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xmas74

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23. I'm to the southeast of you

Reply to hatrack (Reply #20)

Sat Sep 1, 2012, 06:59 PM

Sep 2012

and it still hasn't let up. It started raining before 8 am yesterday and it still hasn't stopped as I'm typing.

Has it done any good? The ground is still hard and the cracks are more than visible. I will say that my freshly mopped kitchen floor is now a muddy mess, if that's any indicator.

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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