Fireworks banned across the West because of drought

[Chris]

Much of Morton County is in an exceptional drought, the driest rating, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Already it is drier than the driest years of the Dust Bowl.

Since last September — 10 months ago — Morton County near Elkhart has received 2.99 inches of moisture. The normal average rainfall for that corner of Kansas is about 19 inches.

There was no dryland wheat harvested in the county this year; more than three-quarters of the county’s acres are dryland.

Farmers are selling cow-calf operations in record numbers because there is not enough feed. Newborn calves, less than a day old, are on the auction block.

Roads have been closed due to drifting sand, blocking access to gas and oil wells and causing some companies to shut the wells down temporarily.

Spring crops that are planted — corn, grain sorghum and soybeans — are done so on irrigated lands, or in the hope of collecting crop insurance.

It is so dry many western counties have banned fireworks for fear they could set off massive grass fires.

In drought-hit Kansas, desperation is the only thing growing | Wichita Eagle

 

[syrenn]

Droughts have happened before and will happen again. Ever hear of the dust bowl? Do tell me that was global warming..... oh come on... please blame the dust bowl on global warming.

 

[The T]

As fossil fuel pollution heats the planet, one of the casualties is the traditional celebration of the founding of the United States. The record droughts, floods, and storms fueled by global warming are causing widespread bans on fireworks and the cancellation of numerous municipal firework displays, even a celebration for our soldiers in Oklahoma:

There will be no fireworks this year exploding over Fort Sill in Lawton. The U.S. Army base’s Independence Day celebration and concert will go on as planned Saturday, but its fireworks have been canceled. A fire that started on a base firing range last week burned across 5,500 acres before it was contained. Thirteen homes were destroyed and 1,500 people had to be evacuated.

Firework shows from Texas to Massachusetts have been canceled because of the deadly climate conditions:

In Oklahoma, 36 counties suffering from extreme to exceptional drought have issued burn bans, which include a prohibition on fireworks except for public displays.

In Kansas, fireworks have been banned in Dodge City and surrounding rural areas due to the extreme drought.

In Louisiana, fireworks have been banned in Shreveport and neighboring Bossier because of extreme heat and drought.

In Texas, 170 counties have fireworks bans, including all of metropolitan Houston. Nearly all of Texas has burn bans as well. Because of the extreme drought, Fourth of July fireworks displays have been canceled in Texas towns large and small: San Antonio, Austin, Amarillo, Lubbock, Plainview, Magnolia, Tomball, DeSoto, Woodlands, Roman Forest, and Patton Village.

In Arizona, authorities have banned fireworks from Flagstaff in the north to Tucson, Douglas and Sierra Vista in the south.

In New Mexico, Gov. Susana Martinez (R-NM) has said that there is “absolutely no reason to buy, sell or use personal fireworks.” She has declared a “state of emergency in New Mexico regarding the use of fireworks.” Albertson’s, WalMart, and Smith’s stores have stopped selling fireworks in the state. Taos, with wildfires raging nearby, has canceled its fireworks display.

Global Warming Hates The Fourth Of July | ThinkProgress

Welcome to a weather cycle courtesy of planet Earth, MORON.

 

[Chris]

Popular with fishermen, the Satilla, St. Marys and Suwannee rivers are down to a trickle in some places because of the prolonged drought. Deeper and faster moving, the Altamaha River also is below normal levels, albeit to a lesser extent, in some areas.

None is worse than the Suwannee River, where the channel at Fargo was about three inches wide and half an inch deep last week.

Standing in the nearly dry river channel Tuesday, Grady Mixon of Fargo said he hadn't seen it that low in the 17 years he has lived there, and few could remember it drying up almost completely.

"My grand young'uns came the other day and wanted to go swimming. I said, 'Not in this river,''' Mixon said.

Drought has turned some Southeast Georgia rivers to trickles | jacksonville.com

 

[RetiredGySgt]

As fossil fuel pollution heats the planet, one of the casualties is the traditional celebration of the founding of the United States. The record droughts, floods, and storms fueled by global warming are causing widespread bans on fireworks and the cancellation of numerous municipal firework displays, even a celebration for our soldiers in Oklahoma:

There will be no fireworks this year exploding over Fort Sill in Lawton. The U.S. Army base’s Independence Day celebration and concert will go on as planned Saturday, but its fireworks have been canceled. A fire that started on a base firing range last week burned across 5,500 acres before it was contained. Thirteen homes were destroyed and 1,500 people had to be evacuated.

Firework shows from Texas to Massachusetts have been canceled because of the deadly climate conditions:

In Oklahoma, 36 counties suffering from extreme to exceptional drought have issued burn bans, which include a prohibition on fireworks except for public displays.

In Kansas, fireworks have been banned in Dodge City and surrounding rural areas due to the extreme drought.

