Just so you know.

Netguy wrote:

The drought is over in my yard.

Exactly Netguy. Trust your own eyes rather than websites with questionable veracity. The droughts over in my yard too.

Ya, because I’m sure a major university-backed weekly update in cooperation with NOAA and USDA with boots on the ground, soil moisture testing, and measured precipitation is bogus since it started 24 years ago. (sarcasm)

Clearly some of you need your heads examined on this subject. (no sarcasm) No one cares what happened in your back yard except you. The drought monitor is how we measure drought, each and every week, across the entire country. Its in plain english with colors and everything so the public (most of them, except a few here) can read it too.

Data be damned

Rant over

Kinda crazy actually. At my dads the fields a muddy mess, ditches have standing water, but dug horseradish and about 4-5 inches down ground is hard and dry.

Great now we have two weather threads. Just what Gim needed to show us his chart reading skills.

What else is crazy is the little lakes along the river have dried up more in the last few weeks than they did when it didnt rain for a month and a half.

Ripjiggen wrote:

Just what Gim needed to show us his chart reading skills.

Lol its not rocket science

The drought monitor can be deceiving. A couple years ago when we had record snow fall it said we were still in extreme drought. You’d have convincing someone looking at their 5 foot high snow banks that we were in an extreme drought. Rivers flooded in the spring and we were still in a drought according to the map.

Sometimes you gotta use your own eyes and common sense.

FinnyDinDin wrote:

The drought monitor can be deceiving. A couple years ago when we had record snow fall it said we were still in extreme drought. You’d have convincing someone looking at their 5 foot high snow banks that we were in an extreme drought. Rivers flooded in the spring and we were still in a drought according to the map.

I stated on page 1 this exact scenario. Snow doesn’t really do much to alleviate drought. Even a mountain of it. Because it normally falls when the ground is frozen. You could have 2 feet of fluffy snow on the ground but that is only the water equivalent of 1-2 inches of water.

The spring when it melts is the critical component. If it melts slowly as the ground thaws, it can help with drought. If its a rapid melt, it all ends up in waterways and does nothing.

gim wrote:

(no sarcasm) No one cares what happened in your back yard except you.

If that’s the case, then why have you reported this exact thing multiple times over the course of this thread?

Not once in this thread have I stated the status of drought in my own back yard.

Mountains of snow do no good if we have a quick thaw. It needs to soak in.

gim wrote:

Not once in this thread have I stated the status of drought in my own back yard.

You are a piece of work.

You have mentioned multiple times in the weather thread how much rain has fallen, what the current weather is, ect…

Of course I should have known you would attempt to find a flaw in my statement, because you can never be wrong. Jesus you are a giant douche.

Sheesh. Little testy are we

Hell yeah, little spicy on a Thursday afternoon

Who needs political threads! Nothing like resorting to childish insults to show everyone that you have no arguement. Or self control for that matter!!

Wow… that escalated quick. I believe both things can be true at the same time. If somebody has a sprinkler system and keeps their yard beautiful, it could definitely be saturated and not in drought. The guy across the street, could be in drought. Again…. Yowza.

Come on gents of IDO we are above this. OK, nevermind, maybe we arent LOL

Covid, Kaepernick, Trump, Netting, Russia, Biden, Riots, Taxes, Mille Lacs, Livescope, 1.5″ of rain

…we can argue about all of it here at IDO

Getting back to the drought, it’s over for most of the state, and where 90% of the people on this forum live it’s definitely over. A few fringe areas around the state are in a very sight drought. So slight it could change with one good rain.

crawdaddy wrote:

Getting back to the drought, it’s over for most of the state, and where 90% of the people on this forum live it’s definitely over. A few fringe areas around the state are in a very sight drought. So slight it could change with one good rain.

It’s not over till Gim says it’s over. We know he’s our weatherman around here. We can’t just take this out side information from you or any other imposter.

Bearcat89 wrote:

It’s not over till Gim says it’s over. We know he’s our weatherman around here. We can’t just take this out side information from you or any other imposter.

That’s right.

OK, I’ll drop it. Now if we’re talking about the crop harvest report, then Gim is usually way off because all he looks at is a cornfield on the north side of Crystal.

buckybadger wrote:

Covid, Kaepernick, Trump, Netting, Russia, Biden, Riots, Taxes, Mille Lacs, Livescope, 1.5″ of rain

…we can argue about all of it here at IDO

You forgot the DNR bucky.

I want to show off my chart reading too. Snow-water equivalent varies depending on the temperature. Looking at a common temp range, 15-19F, 20″ of rain is equal to about 1″ worth of rain.

So even if we get a 24″ snowfall it’s not worth much in terms of water.

My yard has been perpetually damp for several weeks, and I have very little tree cover and high winds every day. I don’t think my yard got into draught mode all summer. This is the first summer in 4 years that I never stopped mowing for 4 weeks at a time, we just kept getting rain once a week and everything was lush and green all year.

Neighbor lost some corn crops due to excessive water. Not a lot but some. I’m 30 miles from downtown St. Paul.

KPE wrote:

I want to show off my chart reading too. Snow-water equivalent varies depending on the temperature. Looking at a common temp range, 15-19F, 20″ of rain is equal to about 1″ worth of rain.

So even if we get a 24″ snowfall it’s not worth much in terms of water.

My yard has been perpetually damp for several weeks, and I have very little tree cover and high winds every day. I don’t think my yard got into draught mode all summer. This is the first summer in 4 years that I never stopped mowing for 4 weeks at a time, we just kept getting rain once a week and everything was lush and green all year.

Neighbor lost some corn crops due to excessive water. Not a lot but some. I’m 30 miles from downtown St. Paul.

But Gims map said you were in a drought. It doesn’t matter what you see with your own eyes. It’s science! You’ll take your drought and you’ll like it!

crawdaddy wrote:

Now if we’re talking about the crop harvest report, then Gim is usually way off because all he looks at is a cornfield on the north side of Crystal.

lmao

Don’t make me pull up those USDA crop harvest reports.

If the crop harvest reports come out, I’ll revert to a post called “pheasant hunting the railroad tracks.” This will really get you doing mental gymnastics trying to figure out why people would hunt tracks.

No one cares what happened in your back yard except you.

Not only am I worried about the water in my well used for household needs, but also a winterkill of the fish in my pond. The water level should be at the grass line, not 5.5′ down in an 8′ deep pond as seen in the photos. The 3″ of rain from Thurs. until last night
hasn’t put a dent in the condition.

Drought monitors and colored maps are fine, but a severe drought for homeowners and firefighters IS personal. Thousands of acres of forest have gone up in smoke in N.Y., N.J. and Pa. due to the actions of a few careless aholes. There was a fire north of us that fortunately was brought under control. When wind speed and direction changes, you better hope your property isn’t in the path of a raging fire.

Drought is also ‘personal’ for wildlife. Deer have been visiting daily all summer trying to go down the steep banks of my pond but couldn’t. Grass has been a limited source of moisture but who knows where they’re other sources. Creeks have dried up as has the wetland forest behind our house and all over. Instead of traveling at night to find water, I’ve seen deer cross the road at 2 pm looking for water and a few carcasses lying alongside of the road.

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