Quick Update on U.S. Drought
As of August 1, roughly half of the counties in the United States are designated drought disaster areas by the Dept of Agriculture.
Total no. of counties - 3,143
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_statistics_of_the_United_States
No. counties declared disaster areas - 1,584
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2012/08/0260.xml&contentidonly=true
Added: Aug-2-2012 Occurred On: Aug-1-2012
By: joe prole
In: Regional News
Tags: Drought, conditions
Location: United States (load item map)
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By: joe prole
In: Regional News
Tags: Drought, conditions
Location: United States (load item map)
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Rain God, where u be?
Posted Aug-2-2012 Byhatemosquito (616.40) 
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@hatemosquito He's not here right now. Leave a message at the beep.
BEEP!
Posted Aug-2-2012 Bymoonpie69 (1048.60) moonpie69 View Channel Send Message
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@moonpie69 "The mailbox is full and cannot accept any messages at this time.Please try again later" :/
Posted Aug-2-2012 Byhatemosquito (616.40) 
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Be prepared for food shortages and increased prices.
Posted Aug-2-2012 Byjoe prole (1653.70) 
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@joe prole Gas is going to go up too, Unless they take the whole crop for fuel instead of food.
Posted Aug-2-2012 Bynewton (255.80) 
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@joe prole From numbers that I've seen, expected increase only ranges from 3-6%. Remember, ~15% of the U.S. food supply is imported, including ~50% of fresh fruits, ~20% of fresh vegetables and ~80% of seafood.
Posted Aug-2-2012 ByOne Ballock (422.80) One Ballock View Channel Send Message
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@One Ballock this drought will surely kill all of the seafood in the U.S. I'm glad we import it
Posted Aug-2-2012 Bybigoleboobs (671.04) 
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@bigoleboobs less rain means less freshwater flowing in the bays and estuaries. this means a higher salinity for bay and ocean water. it may not be catastrophic, but it will have an affect.
Posted Aug-2-2012 Byaureliusva (535.52) aureliusva View Channel Send Message
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We have nothing but rain. Here have some of ours.
Posted Aug-2-2012 Bypara001 (688.00) 
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Ill piss outside from now on. Maybe that will help.
Posted Aug-2-2012 Bymalicemizer (145.20) 
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@malicemizer Every little bit helps.....
Posted Aug-2-2012 Bymoonpie69 (1048.60) moonpie69 View Channel Send Message
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@moonpie69
Emphasis on 'little'
Posted Aug-2-2012 Byjoe prole (1653.70) 
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We've got all the rain over here - the wettest summer on record. Farmers can get the hay in as the ground is waterlogged,
Posted Aug-2-2012 Bytruebrit49 (272.32) 
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And congress wants to wait until September to do anything..
Should have seen them earlier.
They were wanting to just go home one member said.
WTF....Your given a job to do.. But you want to go home cause what you work to hard..
Give me a break.. People are going to loses their livelihood and they want to wait until after the break..
Posted Aug-2-2012 ByMyheavynuts (500.50) 
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What? didn't fucking frankie predict this?
Posted Aug-2-2012 ByLickMyDuck (540.90) 
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Watch out Canada... All yer glaciers are belong to us...
Posted Aug-2-2012 Byweada (492.10) 
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@weada
Not much hope, or water, from them.
http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/auth/english/maps/freshwater/distribution/glaciers
Posted Aug-2-2012 Byjoe prole (1653.70) 
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Good thing all those folks are rugged individuals and don't have any need for the government.....
*cough
Posted Aug-2-2012 ByPH-DEE (388.74) 
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Every food item containing corn syrup, which is in most processed foods, is going to cost more because of this drought. All soy products too. GMO doesn't protect against drought. This disaster is going to be hard to come out of. Not much leeway to manoeuver.
Posted Aug-2-2012 Bykhamomil (1583.94) 
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good luck we just had ten years of drought aint el-nino a bitch
Posted Aug-2-2012 Bydr tipple (50.90) 
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STOP irrigating with Brawndo, it's a SPORTS DRINK! I know, I know: it's got electrolytes!
Posted Aug-2-2012 ByJTF3Reaper (5.40) 
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@JTF3Reaper there ya go with that faggy talk again.
Posted Aug-2-2012 Byaureliusva (535.52) aureliusva View Channel Send Message
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I don't know how this is possible seeing that a large number of farms are owned by corporation with deep enough pockets to get some water there. Maybe trying to deepen their pockets.
Posted Aug-3-2012 Byporelchikito (164.66) 
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