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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 10:44 AM Original message |
'Massive crop losses' feared from U.S. South drought |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
1. The Texas plains aren't really "South" |
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Champion Jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I thought the "south" was anywhere below the Manson-Nixon line.... |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. The Mason-Dixon line was surveyed when anything west of the Mississippi |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I lived near Dayton for a few years. I think southern Ohio is indeed part of the south. n/t |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Well, that IS when America went south. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Texas was part of the confederacy |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. U.S. South =/= The South |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
2. Oh I am sure none of the extreme weather we are seeing will affect food prices too |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
6. I remember torching paddle cactus to feed cattle during a drought in 1970-1971 |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
9. If it's hitting the corn fields, it might be a Godsend. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
11. That means higher prices for meat, bread, cereals and rice. What |
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liberalla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
12. Interactive drought maps and conditions here: |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 12:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. It's bad |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I can vouch for coastal Mississippi |
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HubertHeaver (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 01:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. In the near-term meat prices should go down due to a glut |
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