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We haven't had a decent rainfall since November 27th......been 106 days since our last good rain. We had a few showers on Feb 2nd but that's about it. All in all we only had about 0.01 inches of precip in all of January and 0.13 in February.
Was your neighbourhood still green at all back in early January?
It's easy to imagine how brown it is now.
Are there any water-use restrictions going on?
Was your neighbourhood still green at all back in early January?
It's easy to imagine how brown it is now.
Are there any water-use restrictions going on?
In early January our grass was actually very green! There was also lots of bare trees though, I am not sure if you noticed that when you came down here.
Not many water restrictions yet! We actually have lots of places to get our water from unlike GA where our main source was Lake Lanier and that lake easily dries up.
In early January our grass was actually very green! There was also lots of bare trees though, I am not sure if you noticed that when you came down here.
Not many water restrictions yet! We actually have lots of places to get our water from unlike GA where our main source was Lake Lanier and that lake easily dries up.
No, the only other time I was down there was the first winter after at least one major hurricane. The first time I can down, trees like coconut palms didn't look like they should grow there. (they looked alive, but very unhappy) But this time the coconut palms were thick with fronds and healthy looking; not scraggly like they were before. There were some trees without leaves, like the odd maple and cypress, but those trees are supposed to be deciduous anyways.
That's (sort of) good news.
Hopefully it's not wasted by things like daily car washes; don't want to see the Everglades dry up.
I'm sure many Canadians would love to just have an annual rainfall pattern.
(rain is scarce in winter in many parts of Canada, probably even Toronto, as it's usually too cold to rain )
Last edited by ColdCanadian; 03-13-2009 at 05:03 PM..
No, the only other time I was down there was the first winter after at least one major hurricane. The first time I can down, trees like coconut palms didn't look like they should grow there. (they looked alive, but very unhappy) But this time the coconut palms were thick with fronds and healthy looking; not scraggly like they were before. There were some trees without leaves, like the odd maple and cypress, but those trees are supposed to be deciduous anyways.
That's (sort of) good news.
Hopefully it's not wasted by things like daily car washes; don't want to see the Everglades dry up.
The first time you came was it in January of 2006? Because that would have been 2 and 1/2 months after Hurricane Wilma! If you go on U.S 27 there is a dead strand of trees running the entire length from roughly NW part of Dade County up to were I-595/1-75 turns into Alligator Alley. Those trees are dead because of the 130+ mph winds that Wilma created. This year, we got plenty of rain in August (2008) and September and October where not overly hot and humid. And yes, most mangroves and "odd maples" (we have lots of them in my neighborhood) go completely bare in winter. Mostly from dryness though not from cold weather or loss in daylight.
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A bit off topic but...
