Thread: Drought Of 2011: The Southern United States Is Desperate

Drought Of 2011: The Southern United States Is Desperate For Rain As The Middle Part Of The Country Continues To Get Scorched

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2011 sure has been a wild year for America so far. First we had unprecedented tornado outbreaks, then we had horrific flooding along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, then we had record setting wildfires and now we are facing a crippling drought all over the southern United States. From Arizona all the way to Georgia there are vast areas that have been declared to be experiencing "exceptional drought" by the National Weather Service. Crop failures are widespread and ranchers are having a very difficult time trying to feed their cattle. If the southern United States does not receive a significant amount of rain soon, the drought of 2011 is going to be one of biggest natural disasters that we have seen in a long, long time.

Right now, approximately 29 percent of the country is experiencing some level of drought. About 12 percent of the U.S. is experiencing "exceptional drought", which is the highest level of drought. The combination of very little rain and scorching heat over much of the nation has been absolutely devastating. Many areas have been dealing with high temperatures in the 90s and the low triple digits for weeks.

Between October and June, the state of Texas experienced one of the driest stretches ever recorded. Already, the drought of 2011 is considered to be the third-worst drought ever experienced in Texas.

Currently, approximately 72 percent of the state of Texas is dealing with "exceptional drought" conditions. It has been estimated that 30 percent of the wheat fields in Texas will be lost. Agricultural losses from the drought of 2011 are projected to be $3 billion in the state of Texas alone.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has already designated all 254 counties in the state of Texas as natural disaster areas. The farmers and ranchers down there are going through hell right now.

But Texas is not alone. Most of Arizona, all of New Mexico, all of Oklahoma, most of Arkansas, all of Louisiana, most of Mississippi, most of Alabama, most of Georgia, most of Florida, most of South Carolina and most of North Carolina are also dealing with drought conditions.

This drought is hitting many of our most significant agricultural areas. If we don't get a significant amount of rain in some of these areas soon the losses are going to be catastrophic.

At this point, Oklahoma has just had 28 percent of the rainfall that it normally gets during the summer. Many other areas are experiencing similar problems.

Just check out the map below. The areas that are the darkest are the areas that are experiencing "exceptional drought"....

Needless to say, the drought of 2011 is absolutely devastating a lot of hard working farmers and ranchers.

A recent article posted on CNBC described some of the effects that this drought is having on farmers....

"The heat and the drought are so bad in this southwest corner of Georgia that hogs can barely eat. Corn, a lucrative crop with a notorious thirst, is burning up in fields. Cotton plants are too weak to punch through soil so dry it might as well be pavement."

So what is going to happen if this drought continues for the rest of the summer?

Ranchers are also having a very hard time right now. All over Texas, as pastures die off ranchers are selling their herds because soon they will not be able to feed them any longer.

Right now cattle are being slaughtered in record numbers due to the drought. But after all of these cattle are gone will we be facing a cattle shortage?

Thanks to the recent wildfires and the tremendous drought, it is getting very difficult for ranchers to feed their cattle. Just check out the following statistics from a recent article in the Christian Science Monitor....

Most Texas pasture and range lands – 86 percent – are currently “poorâ€

As this nation prepares to completely lift homosexual marriage within the ranks of the US Military, it also teeters on the edge of a Depression of Biblical proportion, with historic earthquakes, drought, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes and all forms of natural destruction converging on this once great land at the same time.

God is not pleased.

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SCORCH: HIGH TEMPS TO LAST WEEKS...
http://abcnews.go.com/US/heat-dome-22-d ... d=14122090

Now covers 1 million sq miles...
http://www.witn.com/nationalworld/headl ... 37073.html

TEMP MAP...
http://vortex.plymouth.edu/usheat.gif

Slaughterhouses full capacity...
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2011/07/18/drou ... -may-jump/

Tens Of Thousands Of Turkeys Roasted...
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2011/07/2 ... a-turkeys/

Originally Posted by HAPPY2BME

As this nation prepares to completely lift homosexual marriage within the ranks of the US Military, it also teeters on the edge of a Depression of Biblical proportion, with historic earthquakes, drought, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes and all forms of natural destruction converging on this once great land at the same time.

God is not pleased.

God is NOT pleased!

This is a bad time with all the flooding in the spring farmers couldnt plant crops on time had to sell their livestock because they had nothing to eat now with drought what crops that where planted are burnig up in the fields and what livestock that was kept now being sold cause of no food and no hay to feed them.All of this is going to efect food prices to consumers that are already hurting from unemployment with little money to do anything with.I believe this is a wake up call from GOD.People better be ready and straighten up.The way things are in the world as a hole it cant last much longer.