Extreme and Exceptional Drought Continues To Blanket Most of Missouri and Kansas

[MadHound]

6. Mid Missouri here,

We've got two inches and counting from the remnants of Isaac. It's too little, and far too late to save the crops in this state, but it just might save the trees and other non-crop foliage.

We need a wet fall and a snowy winter in order to recharge the subsoil and the aquifer system in the region. We also need a normal to wet summer next year. If we continue with this drought, a large part of the country is going to turn into the dust bowl.

This year was bad, a disaster, but it can be recovered from. But if this becomes the new normal, then a lot of people, even far from this region, are in a lot of trouble.