Category Archives: weather

Sprouting Longleaf

Thousands of these all over the woods:

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Many people think it takes fire to make longleaf produce seeds. These pictured seedlings came from a tree that hasn’t had fire near it for more than ten years. So why so many seedlings this year? Continue reading →

Road Closings, Lowndes County, Georgia

Roads closed in Lowndes County, Georgia, as of 9:38 a.m April 6th, according to the Valdosta Daily Times. This map shows locations and terrain. It’s a Google map, so it’s interactive: you can zoom and pan and change to satellite view, street map, street view, etc. Some of the locations are guesstimates from the cryptic descriptions in the VDT article. The one green blob is the one reopening mentioned in the article: “North Valdosta Road Withlacoochee River Bridge opened at 10 p.m. Sunday.”


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Lowndes County state of emergency; Valdosta flooded

County Chairman declares emergency so county can use local ordinances.

Valdosta flooded; residents canoing around streets.

I wonder if anybody will draw a connection between all the tree cutting and paving of recent years and this flooding, which is at least partly due to increased runoff because of those things.

Swamp Still Full, Dog Ecstatic

Fay filled the swamp, but it’s been a week now, so time to check. Why yes, the swamp is still full, and the dog is ecstatic?

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Picture by Gretchen, 7 Sep 2008

How do you tell when a 100 pound Rotweiller is ecstatic? When she turns into an alligator.

The water is down a couple of inches as you can see by the watermarks, but it’s still pretty full.