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Old 12-26-2007, 10:06 PM
 
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Hundreds of thousands of Tennesseans should expect emergency water shortages more serious than spotty inconveniences like low wells and dry ground springs unless 2008 turns wet, state officials say. There are about 60 communities on a drought watch list, with the southern Cumberland Plateau, Cookeville, Crossville and northern East Tennessee among the driest areas. See the story by clicking on the link below.

http://www.jacksonville.com/apnews/s...8TPB9G01.shtml
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Old 12-26-2007, 10:20 PM
 
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Hundreds of thousands of Tennesseans should expect emergency water shortages more serious than spotty inconveniences like low wells and dry ground springs unless 2008 turns wet, state officials say. There are about 60 communities on a drought watch list, with the southern Cumberland Plateau, Cookeville, Crossville and northern East Tennessee among the driest areas. See the story by clicking on the link below.

http://www.jacksonville.com/apnews/s...8TPB9G01.shtml
Interesting article. Fortunately, Cookeville gets its water from gigantic Center Hill Lake and experienced no water shortage at all this year. Crossville isn't as lucky; its municipal water source is a couple of very small lakes, more like big ponds. So whatever drought they're predicting in Tennessee won't affect people tied in to Cookeville's municipal water supply unless Center Hill Lake dries up. Cookeville's water intake pumps are very low in the lake, so the lake level has to get almost bone dry before they're unable to get any water.

There will still be plenty of water for showers and watering your garden, although I still hope that people will not be wasteful. Farmers or those who get their water from wells, on the other hand, will have to deal with Mother Nature's fickle weather patterns.
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Old 12-27-2007, 03:04 AM
 
Location: Tennessee
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That's some prediction from our fine state officials . . . if the current drought continues, drought conditions will be worse in 2008. Wonder how long it took them to come up with that?

If it rains for forty days and forty nights, I predict we're have floods.
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Old 12-27-2007, 07:48 AM
 
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If it dosent rain? Quack, Quack.
I recently watched the u-tube advertisement where Crossville mayor was enticing folks to move to the area. I hope the officials are keeping in mind the impact of all the new development going on along with the influx of immigrants when discussing the water crisis.
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Old 12-27-2007, 08:00 AM
 
Location: Kingsport, TN
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Default drought improvement expected in TN through March

While I have little faith in long-term forecasts, the latest drought outlook from the NWS Climate Prediction Center offers some hope for TN:
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/product...l_drought.html
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Old 12-27-2007, 08:06 AM
 
Location: Tennessee
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Are these the same guys that predicted bad hurricanes two years in a row? I think they need a new forecasting model. Right now their credibility is right up there with exit polls pollsters.

But just in case they are right, I suppose we can expect Fall foliage 2008 to come after the turkey dinners.
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Old 12-27-2007, 08:06 AM
 
Location: The Conterminous United States
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I know. Anything can happen.

However, we have been getting a little bit of rain every week for the past couple of months, which has been glorious.

That means that we have moved from "exceptional" to "extreme" which is an impovement, even though it doesn't sound like it!
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Old 12-27-2007, 08:13 AM
 
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I know. Anything can happen.

However, we have been getting a little bit of rain every week for the past couple of months, which has been glorious.

That means that we have moved from "exceptional" to "extreme" which is an impovement, even though it doesn't sound like it!
Is that kind of like being a little bit pregnant?
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Old 12-27-2007, 08:25 AM
 
Location: The Conterminous United States
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Exactly!

Here's the link:

http://drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html
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Old 12-28-2007, 09:09 AM
 
Location: mid wyoming
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Great, just great.
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