Severe drought in USA

[Sam Lord]

The soaring temperatures scorching states from Illinois to Texas have done more than cause discomfort -- a record drought is battering farmers and ranchers whose crops are withering and whose livestock are going unfed.

Some of the same states that are experiencing historically high triple digit temperatures are also contending with a lack of rain, dry winds, and wildfires. Every county in Texas qualified last month as a natural disaster area eligible for federal relief, and officials there reckoned the losses at more than 30% of the state's wheat fields, or $3 billion.

"It's horrible so far," Mike Newberry, a Georgia farmer who is trying grow cotton, corn and peanuts, told the New York Times. "There is no description for what we've been through since we started planting corn in March."

The loss of crops will likely create a ripple effect in which livestock farmers cannot feed as many of their animals as grass dries up and hay becomes more expensive.

http://m.ibtimes.com/record-drought-...-a-178489.html

US drought Monitor

http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html

[C. Flower]

Millions of people in big trouble in Africa too. If this pushes up the prices of staples, there will be political repercussions.

The States seems to be experiencing a lot of extreme weather events in the last couple of years.

[Sam Lord]

The States seems to be experiencing a lot of extreme weather events in the last couple of years.

Its gods retribution for all the homosexuals ...

[electionlit]

A drought may well have a huge impact on the commodities market. Since the property /banking bubble burst worldwide a lot of funds have gone into the commodities market much of which is food products.
For instance a large amount of futures would have been traded on the price of wheat. If the drought is bad brokers will more than likely have underpaid.

[morticia]

hang on, I thought the last time I looked, they were drowning with the floods?? Morganza spillway being opened, etc.

Whassup, doc?

[Count Bobulescu]

Big country, a lot happens. Floods, droughts, tornadoes, wildfires, snowmelt, hurricanes, etc. all converge between April and October.

[Sam Lord]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK-YATetLPI"]‪MASSIVE DROUGHT - USA 2011‬‏ - YouTube[/ame]

[Sam Lord]

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