDist2]

60. no it was gentle

the Carlsbad Caverns NP had a bad fire in June and they are VERY concerned about flash flooding through that canyon, but so far so good :)

[w8liftinglady]

47. My sis lives in Midland...I am SO relieved.

[greytdemocrat]

4. Be quiet!!!!

How dare you not comment??? lol...

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. Not here... Will go somewhere else

See sig

[seabeyond]

18. that is just bullshit

and this game is petty and immature. it was lovely to see a thread where this crap wasnt a part of the Op. i missed the no comment, comment. thanks for bringing it up, and starting this shit on a perfectly fine OP. egg it on.

[pintobean]

20. +1. It's continuous

slams on our mods and anmin.
:puke:

[nadinbrzezinski]

22. Yummy

No it does not...but whatever

You want butter with it?

[seabeyond]

26. i am starting to think you are only putting up these OP's so you can play this game. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

31. Nope I said i'd only do nooz and ponies

That's the extent.

Seems a few members don't like it, so be it.

Any real comment goes off site now...mostly.

I know nothing. So let Reuters speak.

[seabeyond]

33. that is not the issue and has not been the issue from day one nadin.

you have created a monster that doesnt exist because of your refusal to actually listen to what the problem is. and this, is beyond immature.

[nadinbrzezinski]

34. More popcorn?

[seabeyond]

35. more immature? nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

38. Funny

[seabeyond]

23. yup. and fellow duers enabling for the sake of posters pride. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

25. Here, will share with you too

[seabeyond]

27. i think it is immature and silly nadin. not to mention wrong nt

[Obamanaut]

39. +1 And a self-serving promotion of personal blog. NT

[Javaman]

9. There is already talk that the cattle industry will collapse.

not enough water for the cows, not enough water for hay.

There have been video on the local channels here of ranchers selling their heads of cattle at auction. Some of the poor animals are so thin.

If anything maybe this will help curb the factory cattle industry.

[villager]

12. cattle ranching is itself notoriously environmentally destructive, and subsidized by gov't corporate

...welfare, to boot...

[Javaman]

13. I know, that's why I said factory cattle farms.

I have a couple of friends that are dairy farmers.

Small farms. Less then 50 head. They are dying. I get my raw milk from one of them.

[villager]

10. Since Perry prayed for rain, shouldn't that tell the devout something about his standing with God?

:shrug:

[hatrack]

21. Maybe God just had a lot of email to get through?

Oh, for the theological wisdom needed to understand . . . Rick Perry.

[lumberjack_jeff]

24. And then God spoke: "Verily, I say to you; Y'all suck." n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

46. LOL

Thanks

[lunatica]

14. Global warming won't stop any quicker than it started

Which means we have no clue as to what will happen with the world's weather as time goes by. Maybe Texas and the Southwest and Northern Mexico will be our own Sahara Dessert in a few decades. The Sahara Dessert used to be tropical at one time.

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. I got something to say here

http://nadinbrzezinski.posterous.com/texas-drought-is-now-abysmal

[pintobean]

28. Does it explain

how the internal combustion engine caused the Sahara Dessert?

[lunatica]

30. Are you a global warming denier?

[nadinbrzezinski]

32. Hmm

Good question...

:hi:

[pintobean]

37. No.

[lunatica]

40. Then what does your comment even mean?

The Sahara Dessert, or any other place for that matter was caused by something. Perhaps volcanic activity.

[pintobean]

42. It was directed

at a poster who is trying to direct traffic away from DU and toward their own blog. I think that's ridiculous, so I asked a ridiculous question about the blog entry.

[nadinbrzezinski]

44. You can or not, link to it... free will

so you think links to the BBC also take away traffic?

Odd.

Let me give you another pony

[lunatica]

48. If you had a blog wouldn't you post it in your posts?

I don't see anything wrong with that.

[nadinbrzezinski]

49. And technicaly, since I OWN the copyright

I am just following the rules. Most of my blog pots are under four paragraphs.

[pintobean]

58. It has become spam.

You can think of it what you want, but she's being ridiculous. She has a problem with the mods.

[immoderate]

19. And slime was once the dominant life form.

Ah, the good old days! B-)

--imm

[villager]

29. It still is, in Washington!

;-)

[lunatica]

36. Well Limbaugh is a slime bucket now.

[dixiegrrrrl]

51. and there is/are La Nina conditons, with drought to continue in 2012

There was thread here about that the other day.
Ugggh

[seabeyond]

52. that is what hubby told me when i said.. hope we get lotsa lotsa snow this year

he shot me right down. said almanac is saying very little moisture thru oct 2012. nooooooooooooooooooo. ruin my whole winter before it is even here. lol. i love the snow. there is always hope, right?

[lunatica]

53. Did the almanac predict this year's weather conditions?

I'm really curious about weather predictions now. The redistribution of water (solid liquid and gas) used to be predictable, but now that there's more of it going into the atmosphere because of global warming wouldn't there be a whole new paradigm?

These truly are interesting times. Scary as hell, but interesting.

[seabeyond]

54. raining again. lite, but steady. jacket and slippers... i am happy. i digress, lol

ya. he got the new almanac. they said no snow. but i think they were wrong last year. they had said our area would be wet. missed it a bet seeing how the rain was a tad higher up....

but told no snow this year, too. i will talk to him at dinner and get a better handle what was said. but it is interesting.

what area are you

[lunatica]

56. I'm in the Bay Area

It's been quite cool this year. Not good for growing tomatoes. It's rained this Summer and that's unusual for this area.

[seabeyond]

57. i love your area

i lived in carmel valley for a handful of years. the best, most ideal place i have ever lived.

[workinclasszero]

41. How come Pat Robinson..

isn't calling this drought a judgement from God on the apparently terrible sinners of Texas?

Or does that only work on black majority cities like New Orleans and furriners like the Japanese?:shrug:

[hifiguy]

50. Apparently pRick Perry's Jeebuspalooza

was all for naught. What a surprise. :eyes:

I do hope that Texas gets some rain, though if it comes it will be for the normal "boring" meteorological science reasons.

[DeSwiss]

55. Perry prays for rain.....

...and God sends him wildfires.

- America you were warned......

K&R

[Lithos]

61. Yep...

In Austin they have setup smoking and open fire bans in all parks and Greenbelts. ACL is this weekend and there is a serious concern there will be those smokers who will not be able to resist the urge and will end up sparking a fire. Given that ACL is in Zilker Park which serves as the lynch pin to the Barton Creek Greenbelt, there is serious concern any fire will cause severe damage to a rather dense urban community. (Not to mention the safety issue of 20+ thousand concert goers who will have limited exit capacity if a fire is aggressive.)

L-

[rainbow4321]

62. Watering rules may get stricter next week

The North Texas Water authorities are going to vote (or whatever it is that they do) to make stricter changes since area lakes, etc.. are so, so low. Once they pass it then local communities/city councils have to pass it. People would be allowed to water their lawns once every two weeks, restaurants would only serve water if the customer asks for it.
While we are all happy the temps are now in the 70's and 80's, the bigger picture is we are still very much in a disaster drought-wise. The most we are seeing in the upcoming forecast are words like "scattered" and "isolated" when they talk about rain...which is our weather people's way of saying 99% of you won't get shit and the other 1% may see a few sprinkles on your windshields.