[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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