Category: Drought

<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2005/05/24/build/local/38-drought.inc">Moisture is good, but drought still lingers</a><br />n<br />nI find this story humorous since almost 2 weeks ago <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/944-Premature-Proclamation.html">I talked about how the drought was not over</a>. I guess information is better late than never, even though I all ready put it out there for consumption.<br />n<br />n<b>Ah! late I spoke to silent…

I've been waiting for this. I knew somebody was going to say it, the question is, are they right?<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.newwest.net/index.php/main/article/1349/" target="_new">Drought? What Drought? and Big Macs on Parade</a><br />n<br />nNow I'll admit, in my area we've received good moisture this spring and in the past week have picked up probably 6-8 inches of…

I found <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/04/13/build/state/33-firewarning.inc" target="_new">this</a> interesting.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Last year's grasses are cured and ready to burn, and in many areas of southern Montana, this year's grasses have not emerged. Some areas may not green up at all, he said</blockquote><br />n<br />nIn this part of southern Montana there is no cured grass. Never grew very much…

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Mark Henckel over at the Gazette has a <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=2&display=rednews/2005/03/13/build/sports/50-henckel.inc" target="_new">humorous(?) take</a> on the current drought across the area. It kind of reminds me of Rodney Dangerfield's routine about getting no respect.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>But don't look for much empathy or even recognition from folks elsewhere in the country. They don't know our drought exists.<br />n<br…

Fifth of March and we have a fire weather watch issued for tomorrow.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK<br />nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT<br />n430 AM MST SAT MAR 5 2005<br />n<br />nMTZ029>031-035>038-042-057-058-063-061044-<br />nCARTER MT-GOLDEN VALLEY MT-JUDITH GAP MT-MUSSELSHELL MT-<br />nNORTHERN BIG HORN MT-NORTHERN ROSEBUD MT-POWDER RIVER MT-<br />nSOUTHERN BIG HORN MT-SOUTHERN ROSEBUD MT-TREASURE MT-YELLOWSTONE MT-<br />nINCLUDING…

I'm just a dumb cowboy and I know it's dry here. Does it really take some "expert" to <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/03/04/build/state/30-weather.inc" target="_new">tell me this</a>? <br />n<br />nI know it could rain/snow tomorrow and give me enough moisture to scrape through another year, but I'm tired of scraping through. I'm tired of the drought and the worry…

The Gazette just has to do us a favor and <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/01/17/build/local/30-drought-hangs-on.inc" target="_new">remind</a> us of the <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/01/17/build/local/32-area-wells.inc" target="_new">drought</a>. It's never far from my mind but I can bury it in the day to day worries of getting everything done, until somebody comes along and rubs my nose in it. <br />n<br />nThe one guy…

Whenever a person starts talking about the current drought in the west, inevetably somebody thinks that global warming is the culprit. According to <a href="http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_3238944,00.html" target="_blank">this article</a> though, the current drought is nothing compared to ancient droughts. Funny thing is that ancient droughts can't have happened because of global warming so blaming this one on…