Texas drought

[texman]

As much of the hearttland struggles to find a way to get rid of water much of Texas struggles to find a way to get water. My records show this to be a 34 month dry spell in East Texas thus far, short an inch of water every month and this year short an inch of water every week almost. Many precipitation records have been broken that were from the 20 s, and some even going back to 1895. It s so dry my neighbor caught a three pound catfish and he had barely learned how to swim. Lots of the panhandle has received only 68/100 s of an inch of rain this year. Next year I am going to do only small raised bed gardening as I can only fight this dry spell so long, no more fields of peas, corn and watermelons for me. Whats it like in your neck of the woods?

[Tate]

Originally Posted by texman

As much of the hearttland struggles to find a way to get rid of water much of Texas struggles to find a way to get water. My records show this to be a 34 month dry spell in East Texas thus far, short an inch of water every month and this year short an inch of water every week almost. Many precipitation records have been broken that were from the 20 s, and some even going back to 1895. It s so dry my neighbor caught a three pound catfish and he had barely learned how to swim. Lots of the panhandle has received only 68/100 s of an inch of rain this year. Next year I am going to do only small raised bed gardening as I can only fight this dry spell so long, no more fields of peas, corn and watermelons for me. Whats it like in your neck of the woods?

I think we are down like 15 inches for the year compared to the average rainfall. The ten day forecast does show some potential for rain. Time to try the Hopi rain dance. I see big oak trees dying all over the place...

Also an East Texan here - yeah, you're not kidding. We're having trouble keeping some of our perennial flowers (varieties that are drought tolerant.....) from dying. The drip irrigation system mtbikernate put in this year is helping, but we keep finding sections of flowers and native grasses that need the water right now.

And the myrtles I planted earlier this spring look dead now. *sigh*

We thought we put the tomatoes in at the right time, but we're not getting any fruits. The plants themselves are pretty tall, and we planted them about a week before the last frost. Last year we got a LOAD of tomatoes, and had to plant them later in the season, because it was so cold so late into the spring last year.

Oh well. Hopefully the rain comes soon. The water bill is.....um, yeah......

[lalbers]

Dry dry dry here in NM also. No measurable precip here since sometime last year. When I walk Della through the forest, she puts up rooster tails of dust. Wild fires burning everywhere- not here yet, thank goodness, but we're preparing. On the news last night- 3% humidity.....

[tracydr]

1-2% humidity in AZ. Biggest wildfire ever, plus three others. Not looking good.

[Hairy Moose Knuckles]

Yes Sir, I'm right up HWY 31 from ya and my garden is toast except for Okra, Cantaloupes, and a few tomatoes that I am hand watering. Worst season I've had in awhile!

[A.Lawler]

NWS says that Brownsville currently is breaking records for lowest rainfall since they starting keeping records here in 1878. From Oct. 1 2010 to date we've had 2.97", breaking the old record for same period of 5.29" back in 1903.
And no end in sight...

[Gemini Jim]

Originally Posted by lalbers

Dry dry dry here in NM also. No measurable precip here since sometime last year. When I walk Della through the forest, she puts up rooster tails of dust. Wild fires burning everywhere- not here yet, thank goodness, but we're preparing. On the news last night- 3% humidity.....

Not sure I've ever experienced anything like 3% humidity! Have my basement dehumidifier set at 45%!

[Imp]

We are in the 15 or 18th straight days of well over 100 degrees in a row days. Also got a light smattering, quite scant, of rain the other day, the first rain since December of last year to hit here.

On the interesting side, I have a tomato plant that has set a fruit in this weather....if it matures fruit, I'll save from the plants that set anything in this hot weather.

I'm dreading July, and August this year.

[TastyofHasty]

I am so sorry for y'all.

I HATE drought! Makes you feel so helpless, you just watch your plants withering.

We had a few weeks of "dry," then thank God, it rained hard, twice.