Acording to U.S. Drought Monitor, drought throughout south Georgia and surrounding areas is either extreme or exceptional, and has been for months.
Here you can see detail for Georgia:
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Groundwater levels: red
In case anybody thinks the recent rains have done away with the drought in Georgia, take a look at this USGS map of groundwater levels today:
South Georgia, all red and orange. Here’s more detail.
It’s also worth remembering that while our Floridan Aquifer does recharge somewhat, that much of its water has been there since the last ice age. So if we keep mining water at a rapid rate, the aquifer will keep falling.
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Rain in light
We like rain:
And a video:
Rain at Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia.
Picture and video by Gretchen Quarterman, 16 November 2011.
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Windowfall
You don’t see this every day:
Rain pouring through window, Nashville, Tennessee, 2 May 2010.
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Streaks of Rain
Hearing from neighbors of amounts of rain last night from 1 to 1.5 inches
across only about 30 miles, I wondered what patterns it made.
This interesting precipitation map from National Weather Service shows
streaks of rain, with people a few miles apart getting different amounts.
Not surprisingly, they resemble radar maps from last night.
Swamp full; dog happy
Why yes, the swamp is full, and the dog is happy about it:
This picture doesn’t demonstrate that the dog can swim, because our boots weren’t that tall.
In any case, thanks to 9 inches of rain from tropical storm Fay.
Pictures by Gretchen.
Cypress Swamp: Dry, Filling….
Here’s a dry cypress swamp, with human for scale (hi Clayton):
That was on Monday 18 August. Here’s the same swamp on Saturday, 23 August, after 4 inches of rain from tropical storm Fay, this time with human and dog for scale:
Fay dropped 5 more inches of rain on the swamp since then. Stay tuned to see if the dog can swim.
Pictures by Gretchen.