Who is affected, by DROUGHT?

[bobgnote]

The US is affected:

State of the Climate | Drought | June 2012

Based on the Palmer Drought Index, severe to extreme drought affected about 33 percent of the contiguous United States as of the end of June 2012, an increase of about 10 percent from last month. About 4 percent of the contiguous U.S. fell in the severely to extremely wet categories.

About 55 percent of the contiguous U.S. fell in the moderate to extreme drought categories (based on the Palmer Drought Index) at the end of June.

On a broad scale, the 1980s and 1990s were characterized by unusual wetness with short periods of extensive droughts, the 1930s and 1950s were characterized by prolonged periods of extensive droughts with little wetness, and the first decade of the 2000s saw extensive drought and extensive wetness (moderate to extreme drought graphic, severe to extreme drought graphic).

A file containing the national monthly percent area severely dry and wet from 1900 to present is available for the severe to extreme and moderate to extreme categories.
Historical temperature, precipitation, and Palmer drought data from 1895 to present for climate divisions, states, and regions in the contiguous U.S. are available at the Climate Division: Temperature-Precipitation-Drought Data page. These filenames begin with "drd964x" and end with "txt".

According to the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor , about 56 percent of the contiguous U.S. (about 47 percent of the U.S. including Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico) was classified as experiencing moderate to exceptional (D1-D4) drought at the end of June.

Crops are going to be affected. We will pay higher prices, for food.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

We never had droughts before the invention of the Internal Combustion Engine.

Not Once.

Not ever.

 

[Dr.House]

We never had droughts before the invention of the Internal Combustion Engine.

Not Once.

Not ever.

Droughts are a new invention, created by the GOP to bring despair amongst the flaming liberals....

 

[skookerasbil]

This topic is a bit too dry for me.

 

[Old Rocks]

CHICAGO, July 20 (Reuters) - U.S. corn and soybeans rose to record highs on Friday, extending the biggest gains in 2-1/2 years, as scorching temperatures and a relentless drought baked crops in America's heartland, including top producing states Iowa and Illinois.

Expected crop shortfalls and surging prices, with corn and soybean posting their fifth straight week of gains, prompted the United Nations agriculture agency to talk of a "serious situation" though not yet a food crisis.

The new-crop contracts for each crop jumped 2 percent to contract highs at the Chicago Board of Trade, with the extreme drought conditions forecast to continue through early August, a time when soybeans are most vulnerable.

"Everything today is focused on the weather for soybeans," said Karl Setzer, analyst at MaxYield Cooperative in West Bend, Iowa. "Historically, August is when the soy yield is determined, but because everything is early this year, we are seeing the buying interest show up earlier."

GRAINS-US corn, soy hit record highs as heat bakes crops | Reuters

 

[idb]

That reminds me, my lawns need mowed.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Liberals can control the weather. It true! It's in all of their models!

 

[rightwinger]

Best I can tell it is most of the Red states that are affected by the drought

How long before they realize that their blockage of Global Warming legislation is only making their lives worse?

We Blue states have plenty of water

 

[skookerasbil]

Best I can tell it is most of the Red states that are affected by the drought

How long before they realize that their blockage of Global Warming legislation is only making their lives worse?

We Blue states have plenty of water

s0n........you consistently display a level of naive that is beyond gone.............

"Global Warming Legislation" hasnt been uterred on either side of the aisle for years now. The topic is radioactive on Capitol Hill........even John Kerry said it recently for Christsakes.


Legislation is not happening because nobody gives a flying fuck......there are dozens of other legislation initiatives that people are more concerned about.


Dude.....you have the political IQ of a small soap dish.

 

[bobgnote]

Duh, yup. Sucksassandballs is SMART. Duh, yup!

How about some more swell pictures, suck? Your links aren't too impressive.

 

[Big Black Dog]

Pretty dry here in northwestern Illinois. Our corn, along with all our other farming friends, is beginning to look pretty bad. Need rain - about 4 or 5 inches really soon.

 

[Luissa]

No drought here.. We had a crazy storm yesterday morning and afternoon. It has been muggy this summer, something that usually doesn't last around here.

 

[bobgnote]

If you post drought information, a good idea is to include basic location information, like Black Dog did.

THAT way, we can sort your information, with media reports, to get good information.

 

[Caroljo]

We're in the severe drought area in SW Michigan. We had some pretty good rain night before last...but not even close to what we need! Now there isn't any predicted in our area for several days again.....had the HEAT! I don't remember ever having so many upper 90 degree weather, and have had 3 or 4 days of 100 or a little higher!

 

[Dot Com]

I also heard a farmer in Illinois say his corn crop was only 2/3rds as tall as it usually is.

 

[signelect]

We all are effected. Food prices are going up as we speak. We had the worst drought in Houston last year and although we have gotten a lot of rain this year it it still bad. I grew up in the panhandle in the late 40's and early 50's. Does anybody remember the dirt storms of the dust bowl. We would be the sky turn brown hours before the storm would it. I still think Al Gore must be behind this somewhere.

 

[Trakar]

We all are effected. Food prices are going up as we speak. We had the worst drought in Houston last year and although we have gotten a lot of rain this year it it still bad. I grew up in the panhandle in the late 40's and early 50's. Does anybody remember the dirt storms of the dust bowl. We would be the sky turn brown hours before the storm would it. I still think Al Gore must be behind this somewhere.

LOL, actually, he was "ahead" of it, in that these are the types of issues he foresaw in the nation's future when he started sounding the alarm. Not that such took any real insight or intelligence, all he was doing (aside from making it seem quite boring) was repeating what the published science stated.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

This will have BIG consequences ob all kinds of food products this fall. The corn crop will be way down...and corn is in everything.

 

[rightwinger]

This will have BIG consequences ob all kinds of food products this fall. The corn crop will be way down...and corn is in everything.

What will happen if they face drought in eight of the next ten years?

Ready to stop resisting global warming legislation or will you need a drought of a thousand years before you are convinced?

 

[skookerasbil]

This will have BIG consequences ob all kinds of food products this fall. The corn crop will be way down...and corn is in everything.

What will happen if they face drought in eight of the next ten years?

Ready to stop resisting global warming legislation or will you need a drought of a thousand years before you are convinced?

meh


s0n.......you need to get off the PC and go get a beer. Is there anything you dont worry about? And for spending 16 hours a day on the PC, how the fuck do you end up so fucking naive?