Summer may be finally over as high temperatures will drop into the 80s early next week. It hasn’t rained here for over three weeks. Hopefully that will change tonight as storms are expected in the area. We got some at work Tuesday morning but none of it fell here at home just 10 miles awayContinue reading “Cool down”
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Spring out again
For the second time in less than a year the spring by my house has run dry. I have not been there for two weeks and it was a trickle then. It has not been flowing for most of that time because the pool of water below the pipe is gone and the exposed groundContinue reading “Spring out again”
In case you thought we weren’t in a drought
Our local area is still in a severe or extreme drought. For those who don’t read droughtmonitor.unl.edu or drive by any local streams, every water supplier in the area has declared a drought watch or emergency. The major difference is between you should use less water and you shall not wash your car or waterContinue reading “In case you thought we weren’t in a drought”
The other other drought monitor
Nothing has changed at droughtmonitor.unl.edu. The spring has not changed since Tuesday. There is one other method of determining how dry things are locally. For the first time, I have dipped into my stored water supply to water my plants. Some people like me do collect rainwater as a supplement to rainfall. It also helpsContinue reading “The other other drought monitor”
The other drought monitor
The website droughtmonitor.unl.edu is one way to tell if the local area is in drought mode. Another is to check the local spring about fifty yards from my house. The flow rate varies widely and has been known to dry up completely. This morning I went to fill a jug for my container plants. TheContinue reading “The other drought monitor”
Short and long drought
Long term we are still in severe drought. Recent rains have moistened the ground but have done nothing to relieve the long term drought. So even though we are in severe drought status, I never had to water the garden until yesterday. With no rain in the forecast I will probably do the same tomorrowContinue reading “Short and long drought”
Letting the heat out of the heat dome
Here along the Kansas-Oklahoma border we have managed to escape the heat waves taking over the Southwest and the East Coast. It’s hot enough, but not the usual 100 degrees it should be. The medium term weather forecast calls for some cooling and then back to near 100 degrees. Now if can just get aContinue reading “Letting the heat out of the heat dome”
Still in Drought
According to droughtmonitor.unl.edu we are still in severe drought I spite of the fact that we have had at least a half an inch of rain every week for the last six weeks. I would tend to doubt the website, but I went to the local spring and found out the flow rate has droppedContinue reading “Still in Drought”
Still in drought
In spite of the rain we have received over the past three weeks, we are still in severe drought status according to droughtmonitor.unl.edu. The corn is head high as it should be on the fourth of July. The recent wheat harvest is a mixed bag of nuts. Weight and protein content are high, but there’sContinue reading “Still in drought”
Drought downgraded
According to droughtmonitor.unl.edu most of Montgomery County has gone from extreme to severe drought. The local rivers are filling from runoff well to the north, but the local creeks barely have any water in them. The local spring is flowing at about two gallons a minute, a slight imorovement.
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