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We need rain!

hoosieroriginal — Sun, 20 Aug 2017 14:08:20 GMT

It is so dry here in So. Indiana! I drove into town to go to Target this morning and all of the lawns that have been mowed are turning brown. (I haven't mowed in 3 weeks because the grass is just not growing) Some years this happens in the fall and everyone says "well, we won't see any color this year". Then a large rain comes in and all of the leaves suddenly turn. Not sure about this year - my backyard is full of leaves already - they are just dying off and falling. Have you had much rain lately?

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fourpaws56 — Sun, 20 Aug 2017 15:01:37 GMT

we need rain so badly! we recently had a fire that burned 80,000 acres,we were evacuated for a week...I hope we don't have another drought.....(sigh)

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ID2 — Sun, 20 Aug 2017 15:23:06 GMT

I'll send you some! Our lakes are almost at a record high because of all the rain we've been having. It seems that when it does rain it just pours and pours! We just had 2 1/2" of rain in 2 days. On a plus side my lawn and flowers never looked better!!

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Allegheny — Sun, 20 Aug 2017 15:48:51 GMT

I was just marveling the other day how green we still are here (SW PA). Usually at this time of year the lawns have browned out. We had a relatively mild winter and a wet spring. I think that played a big part in keeping us green.

Because of our wet spring our local harvests for such items as peaches, tomatoes and corn are late. Very few strawberry festivals held this year.

The rain over the summer has been sporatic, downpours just enough to keep us green.

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Spurt — Sun, 20 Aug 2017 19:32:41 GMT

We need rain in Texas too---hot and dray and nearing State II Watering restrictions.....We are using umbrellas---to keep the sun away!

.Hopefully the forecasters are right and we have slight chance of rain early next week, I'm hoping and praying...................

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Lilysmom — Sun, 20 Aug 2017 20:53:12 GMT

@hoosieroriginal et all, I hope you get rain soon! We have finally gotten some after a very hot dry July in Nova Scotia. We have had three days of rain in the past ten days. Two days were soft gentle steady rain, the best kind that soaks into the soil with no runoff.

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hoosieroriginal — Sun, 20 Aug 2017 21:07:13 GMT

@Lilysmom - it can get really dry here in the fall - I hate mowing when it's that dry - all the dust just kicks up all over the place. I'm thinking if I don't mow until it rains, maybe my grass won't be completely dead. It's short because it hasn't grown in weeks. Yes, we need a good soaking rain. Leaves are falling too quickly.

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De Anna — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 03:28:46 GMT

@hoosieroriginal, I know the feeling. Living in Ca., last year was the first year we had rain, in probably 3 yrs. We haven't gotten any rain this summer, usully we get some in July,not this year. Let's pray and hope we get some soon. We're really dry here to.

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DiAnne — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 03:45:48 GMT

I live in the PNW and my lawn is also brown. It has not been mowed in over a month. We are breaking records up here for dry weather (for us). I live on a corner and have rhododendrons that I have never watered ever that leaves are curling. I have carried an occasional bucket of water to them but it is not helping.

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Moonchilde — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 04:34:12 GMT

We aren't going to have rain for maybe 3-4 more months. We've only just emerged from a severe drought, and could go right back into one if we have a dry year.

Green lawns? For maybe 4-5 months if we're lucky.

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just bee — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 10:48:28 GMT

It's pouring here in Albuquerque. Just in time for the eclipse!

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SilleeMee — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 11:56:36 GMT

I think all the rain must have fallen in Colorado this year! My back yard is...well...like the CCR song..."Better run through the jungle"

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isaboo — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 13:23:09 GMT

What a cute picture! I am also in Texas obviously a different part of the state but we have been getting a lot of rain. Woke up this morning to rain and is doesn't look like it is going to stop for awhile. This is odd for us especially in August! Hope it move ya'lls way soon!

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Lipstickdiva — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 14:14:52 GMT

I just heard our local weather forecasters say that we are now below average for the month of August and could use some rain.

Earlier in the summer, our water levels were so high it was crazy. boat docks were totally under water in areas.

The last couple of times they've predicted rain for us, we've not gotten what was predicted. We had a little very early Saturday morning but that was it.

This is fair week in my county so it's not a week we want rain and now they are calling for rain today and tomorrow and then much cooler temps Wednesday.

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Cakers3 — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 16:32:18 GMT

@Spurt wrote:
We need rain in Texas too---hot and dray and nearing State II Watering restrictions.....We are using umbrellas---to keep the sun away!

.Hopefully the forecasters are right and we have slight chance of rain early next week, I'm hoping and praying...................

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@Spurt I think you are in my neck of the woods-rain this weekend and temps dropping to the 80's. Brrrrr...........LOL

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lulu2 — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 16:51:29 GMT

I read last week all the counties in NJ have been taken off the drought list. Much of the state had been under drought restrictions since last summer. Here at the Jersey Shore, we've had some huge quantities of rain over short periods of time.

By August our lawn needs little mowing. This year is an exception.