The drought

[dadr]

Originally Posted by Knox Harrington

Wow.

July was the warmest month ON RECORD in the ENTIRE UNITED STATES.

There is a drought, unlike those ever seen, happening all over the country.

Wake up.

Okay then, thanks for the unnecessary obnoxious attitude. Are you assuming I don't live in the United States? I stated that I've lived my entire life in MN, WI and IL, states not too far from IN. While this was a very hot summer in MN it is actually greener than most years.

In addition, I drove cross country a couple weeks ago from MN out to the East Coast, by a northern route on the way out and a slightly more southern route on the way back taking me through Indianapolis. So I got to see a huge sampling of the entire Midwest and Northeast/New England. All those areas were orders of magnitude more green than Indianapolis, where I saw entire city parks seemingly without a single green blade of grass.

I like greenery and trees so was just wondering if Indiana is more similar to Wisconsin or, say Oklahoma in terms of arid summer climate. I assumed the former, but was left wondering after my visit.

[Dyadic]

Originally Posted by dadr

Okay then, thanks for the unnecessary obnoxious attitude. Are you assuming I don't live in the United States? I stated that I've lived my entire life in MN, WI and IL, states not too far from IN. While this was a very hot summer in MN it is actually greener than most years.

In addition, I drove cross country a couple weeks ago from MN out to the East Coast, by a northern route on the way out and a slightly more southern route on the way back taking me through Indianapolis. So I got to see a huge sampling of the entire Midwest and Northeast/New England. All those areas were orders of magnitude more green than Indianapolis, where I saw entire city parks seemingly without a single green blade of grass.

I like greenery and trees so was just wondering if Indiana is more similar to Wisconsin or, sa y Oklahoma in terms of arid summer climate. I assumed the former, but was left wondering after my visit.

Indiana is as green as MN, WI and IL but unfortunately the Hoosier state is experiencing an unusually rare dry spell. According to the USDA drought designation counties map more than 75 percent of the continental United States is experiencing drought conditions. Dadr I'm not trying to be disrespectful but you make it appear as if Indiana is the Mojave Desert of the Midwest which of course is an error in fact. During your cross country drive you must have either been completely blindfolded or bypassed the 23 drought-stricken counties across southern Wisconsin that USDA declared as natural disaster areas, making farms in those areas eligible for low-interest emergency loans. In Illinois, 98 of its 102 counties are part of this disaster area, with Cook, DuPage, Kane and Will counties not part of the designation. 79 of 99 Iowa counties have the drought disaster area designation. Missouri is experiencing the most severe drought conditions; 99 percent of the state's pastures, 84 percent of its corn crop and 78 percent of its soybeans are rated poor to very poor. Eighty-two counties in Kansas are drought disaster areas. 116 counties in Kentucky have the drought disaster area designation. All counties in Nebraska are on the drought disaster list. To date, USDA has designated 1,792 counties as disaster areas—1,670 due to drought. Once again I want to reiterate that I’m not spitting venom but just pointing out that Indiana isn’t the only cornbelt state that is experiencing these unfortunate harsh drought conditions.