[Homestead] Forget oil and housing, let's talk about water...
EarthNSky
erthnsky at bellsouth.net
Sat Oct 20 13:58:09 EDT 2007
Gene GeRue wrote:
> My point is that all parts of the US have been and will forever be
> subject to recurring cycles of varying climatic conditions, including
> precipitation, whether as snow or rain.
> Absolutely. My area here in south-central Missouri is about seven
> inches below normal as I write this. Down here in the bottom of a
> hollow my grass is green from recent rain and the stream is normal
> for this time of year but in the trenches I have been digging, the
> ground below is dry. The North Georgia area has a recorded history of
> quite a bit more annual rainfall that Southern Missouri, I believe.
> Here, the average has been about forty to forty-five inches per year.
> What is it in Northern Georgia?
It's 56 inches here. That's more than Seattle, in case anyone is
wondering.
I can't remember a year without some drought. I think we have been 5-12
inches below normal for the past five or so years. What I am hoping is
that people realize that there is a tipping point, for the lack of a
better word, where suddenly, drought worsen dramatically, and there is
no recharge in the water supply. What was a mild inconvenience becomes
a major disaster in the blink of an eye. I actually still have 2 tanks
of rainwater, but if the drought continues, I may have to use it sooner
than planned.
>
> Climatologists predict that global warming conditions will include
> greater precipitation at the poles and diminished precipitation in
> the subtropical areas. Haven't got a globe with me, does someone know
> to which are we closer, the poles or equator? I am guessing the latter.
There's 90 degrees between the pole and the equator. 45 is halfway. I
think NYC is around 45 degrees. What's your latitude? We are at
34.498N, closer to the equator. My guess is that you are around 35 or
36, too.
Bev
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