I'm still surprised they have parts of West TN in drought. At my place in Humphreys County, we've received 9.26" of rain in a month and a half.
That's right, I forgot how much of the Drought Index is based off demand as well as other factors, not just rainfall.The drought in west TN (its even worse in north MS)is due to low groundwater. Lots of folks wells are going dry. It will take a while to replenish those levels. But yea, the abundance of rain in recent weeks will help.
The beetles in pines in my area(West Tennessee) were here years before the current drought.You guys should see all the pine trees down here dying from the drought stress causing pine beetles to infest the stressed trees.
No bass left in the marsh from no salinity. All the milfoil died from the salinity in the back bayous that are usually freshwater.
Crawfish ponds in LA dried up killing them. Normally crawfish is 3.99 to 4.99 pound before Mardi Gras... this year it's 12.99 per pound. (Prices drop 20% after Mardi Gras)
We are in good shape now, but I'm about to overseed my lawn as I lost about 25% of it from the exceptional drought in SE MS.
It was a crazy drought year I hope we don't repeat any time soon!
Sure, they've been here for decades... but the damage this year was astronomical in MS due to the fact that they infest and kill sressed trees. We haven't seen an outbreak like this since 2005 when hurricane Katrina damaged the trees allowing the beetles to kill them.The beetles in pines in my area(West Tennessee) were here years before the current drought.
We are loosing Ash and Pine to the current "nature system"Sure, they've been here for decades... but the damage this year was astronomical in MS due to the fact that they infest and kill sressed trees. We haven't seen an outbreak like this since 2005 when hurricane Katrina damaged the trees allowing the beetles to kill them.
It's not to the extent of what is killing all the locust trees in middle TN, but it's very pronounced.
12 billion would represent 1/19 of all the trees in the United States. I'm guessing he misspoke.Heard on the radio today we lost an estimated 12 BILLION trees in MS due to the extreme drought and subsequent pine beetle infestation. I'm still wondering if the commissioner of Agriculture misspoke and he meant 12 MILLION.