[texbirds] Drought conditions in Houston and Texas
- From: Joseph Kennedy <josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: 4 Texbirds Maillist <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 14:45:23 -0500
There was a mention of TV the other day and then a note in the Houston
chronicle about the texas drought dating from hurricane Ike.
They offered a little different take on it and under this view, the Houston
area is the driest in the country with a 5 foot rainfall deficit. Of course
dryer areas can be in worse conditions since they have less rainfall to
start building a deficit.
Currently, Houston has an 11 inch deficit after being ahead several inches
back in April. And my house missed at least another 6 inches. A couple of
hot dry days is killing trees and trees continue to die at Smith Point
where recent mosquito breeding rains may slow the tree problems.
In any event, 5 feet is a lot of rain to miss. The article is at
http://blog.chron.com/weather/2013/09/from-sea-to-shining-sea-no-region-has-been-drier-since-2008-than-houston/
--
Joseph C. Kennedy
on Buffalo Bayou in West Houston
Josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx
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