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 Tough Patooty
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Location: Sperry, OK | What a lot of people don't realize is.. we may have had snow and ice this winter, but it doesn't equate to waterfall. It takes 10" of snow to equal 1" of rain. So I live just North of Tulsa, OK. We had and inch or 3 total of snow this winter.. so really no moisture to help the soil conditions. We are still in a drought! |
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| ndiehl - 2014-03-20 1:09 PM bennie1 - 2014-03-20 12:54 PM rachellyn80 - 2014-03-20 12:41 PM LRQHS - 2014-03-20 12:30 PM Just wondering. We had a pretty wet winter. Thought everyone else did too. Some people are claiming "drought" when it's really over grazing of broodmares and babies in an operation that runs like a puppy mill for horses.Oh now that sheds light on something I had wondered about...; ) I wondered about that too 
You all are making me wonder about it too, but I don't know what it is I should be pondering here. I am clueless and unable to read between the lines here. Cliff note version please? |
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| Texas........ rain picked up east of I45 from north of Houston to barely reaching Dallas and headed for Louisiana .... good heavy rainfall and snows ... moisture all stayed in the east texas area ...
West of I45 spotty showers and ranch/farm land in trouble ........the area i35ish from Lubbock/Amarillo to Austin, San Antonio to Brownsville and west to Mexican border are parched and lakes are 70% dry ... ranchers have sold their cattle and everything is in dire shape ... except the golf courses ..
Oklahoma ... west of I35 to Okla City and due north is dry and bad news .... east of I35 and south of I 40 to Texas border is surviving and ranchers are decreasing the cattle numbers to Arkansas border .. the snow and sleet this area had was evaporated by the strong winds before it could soak into the ground ................ ......... I40 runs east and west dividing the state in half ... north of I40 has had rain when no one else has ... so from Okla City north of I 40 to Kansas border should be the greenest 1/3 part of Okla ...
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Location: Mountains of VA | bennie1 - 2014-03-20 12:54 PM rachellyn80 - 2014-03-20 12:41 PM LRQHS - 2014-03-20 12:30 PM Just wondering. We had a pretty wet winter. Thought everyone else did too. Some people are claiming "drought" when it's really over grazing of broodmares and babies in an operation that runs like a puppy mill for horses.Oh now that sheds light on something I had wondered about...; )
Whatever the reason - drought, over grazing or lack of hay.............there is a broodie I would love to have from the "drought" part of the state. |
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| I live just west of Houston and we have has so much rain this last 6 months our place has a hard time drying out. Just 1 inch will sit on top of the ground it is so saturated. Like a alot of places though, go 5 miles down the road and the good rains have missed them.
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 Go Your Own Way
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Location: SE KS | look at the USDA drought monitor, that will tell you. droughtmointor.unl.edu - or google USDA drought monitor.
I know in SE KS we are - did not receive enough moisture this winter - had a 2" rain the other n ight, and
it is gone, soaked down. |
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| I told my husband a couple months ago that even though everybody thinks we are fine, we better buy first cut hay before everybody realizes we arent going to get much and jacks the price way up again. The ground is still pretty dry even though weve had a lot of rain. It only comes in little spurts. :( |
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