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lastlib

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11. Flood would not be good!

Reply to xmas74 (Reply #9)

Fri Aug 31, 2012, 10:00 PM

Aug 2012

Until the grass & foliage recover enough to hold the soil well, too much rain would be disastrous for topsoil! We cannot afford to lose that! Heavy grazing will also be bad dinkum.

Plus side to the rain today, I saw a pair of wild turkeys in our pasture this evening! Haven't seen any since April! (And no deer since June!) Hoping the wildlife make a good recovery--this damn drought has been hard on them!

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Extreme and Exceptional Drought Continues To Blanket Most of Missouri and Kansas [View all] xmas74 Aug 2012 OP

I'm just East of KC... PsychGrad Aug 2012 #1

How far east? xmas74 Aug 2012 #2

my trees are slurping it in! lastlib Aug 2012 #4

check this thread: lastlib Aug 2012 #3

And I'm in the Johnson. xmas74 Aug 2012 #7

D4 here in Kansas. MuseRider Aug 2012 #5

Looks like he posted just below. xmas74 Aug 2012 #8

Mid Missouri here, MadHound Aug 2012 #6

I don't even want to think about another Dust Bowl! xmas74 Aug 2012 #9

I'm so glad we're all getting rain, MadHound Aug 2012 #10

Wet would be nice xmas74 Aug 2012 #13

Flood would not be good! lastlib Aug 2012 #11

You're correct about flooding, MadHound Aug 2012 #12

I have seen deer this summer xmas74 Aug 2012 #14

I am so happy you are getting some rain from this storm. MuseRider Sep 2012 #15

Nebraska could use some rain too. LiberalAndProud Sep 2012 #16

Similar pictures from around here. xmas74 Sep 2012 #21

Burn bans are a good thing. LiberalAndProud Sep 2012 #26

Living in a college town- xmas74 Sep 2012 #27

Any thoughts on whether this could move the heart of agriculture up into CANADA? Zalatix Sep 2012 #17

I think it depends on how long the drought lasts. LiberalAndProud Sep 2012 #18

Some signs it could: laundry_queen Sep 2012 #19

Bugs. Ugh. I hope fireants don't move up where I'm at... Zalatix Sep 2012 #24

Yeah, we're seeing things we haven't seen before. laundry_queen Sep 2012 #25

I don't know. xmas74 Sep 2012 #22

Kansas City here - good steady soaking last night, and into today, but not nearly enough hatrack Sep 2012 #20

I'm to the southeast of you xmas74 Sep 2012 #23