I hope that you get the rain that you need. I watched where the scientists were talking about here and they say it would take 6/10 years of double our normal rainfall just to get us back to normal so far as lakes and ground water goes. A lot of small towns in the mountains have been hauling water for the past 3 years. A friend of mine who uses well water said that before the drought started his main well was about 70 feet deep and he could pump 60 gallons per hour all day. Now it is just over 300 feet deep and he can pump 60 gallons about every 4 to 6 hours. I really wonder if the weather will ever get back to what we consider normal.
Ron
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Originally Posted by Donunder
He could have compared the Arntz to Helen Mirren --- although better not to, I was hot and bothered enough as it was.
And Ron... parts of Queensland, the state I live in, have been drought-declared for over three years. 2014 has just been declared the hottest year ever since the keeping of records began. Longreach, one of our central western towns, recorded fifteen successive days over 40C (about 104F), in December. There is hope that the imminent arrival of our monsoon season should bring relief to the northern parts of the state but it is expected to be a short-lived season and rainfall will once again not be sufficient to replenish the huge aquifer from which many of our remote cattle stations draw water for their stock. Crazy weather and grim times for your state and mine both.
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