Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]We got .1 inch of rain last Saturday and are dry as a bone here in Iowa these days. Need rain desparately, the corn and soy crops are dryingup and dying off, Not Good. Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 11:16:33 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Results of Two-Month Drouth We got our first rain in months yesterday. It's still drizzling today. Everything is so parched and brown. I hope this is not a new trend! If we're going to have Central American weather, I want a rainy season like they have! Tina On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>wrote: > Hi Nathan, > > We received 0.3 inches of rain yesterday, the first in several months. I > hope the pattern is changing. > > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at > frozenlight.eu> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 1:17 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Results of Two-Month Drouth > > > > Our trees look very similar to yours, Jim. Not in our garden, there we >> don't have any, but the ones in the street. >> >> Cheers, >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu >> http://www.greatpix.eu >> http://www.nathanfoto.com >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> Blog: >> http://nathansmusings.**wordpress.com/<http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> >> >> >> YNWA >> >> >> >> On Jul 5, 2012, at 8:26 PM, Jim Nichols wrote: >> >> We have had no effective rainfall since the first of April. In addition >>> to the impact on our lawns and trees, the reservoir that supplies our >>> water >>> is also very low, because there has been no rain in the watershed area >>> that >>> feeds it. These images give an idea of our current conditions. >>> >>> Typical lawn grass, burned by the sun, and lack of rain: >>> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/OldNick/Grass.jpg.html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Grass.jpg.html> >>> >>> Our Tulip Poplars, planted to replace lost oak trees, have gone into >>> emergency mode: >>> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/OldNick/Leaves+on+**Ground.jpg.html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Leaves+on+Ground.jpg.html> >>> >>> The leaves remaining on the larger Poplar are about 50% brown: >>> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/OldNick/Tulip+Poplar+75.**jpg.html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Tulip+Poplar+75.jpg.html> >>> >>> The smaller Poplar shows the overall impact of the drouth: >>> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/OldNick/Tulip+Poplar+77.**jpg.html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Tulip+Poplar+77.jpg.html> >>> >>> If anyone knows a rainmaker, please send contact info. :~( >>> >>> Jim Nichols >>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See >>> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >>> more information >>> >>> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >> more information >> >> >> > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information