Climatology

» Aurae Beidler - Current Drought in U.S.

Which areas of the U.S. or Canada are currently experiencing drought? Do you see these ending anytime soon? Do you think the winter will end these droughts?

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» Alicia King - Current Drought in U.S.

In response to Current Drought in U.S. posted by sunrae138:

I live in Atlanta Georgia, and the US Southeast is getting hit pretty hard with the drought (GA, FL, TN are the ones I hear about most in the news).

We've been getting a little bit of rain, but by no means has it been enough to make up for the shortfall. I'm guessing it won't be made up until springtime.

Meanwhile, we are having 70-degree days and mild enough weather that our landscaping is still begging for water when it does rain.

One of the big controversies here is that Atlanta's reserves at Lake Lanier were pumped down to Florida to keep a certain National swampland nice and swampy. I'm on the fence about this, I can see how the environmental concerns are very real and the conservation efforts are necessary, but at the same time I honestly doubt this is the first drought that swamp has survived.

Meanwhile, we discuss strange things now at our Christmas parties. I've had chats about grey water conservation for pouring on our compost piles (because we're not supposed to use disposals, but compost needs to stay damp to "cook" properly!) and the question of weighing out water conservation over recycling concerns (e.g. plastic cups save dishwashing, but you have to rinse to recycle anyway, or you don't recycle at all...?)

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» Aurae Beidler - Current Drought in U.S.

In response to Current Drought in U.S. posted by joyfullili:
That's not good to hear. Droughts can be so devastating! If you look at the U.S. Drought Monitor http://drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html it shows a severe or extreme drought in progress for your area. Looks like we're heading for an "all-time driest year on record" for the SE U.S.
But remember that weather data has only been kept for about 100 years, so it's hard to tell if this is the worst drought or not.
I wish I could send over some of our Oregon rain but actually it's been dry this month.
Take care and I hope relief is coming your way soon!

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