In Louisiana, fireworks have been banned in Shreveport and neighboring Bossier because of extreme heat and drought.

In Texas, 170 counties have fireworks bans, including all of metropolitan Houston. Nearly all of Texas has burn bans as well. Because of the extreme drought, Fourth of July fireworks displays have been canceled in Texas towns large and small: San Antonio, Austin, Amarillo, Lubbock, Plainview, Magnolia, Tomball, DeSoto, Woodlands, Roman Forest, and Patton Village.

In Arizona, authorities have banned fireworks from Flagstaff in the north to Tucson, Douglas and Sierra Vista in the south.

In New Mexico, Gov. Susana Martinez (R-NM) has said that there is “absolutely no reason to buy, sell or use personal fireworks.” She has declared a “state of emergency in New Mexico regarding the use of fireworks.” Albertson’s, WalMart, and Smith’s stores have stopped selling fireworks in the state. Taos, with wildfires raging nearby, has canceled its fireworks display.

Global Warming Hates The Fourth Of July | ThinkProgress

The AVERAGE for burned acres a year is a range from 2 Million to 5 million Acres. We are not even past the high number for average.

As for burn bans, been done before and I am SURE they will be done again. Didn't one of you weenies claim that MORE water would be in the sky because of global warming? Floods and rising seas are supposed to occur right? But now you are claiming anything and everything is somehow connected to the non existent evidence you have that man is even causing the warming.

During the winter you poo pooed every thread that listed record colds, record snow and such claiming that what happened in America was not global so of no import. Now you have threads on supposed high temperatures in the US only and fires and droughts, again in the US only.

You DO NOT get to have it both ways. Either local is local and not global or it is. Since YOU keep posting this crap we have to assume you believe local patterns are important and that during the winter you simply LIED when you claimed extreme cold and snowfall records were unimportant.

 

[skookerasbil]

As fossil fuel pollution heats the planet, one of the casualties is the traditional celebration of the founding of the United States. The record droughts, floods, and storms fueled by global warming are causing widespread bans on fireworks and the cancellation of numerous municipal firework displays, even a celebration for our soldiers in Oklahoma:

There will be no fireworks this year exploding over Fort Sill in Lawton. The U.S. Army base’s Independence Day celebration and concert will go on as planned Saturday, but its fireworks have been canceled. A fire that started on a base firing range last week burned across 5,500 acres before it was contained. Thirteen homes were destroyed and 1,500 people had to be evacuated.

Firework shows from Texas to Massachusetts have been canceled because of the deadly climate conditions:

In Oklahoma, 36 counties suffering from extreme to exceptional drought have issued burn bans, which include a prohibition on fireworks except for public displays.

In Kansas, fireworks have been banned in Dodge City and surrounding rural areas due to the extreme drought.

In Louisiana, fireworks have been banned in Shreveport and neighboring Bossier because of extreme heat and drought.

In Texas, 170 counties have fireworks bans, including all of metropolitan Houston. Nearly all of Texas has burn bans as well. Because of the extreme drought, Fourth of July fireworks displays have been canceled in Texas towns large and small: San Antonio, Austin, Amarillo, Lubbock, Plainview, Magnolia, Tomball, DeSoto, Woodlands, Roman Forest, and Patton Village.

In Arizona, authorities have banned fireworks from Flagstaff in the north to Tucson, Douglas and Sierra Vista in the south.

In New Mexico, Gov. Susana Martinez (R-NM) has said that there is “absolutely no reason to buy, sell or use personal fireworks.” She has declared a “state of emergency in New Mexico regarding the use of fireworks.” Albertson’s, WalMart, and Smith’s stores have stopped selling fireworks in the state. Taos, with wildfires raging nearby, has canceled its fireworks display.

Global Warming Hates The Fourth Of July | ThinkProgress

The AVERAGE for burned acres a year is a range from 2 Million to 5 million Acres. We are not even past the high number for average.

As for burn bans, been done before and I am SURE they will be done again. Didn't one of you weenies claim that MORE water would be in the sky because of global warming? Floods and rising seas are supposed to occur right? But now you are claiming anything and everything is somehow connected to the non existent evidence you have that man is even causing the warming.

During the winter you poo pooed every thread that listed record colds, record snow and such claiming that what happened in America was not global so of no import. Now you have threads on supposed high temperatures in the US only and fires and droughts, again in the US only.

You DO NOT get to have it both ways. Either local is local and not global or it is. Since YOU keep posting this crap we have to assume you believe local patterns are important and that during the winter you simply LIED when you claimed extreme cold and snowfall records were unimportant.

s0n.......hate to break it to you, but your side is losing in epic fashion in 2011. True Believers like you are becomming like relics of a former era because the majority are finally aware that there is an agenda behind this climate hysteria crap. Thats why you dont see dick coming from DC in the form of climate legislation. Shit is radioactive politically............because the science is now seen as bogus and agenda driven.

