{"id":145,"date":"2012-05-13T10:56:59","date_gmt":"2012-05-13T14:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/protracted-extreme-drought-us-drought-monitor-2012-05-08.html"},"modified":"2012-05-13T10:56:59","modified_gmt":"2012-05-13T14:56:59","slug":"protracted-extreme-drought-us-drought-monitor-2012-05-08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/protracted-extreme-drought-us-drought-monitor-2012-05-08.html","title":{"rendered":"Protracted extreme drought: U.S. Drought Monitor, 2012-05-08"},"content":{"rendered":"

Acording to U.S. Drought Monitor<\/a>, drought throughout south Georgia and surrounding areas is either extreme or exceptional, and has been for months.<\/p>\n

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Here you can see detail for Georgia:<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"\"<\/a> They also have a twelve week animation<\/a> which shows that conditions got a little better in March with the rains, and then got back to as dry as they were before. They also have a 52 week animation,<\/a> in which you can see that south Georgia has been out of Extreme drought only a few weeks at a time, and then only into Severe drought. Much of south Georgia has been in Exceptional drought much of the past year.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> According to droughtmonitor’s legend<\/a>, the worst kind of drought (Exceptional) has become increasingly common in recent months.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> What does Exceptional mean? For example, when east Texas was having an Exceptional drought last fall, 25,000 acres burned along with almost 500 homes.<\/a><\/p>\n

South Georgia has mostly been in Extreme or Severe drought for the past year. Those terms appear to be drawn from the Palmer Drought Index<\/a>, which is about how different local moisture is from typical local conditions. OK, but what effects do such levels of drought have? According to Droughtreporter.unl.edu<\/a>, in Georgia drought effects at the moment include “Relief, Response & Restrictions” and “Water Supply & Quality”. Water supply is related to groundwater levels being at historically low levels<\/a> during the past year. That affects everything from agriculture to industry, not to mention increasing the likelihood of municipal water restrictions. Also silviculture: trees don’t grow as well without water as they do with it.<\/p>\n

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