Any update on the drought(specifically Highlands area)? (Columbia, Macon: homes, neighborhood)

[10scoachrick]

From 1100 miles away, I see that Atlanta and Columbia have both recovered from the severe agricultural drought of the past couple of years; but, that still leaves the water table problems in the mountains. It also looks like the Highlands area has less than 2 1/2 inches of rain for March while ATL and Columbia are around 4 inches. Our place off Flat Mountain Rd.(Highlands) is on a neighborhood well and I'm sure everyone is conserving...how dire is the situation on a day to day basis? Having moved 1000 miles west(from Atlanta), it's tougher to stay on top of things over there. Any thoughts? Thx.

[mm34b]

State drought status is published every Thursday. Last week, Macon County was classfied as "D2-Severe Drought".

North Carolina Drought Management Advisory Council

[10scoachrick]

Thanks for the link...we have plenty of that red and dark red shading for central Texas!(although we got +- 4 inches in Austin during March)

Any anecdotal stories like we heard last year?...new $1million+ homes with water being trucked in for lack of groundwater? Any severe restrictions at this point?

Wondering how it is affecting day to day activities or potential damage to new spring growth over the next month or so...hard to recover if things never get started.

[mm34b]

Macon County has been reclassified as "D1-Moderate Drought" this week.

[10scoachrick]

Looks like a bit more rain then a beautiful weekend! Enjoy!

Still, VERY different from the year we bought up there... +- 120 inches as I recall. I know the plants/trees appreciate the recent rains...just hope the water table is improving, as well.