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Drought

QVCkitty1 — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 22:54:16 GMT

I'm in New York State and today our county said we are in a drought and should cut back on water consumption. OMG! It is 90 today and the forecast is for more 90's and no rain. I can't remember the last time we had this situation, and it reminds you that you can't take water for granted. I know that other states have bee dealing with this for a long time, but it's new for us, I feel bad for the farmers.

Re: Drought

Susan Louise — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 22:57:57 GMT

@QVCkitty1 wrote:
I'm in New York State and today our county said we are in a drought and should cut back on water consumption. OMG! It is 90 today and the forecast is for more 90's and no rain. I can't remember the last time we had this situation, and it reminds you that you can't take water for granted. I know that other states have bee dealing with this for a long time, but it's new for us, I feel bad for the farmers.

@QVCkitty1 We have been in a heatwave for several days...several more days to go. Our heat index reached 115 yesterday...

Re: Drought

Patriot3 — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 23:18:21 GMT

@QVCkitty1 wrote:
I'm in New York State and today our county said we are in a drought and should cut back on water consumption. OMG! It is 90 today and the forecast is for more 90's and no rain. I can't remember the last time we had this situation, and it reminds you that you can't take water for granted. I know that other states have bee dealing with this for a long time, but it's new for us, I feel bad for the farmers.

We have a drought here, too, lawns are brown. What really upsets me are the people who wash their cars and water their lawns. Cars don't need to be spic and span and the brown grass is not dead, it's just dormant. It will come back. Humans and farm crops are much more important and we need to conserve our water supplies.

Re: Drought

Junebug54 — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 23:52:19 GMT

I'm in western MA and having a terrible drought here too. Hot as blazes also. Looks like it will continue for another 4-5 days. I absolutely agree about the grass....it will come back. Possible storms tonight but heavy rain for a bit won't help. We need a day or two of a nice steady rainfall.

Re: Drought

MalteseMomma — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 00:15:09 GMT

@QVCkitty1 wrote:
I'm in New York State and today our county said we are in a drought and should cut back on water consumption. OMG! It is 90 today and the forecast is for more 90's and no rain. I can't remember the last time we had this situation, and it reminds you that you can't take water for granted. I know that other states have bee dealing with this for a long time, but it's new for us, I feel bad for the farmers.

I am just down the road from you.....lol........ Northeast New Jersey,near GWB

Re: Drought

Noel7 — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 00:22:27 GMT

The last I heard, they are still not saying the drought is over here. We had a dome of heat here for a long time, it's finally moved on. It seems the East coast is having a huge high dome now.

Re: Drought

SilleeMee — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 00:32:42 GMT

Just a couple of years ago my area was in a severe drought that lasted for several years. With each passing year trees were lost in my neighborhood. One huge silver maple died in my back yard. It was so sad to see it die. . We had forest fires everywhere. I woke up every morning to hazy skies.

We were on restricted watering times and amounts. It was a serious drought. It made me realize how precious our water truely is.

Re: Drought

Kachina624 — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 00:38:40 GMT

It's kind of hard to sympathize when we've been in a drought for 10 years. We go months without rain and the temperatures in June and July have been brutal. We're in our monsoon season but no rain or any predicted. We don't waste water watering lawns because most people have gravel instead of grass and very drought tolerant shrubbery and trees.

Re: Drought

Susan Louise — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 00:41:05 GMT

@Noel7 wrote:
The last I heard, they are still not saying the drought is over here. We had a dome of heat here for a long time, it's finally moved on. It seems the East coast is having a huge high dome now.

@Noel7 I am about as close as one can come to be smack in the middle of the 48 continuous states and it's not going anywhere for at least a few more days. Are you on the west coast?

The dome is still in the center of the country the last time I saw the weather channel an hour ago.

I did see a relatively small area unter heat advisories in parts of NJ and PA.

Re: Drought

MomCat — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 00:42:24 GMT

Droughts are scary. We were in one 3 years ago. Right now it's just the usual dry summer period. I hate July and Aug. Worst months of the year as far I'm concerned. Too HOT!!!!

Re: Drought

dancingwoman — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 01:01:21 GMT

@Kachina624 Us too Kachina....clouds in the pm but just lightning...we are lucky to have irrigation water for watering....while it lasts anyway....DW

Re: Drought

september — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 01:05:22 GMT

As a California resident...this has been our way of life for many years, even though we did get a fairly normal amount of rain this past winter...

brown lawns are okay. I have planted more and more drought resistant plants, but do still like it when the grass turns green during our rainy winter months.

Re: Drought

NYwoman — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 06:17:30 GMT

I live near Woodstock, NY and was surprised to hear of this drought. We were getting thundershowers with at least 4" of rain daily for a while. I was told that it was not soaking in.

Right now, we are in a heat wave for a few days.

Re: Drought

Desertdi — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 07:37:24 GMT

Have lived in Southern California and Arizona for 46 years. I admit it does get scary at times........mainly because of the fire danger.

Re: Drought

ValuSkr — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 08:15:38 GMT

Western New York is in a state of severe drought, as is a large part of Eastern Mass. Of course, it's not like the long-term drought in California, but it's strange to see completely brown lawns so early in the summer and it's a hardship for farmers. According to the US Drought Monitor, it looks like Woodstock may be in a sweet spot - normal conditions.

http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/

Re: Drought

Nataliesgramma — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 09:40:26 GMT

Hubby hasn't had to cut the grass for a month. I am trying to keep the garden alive here in the NE.

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colliegirls — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 12:02:42 GMT

Every year (I live in the south) it is the same weather report. They go on and on about the drought in the summer and then we usually have a rainy fall and winter. That is just the way it is, why talk it to death??

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dancingwoman — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 20:38:22 GMT

We live in the Four Corners area of the Country...We are always in a drought..winter and summer for the past 10 years or so..but luckly we have a good supply of irrigation water this year so my grass is almost all green...

My sister lives in NY she just sent me a pic of her lawn..its brown and strawlike...very weird for them..they usually have emerald green lawns...

We do have to irrigate most of the week...I mow about an acre of grass...DW

Re: Drought

IamMrsG — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 21:05:24 GMT

Like everyone else, we need rain. They keep promising, but I just checked the radar -- there isn't a rain cloud to be found in the entire state. Our lawn looks like hay and crunches under foot. Desiccated leaves are falling from the trees.

I tried to buy corn on the cob two days ago, but, I think from the lack of rain, the cobs were so skinny it was tough finding six good, i.e., fat, juicy ones.

Our air temperature went above 90º, with high humidity, earlier this afternoon. Just in case we weren't miserable enough, it was important we knew the "feel like" temperature was 105º. I will think back to this day sometime next February, when snow has been piled up around our knees for about a month.

Re: Drought

terrier3 — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 21:50:28 GMT

I'm in WNY and went to the local farmers market this morning.

The blueberry man (best blueberries EVER!) said that the variety he is selling now should be twice as large as they are. But the sugars are concentrated, so they are extra tasty.

We never have a drought like this one we are in now. The rain has literally gone to the north, south and east of Buffalo.