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Add to all this, the drought conditions in NM, West Texas and other states in the SoWest region, the fires in W Texas and now we are entering the hurricane season. Many of us spent the winter under snow condisions we had never seen, I know a lot of the fruit was lost in Florida, and much of the summer crops are already gone in parts of the Mississippi river area as well as even here in AR. Even those who are able to work are going to be walking backward as inflation drives food costs up.
Nita
If we lose the ability to send ships up the Mississippi carrying fertilizer you'll see food prices like never before. The US agriculture industry relies on Anhydrous Ammonia fertilizer plants all along the MS river in South LA area, the oil industry is huge there.
Add to all this, the drought conditions in NM, West Texas and other states in the SoWest region, the fires in W Texas and now we are entering the hurricane season. Many of us spent the winter under snow condisions we had never seen, I know a lot of the fruit was lost in Florida, and much of the summer crops are already gone in parts of the Mississippi river area as well as even here in AR. Even those who are able to work are going to be walking backward as inflation drives food costs up.
Nita
Nita, here in my section of Florida, we havent had any rain in over a month, everything is tinder dry in the forests, and there are several forest fires burning, and likely to be more.
The orange crop was the only citrus affected, 22 million cases lost, not catastrophic, but not good, either.
If we lose the ability to send ships up the Mississippi carrying fertilizer you'll see food prices like never before. The US agriculture industry relies on Anhydrous Ammonia fertilizer plants all along the MS river in South LA area, the oil industry is huge there.
Not to mention the dent in the crystal meth industry!
Nita, here in my section of Florida, we havent had any rain in over a month, everything is tinder dry in the forests, and there are several forest fires burning, and likely to be more.
The orange crop was the only citrus affected, 22 million cases lost, not catastrophic, but not good, either.
Yep, Central Florida is dry enough again that a hurricane or two is actually needed to rehydrate her aquifers
Yep, Central Florida is dry enough again that a hurricane or two is actually needed to rehydrate her aquifers
Ugh, I hope that several tropical storms will suffice.....if I have to live through the hurricanes of 04 again, I'm moving to the farm in Ste Gen permanently!
6 weeks with no electric, and no generators to be had, ewwwwwww!!!!
Nita, here in my section of Florida, we havent had any rain in over a month, everything is tinder dry in the forests, and there are several forest fires burning, and likely to be more.
The orange crop was the only citrus affected, 22 million cases lost, not catastrophic, but not good, either.
ocala is like a half an hour north of orlando..right???
ocala is like a half an hour north of orlando..right???
Thats The Villages.....we're more like an hour north.
I am actually east of Ocala, east of Silver Springs, right on the edge of the Ocala National Forest, on the banks of the Ocklawaha River.
Nita, here in my section of Florida, we havent had any rain in over a month, everything is tinder dry in the forests, and there are several forest fires burning, and likely to be more.
The orange crop was the only citrus affected, 22 million cases lost, not catastrophic, but not good, either.
And, how is that any different from a normal Spring/Summer in Florida?
If we lose the ability to send ships up the Mississippi carrying fertilizer you'll see food prices like never before. The US agriculture industry relies on Anhydrous Ammonia fertilizer plants all along the MS river in South LA area, the oil industry is huge there.
There are, I think, something like 11 gasoline refineries along the Mississippi below Cairo, IL. So far as I know, they all use imported oil, delivered by barges or deep water ships. Of course, the deep water ships can't go beyond the Huey P. Long Bridge at Baton Rouge.
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