I also believe it is good to read what The Scriptures are telling us about 'famine'. I put different pasukim on a line (in a PDF file) if you like to read it (click):
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Texas drought monitor. Widespread exceptional drought (highest category) in dark red shadings. (Image credit: NOAA/USDA/NDMC) |
Month after month, the headlines in Texas have revolved around an intensifying drought situation, wildfires and extreme heat.
The darkest red shading on the map to the right shows that 78 percent of the state is in exceptional drought, the worst category possible. John Nielsen-Gammon, the Texas State Climatologist, has declared this the worst one-year drought in the history of the state.
First up below are some staggering facts compiled by the National Weather Service (NWS) illustrating the severity of this drought on the agricultural industry.
Following the agricultural impacts are some facts on the dwindling water supply and the critical wildfire situation that remains in place. Source: The Weather Channel
The darkest red shading on the map to the right shows that 78 percent of the state is in exceptional drought, the worst category possible. John Nielsen-Gammon, the Texas State Climatologist, has declared this the worst one-year drought in the history of the state.
First up below are some staggering facts compiled by the National Weather Service (NWS) illustrating the severity of this drought on the agricultural industry.
Following the agricultural impacts are some facts on the dwindling water supply and the critical wildfire situation that remains in place. Source: The Weather Channel
"Once in a lifetime" flood submerges farm land:
Wheat is partially submerged in floodwaters in Holly Grove, Arkansas May 10, 2011.
Credit: Reuters/Eric Thayer
CHICAGO |
(Reuters) - Nearly 3 million acres of farm land in three southern U.S. states have been submerged by flood waters from the raging Mississippi River and its smaller tributaries, adding to troubles in seeding this year's crops in the world's top grain exporter.
Although the area constitutes 1 percent land seeded with major crops in the United States, the loss comes at a time when grains have soared due to dwindling supplies, weather woes in other exporting nations and increased consumption.
From Tennessee to Arkansas to Mississippi, flood waters caused by melting snow and excessive spring rains have inundated crops like corn, soybeans, wheat and rice or delayed their seeding beyond dates for optimal yields. Read the rest on:
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