But I must say......watching old mofu's like you get all hysterical about this BS is fascinating. Where the fcukk along the way did you snap?

Oh......by the way.........you forgot to mention the tornado's from this past spring...........clearly a phenomenon thats never occurred before 2011!!

 

[RetiredGySgt]

As fossil fuel pollution heats the planet, one of the casualties is the traditional celebration of the founding of the United States. The record droughts, floods, and storms fueled by global warming are causing widespread bans on fireworks and the cancellation of numerous municipal firework displays, even a celebration for our soldiers in Oklahoma:

There will be no fireworks this year exploding over Fort Sill in Lawton. The U.S. Army base’s Independence Day celebration and concert will go on as planned Saturday, but its fireworks have been canceled. A fire that started on a base firing range last week burned across 5,500 acres before it was contained. Thirteen homes were destroyed and 1,500 people had to be evacuated.

Firework shows from Texas to Massachusetts have been canceled because of the deadly climate conditions:

In Oklahoma, 36 counties suffering from extreme to exceptional drought have issued burn bans, which include a prohibition on fireworks except for public displays.

In Kansas, fireworks have been banned in Dodge City and surrounding rural areas due to the extreme drought.

In Louisiana, fireworks have been banned in Shreveport and neighboring Bossier because of extreme heat and drought.

In Texas, 170 counties have fireworks bans, including all of metropolitan Houston. Nearly all of Texas has burn bans as well. Because of the extreme drought, Fourth of July fireworks displays have been canceled in Texas towns large and small: San Antonio, Austin, Amarillo, Lubbock, Plainview, Magnolia, Tomball, DeSoto, Woodlands, Roman Forest, and Patton Village.

In Arizona, authorities have banned fireworks from Flagstaff in the north to Tucson, Douglas and Sierra Vista in the south.

In New Mexico, Gov. Susana Martinez (R-NM) has said that there is “absolutely no reason to buy, sell or use personal fireworks.” She has declared a “state of emergency in New Mexico regarding the use of fireworks.” Albertson’s, WalMart, and Smith’s stores have stopped selling fireworks in the state. Taos, with wildfires raging nearby, has canceled its fireworks display.

Global Warming Hates The Fourth Of July | ThinkProgress

The AVERAGE for burned acres a year is a range from 2 Million to 5 million Acres. We are not even past the high number for average.

As for burn bans, been done before and I am SURE they will be done again. Didn't one of you weenies claim that MORE water would be in the sky because of global warming? Floods and rising seas are supposed to occur right? But now you are claiming anything and everything is somehow connected to the non existent evidence you have that man is even causing the warming.

During the winter you poo pooed every thread that listed record colds, record snow and such claiming that what happened in America was not global so of no import. Now you have threads on supposed high temperatures in the US only and fires and droughts, again in the US only.

You DO NOT get to have it both ways. Either local is local and not global or it is. Since YOU keep posting this crap we have to assume you believe local patterns are important and that during the winter you simply LIED when you claimed extreme cold and snowfall records were unimportant.

s0n.......hate to break it to you, but your side is losing in epic fashion in 2011. True Believers like you are becomming like relics of a former era because the majority are finally aware that there is an agenda behind this climate hysteria crap. Thats why you dont see dick coming from DC in the form of climate legislation. Shit is radioactive politically............because the science is now seen as bogus and agenda driven.

But I must say......watching old mofu's like you get all hysterical about this BS is fascinating. Where the fcukk along the way did you snap?

Oh......by the way.........you forgot to mention the tornado's from this past spring...........clearly a phenomenon thats never occurred before 2011!!

You quoted me and say I support man made global warming? I suggest you REREAD what I posted.

 

[Chris]

Texas is now nine months into one of the worst droughts in recorded state history, and it shows no signs of abating. That's bad news for city dwellers who must use ever less water for their lawns, but it's worse for wildlife and fish, which find their habitats drying up.

The drought has made things "very difficult in lots of ways for wildlife," said Kirby Brown, an official with the Texas Wildlife Association, a landowner and hunter group.

Even if they can find water, the animals may have trouble getting enough food, as trees and plants suffer from the lack of moisture. In West Texas, one of the worst-hit areas, local newspapers have reported animals creeping into cities in search of insects in people's lawns and other nourishment.

Driest period: February through June. The state average was 4.26 inches of rain. The second-driest was in 1917, with 6.45 inches.

Probable driest 12 months: If the state gets an average 2 inches or less this month, August through July will be the driest on record.

Hottest June: The average high of 85.2 broke the record of 84.9 set in 1953. (D/FW Airport's average was 86.8.)

Drought putting intense pressure on Texas game, other wildlife | State | News from Fort ...