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Cowlesy
04-06-2011, 09:13 AM
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hwF-5B7z9BkZ4txCeInA68ZaDNPg?docId=5d3102a2b7254732b01 b880531d13b97


Oklahoma sees driest 4 months since Dust Bowl
(AP) – 6 hours ago

COYLE, Okla. (AP) — In most years, the dark clouds over western Oklahoma in the spring would be bringing rain. This year, they're more likely to be smoke from wildfires that have burned thousands of acres in the past month as the state and its farmers struggle with a severe drought.

Oklahoma was drier in the four months following Thanksgiving than it has been in any similar period since 1921. That's saying a lot in the state known for the 1930s Dust Bowl, when drought and high winds generated severe dust storms that stripped the land of its topsoil.


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That's about the last thing we need right now, is a poor harvest. :(

acptulsa
04-06-2011, 09:36 AM
Well, hopefully the rains will come. We do have some water due to the snow. And the fires aren't much help when they burn out a farmer's equipment, but otherwise they do sometimes make a crop subsequently planted healthier.

But, yeah, the last thunderboomer we had was thundersleet. None since. Very, very strange.