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Drought worst since 1956
« on: July 16, 2012, 05:13:14 PM »
http://www.indystar.com/article/20120716/LOCAL/207160337/Drought-sprawls-across-largest-section-U-S-since-1956
"This summer, 80 percent of the U.S. is abnormally dry, and the report said the drought expanded in the West, Great Plains and Midwest last month with the 14th warmest and 10th driest June on record.

The nation's corn and soybean belt has been especially hard hit over the past three months, the report said. That region has experienced its seventh warmest and 10th driest April-to-June period."

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http://www.wsbt.com/news/wsbt-survivor-of-1936-drought-recalls-conditions-20120716,0,7179023.story
91 year old indiana farmer on drought of 1936:
"The corn only got to about 3 feet high, and with no water available, it just turned brown," he said. "Back then, we didn't plant corn until the first of June, because of the chance of frost and freeze. I can still see that short corn and how brown it got. Just like it's going to get this year if we don't get any rain."
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Re: Drought worst since 1956
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2012, 09:04:17 PM »
cannot believe how shallow the River Raisin has become....looks more like a creek bed than a river ......can see the overflow dams down near Roessler.....we've only lived here ten years....how long will it take for the river to 'fill up'?
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Re: Drought worst since 1956
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2012, 09:20:40 PM »
Quote from: tnweasel on July 16, 2012, 09:04:17 PM
cannot believe how shallow the River Raisin has become....looks more like a creek bed than a river ......can see the overflow dams down near Roessler.....we've only lived here ten years....how long will it take for the river to 'fill up'?

The gates are open at the dams, so the water flows through the dams rather than getting backed up behind them.  They do that regularly for river cleanup, plus I believe it helps control the invasive grass that has been clogging up the river.
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Re: Drought worst since 1956
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2012, 09:34:41 PM »
I was checking the temperature on my phone while we were eating dinner out under a shade tree...

it was 91 in Monroe, 91 in Midland and 91 in Marquette!!!

many days it will be 20-30 degrees cooler on the shore of Lake Superior, but not the last few days...

oh, and it was 77 and raining in Sebring Florida :o :o :o
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Re: Drought worst since 1956
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2012, 09:45:08 PM »
Farm land is getting harder and harder to find.  Right now I have my sights on a long stretch of ground, located between Dundee and Monroe.  The only problem is that it's still just a little too wet to plow.  I should be able to get in there if it dries up just a little bit more.

And those pesky dams kind of get in the way...  Have to plow around them...



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« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2012, 09:47:56 PM »
Quote from: livewire on July 16, 2012, 09:45:08 PM
Right now I have my sights on a long stretch of ground, located between Dundee and Monroe. 
And those pesky dams kind of get in the way...  Have to plow around them...

 ;D

Bet there's prime fertilizer just oozing around in there too!  8)
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Re: Drought worst since 1956
« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2012, 10:00:10 PM »
Quote from: ShorTea on July 16, 2012, 09:47:56 PM
Bet there's prime fertilizer just oozing around in there too!  8)
LOL!
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Re: Drought worst since 1956
« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2012, 12:42:14 AM »
Live,
You better get those carbide tips on the plow too. those big flat dry light brown spots are solid exposed rock. A lot of people don't realize that the river bottom is the surface rock layer.
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« Reply #8 on: July 17, 2012, 08:25:50 AM »
Quote from: Maverick on July 17, 2012, 12:42:14 AM
Live,
You better get those carbide tips on the plow too. those big flat dry light brown spots are solid exposed rock. A lot of people don't realize that the river bottom is the surface rock layer.
Mav

With the price of corn these days, I can use dynamite, I figure.   ;D
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Re: Drought worst since 1956
« Reply #9 on: July 17, 2012, 08:45:09 AM »
Quote from: livewire on July 17, 2012, 08:25:50 AM
With the price of corn these days, I can use dynamite, I figure.   ;D

Just about the time you finished working and planting your "ribbon farm" the monsoon rains would start ;) ;) ;)
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« Reply #10 on: July 17, 2012, 08:48:19 AM »
Quote from: BigRedDog on July 17, 2012, 08:45:09 AM
Just about the time you finished working and planting your "ribbon farm" the monsoon rains would start ;) ;) ;)

LMFAO!!!!!  You are SOOOOOO right, Dawg!

That is exactly what would happen, with my luck!



Maybe I could plant a hydroponic corn field......   ;)
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Re: Drought worst since 1956
« Reply #11 on: July 17, 2012, 09:25:18 AM »
I had 81 degrees at 9am...

you can figure it's going to get hot!!!
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« Reply #12 on: July 17, 2012, 10:05:48 AM »
I walked outside to take a bike ride this morning and started sweating glistening before I got to the garage!
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« Reply #13 on: July 17, 2012, 10:19:41 AM »
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Re: Drought worst since 1956
« Reply #14 on: July 17, 2012, 03:38:01 PM »
The NWS says we have officially hit 100 degrees in Monroe...

https://www.facebook.com/monroenews/posts/10151042915326692

I'm showing 100 here...   98 in Midland, 71 in Marquette (more like a normal difference up there...   and nice until it's in the winter and -30!!!)...

and in Sebring Florida...

it's 84 under mostly cloudy skies 8* 8* 8*
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