Bone Dry

[Bird]

The first 6 months of the year, we got an incredible amount of rain. In June, I got over 16" which put us at nearly 42" for the year. The newspaper said the DFW airport got 5.54" in July, but I only got 1.3" at my house. And so far this month I've gotten maybe .12". Tropical storm Erin flooded the San Antonio and Houston areas, apparently went around us, and flooded parts of Oklahoma. About .08" of the .12" I've gotten this month was Saturday afternoon, so I guess that was from Erin. Anyway, I'm watering the yard this morning . . . again.

 

[N80]

This year started off pretty good for us. We'e been in a relative drought for several years now but this spring and early summer the rains were spaced out very nicely. We weren't getting high totals but getting it when we needed it. And like others have mentioned, we hit late July/ early August and it just quit.

My yard is dry and cracked.

My dad tells a story that when we lived in Mississippi delta in the early 60's that there was a drought so bad that the ground had cracks in it so big that yard bird chicks were falling in them and dying. Sounds like a tall tale to me.

 

[schmism]

hot and dry in STL/southern IL....

getting rain today from left over Erin is rolling up from the Southwest...

In the past 6 weeks ive had a sum total of about a little over .5" in my rain guage.... usually a 1/10 at a time...

ground hard and cracked, grass is dorment, except for the stuff over the drain feild, i have a perfect 6' diam dead brown circle in my front yard... only have about 4-6" of dirt cover on the septic tank lid

 

[Loader]

lol

 

[3RRL]

I am in the Southern Sierra Nevada mountain range in California. It is usually hot and dry this time of year. We didn't get the snow pack like last year so our rivers are lower than normal. We have our own hard rock well and plenty of water though. Last year we had excessive 110F weather in the Summer, getting as high as 117F. Interestingly enough, this year the Summer is milder but still dry, of course. We have had a number of weeks in the mid to high 80's, like just this last weekend. It's usually over 100F in July and August and parts of September. I hope you (and us) get some rain soon.

 

[jimg]

Was just looking at the drought info for my area of TN and noticed its in the 'exceptional' zone. Hmmmm....hope we get the predicted rain this coming w/e.

Its odd how the grass goes dormant but the weeds continue to thrive.

 

[Tdog]

Yep, jimg, the 'exceptional' label is being used for a swath of the southeast, from Alabama through western Georgia & up into Tennessee.

And a first: Nothing in Texas shows up on the Drought Monitor!

Jack

 

[N80]

There is a band of thunderstorms headed this way this afternoon. It looks like it has made it past the mountains and looks like it may dip down into Rock Hill where I live. I hope it gets here. Unfortunately it will not come far enough south to get my property where my cabin and tractor are. I haven't been there in 4 weeks. I bet its a dust bowl.

 

[wushaw]

Yep, jimg, the 'exceptional' label is being used for a swath of the southeast, from Alabama through western Georgia & up into Tennessee.

And a first: Nothing in Texas shows up on the Drought Monitor!

Jack

I've got cracks up to an inch wide everywhere and I'm just south of Dallas.

I haven't had more than a trace in over a month.

 

[jimg]

N80...its raining cats/dog and blowing to beat the band in NC right now. Holy smoke...the pines look ready to snap off. LOL...its been a while since Ive seen sideways rain (or rain for that matter). Now, if we could shift that W a few hundred miles....looks like the WBIR w/e forecast is calling for a fairly good chance of rain. Hope that pans out!