Hi Tina,
At least I'm not dealing with a garden, as you are. We had two claps of
thunder, and sprinkles on the windshield in the last hour, but the red stuff
on the radar is missing us again.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Tina Manley" <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Results of Two-Month Drouth
> Same drought here in South Carolina. We keep seeing chances of scattered
> afternoon thunderstorms, but you can watch the weather map and they all
> split and go around York County. We have had almost no rain in 4 months.
> I'm keeping my tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, blueberries, blackberries,
> grapes, pears, and apples alive by spending one day a week watering them.
> We have a well that I hope holds out and a pond that the ducks and geese
> appreciate!
>
> The temperature was 103 for most of the afternoon today.
>
> We may have to switch to Central American crops like mangoes and bananas
> if
> this keeps up!!
>
> Tina
>
> On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> We have had no effective rainfall since the first of April. In addition
>> to the impact on our lawns and trees, the reservoir that supplies our
>> water
>> is also very low, because there has been no rain in the watershed area
>> that
>> feeds it. These images give an idea of our current conditions.
>>
>> Typical lawn grass, burned by the sun, and lack of rain:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Grass.jpg.html
>>
>> Our Tulip Poplars, planted to replace lost oak trees, have gone into
>> emergency mode:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Leaves+on+Ground.jpg.html
>>
>> The leaves remaining on the larger Poplar are about 50% brown:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Tulip+Poplar+75.jpg.html
>>
>> The smaller Poplar shows the overall impact of the drouth:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Tulip+Poplar+77.jpg.html
>>
>> If anyone knows a rainmaker, please send contact info. :~(
>>
>>
>
>
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