Jeramie Posted August 21, 2006 Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 I know you all are probably sick of hearing about this but we are dry in a bad way. Over the past month NE Oklahoma has had several scattered showers, my area has had none. We havent had a rain heavy enough to even wet the ground in months and months. Combine that with well over 20 days of 100+ deg temps and eveything is in a bad way. I have trees dieing. Ive given up on my plants. I cant water nearly enough and quite literally my ground is dust. I know part of Kansas, Texas, and most of Oklahoma is in the same situation. Gov. Henry has put the burn ban back up for Various Parts of Oklahoma and I look for that to go state wide. Our grass sounds like walking on egg shells. Local cities are water rationing. Its a mess. I know it may sound trivial to a lot of people but when youre spending some alone time with God throw in some of your friends to the south. We need the moisture very, very badly. And everyone that lives out down south, wash your cars, leave the windows down, and carry out whatever power tools you have and "forget" them on the porch... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted August 21, 2006 Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 Re: Man we need rain.... [ QUOTE ] I know you all are probably sick of hearing about this but we are dry in a bad way. Over the past month NE Oklahoma has had several scattered showers, my area has had none. We havent had a rain heavy enough to even wet the ground in months and months. Combine that with well over 20 days of 100+ deg temps and eveything is in a bad way. I have trees dieing. Ive given up on my plants. I cant water nearly enough and quite literally my ground is dust. I know part of Kansas, Texas, and most of Oklahoma is in the same situation. Gov. Henry has put the burn ban back up for Various Parts of Oklahoma and I look for that to go state wide. Our grass sounds like walking on egg shells. Local cities are water rationing. Its a mess. I know it may sound trivial to a lot of people but when youre spending some alone time with God throw in some of your friends to the south. We need the moisture very, very badly. And everyone that lives out down south, wash your cars, leave the windows down, and carry out whatever power tools you have and "forget" them on the porch... [/ QUOTE ] Will certainly pray for some rain for you guys. And I will see about leaving the windows down on my freshly washed truck for ya too. Our river is so low that we had to take the chainsaw this weekend to get thru certain spots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted August 21, 2006 Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 Re: Man we need rain.... I know the feeling Jeramie. Seems like it has rained ALL THE WAY around me last week. It did SPRINKLE last night, but you won't be able to tell it when I get home. The good news is it ain't supposed to hit 100 today, YIIIPPPPEEEEE!!!!!!!!!! Wish I could sell dust, I'd be a millionaire!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted August 21, 2006 Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 Re: Man we need rain.... Here ya go Jeramie........try what these folks did. They SAID it worked. LOL: KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Dozens of Nepali women stripped naked and plowed their fields in west Nepal, hoping to appease the gods and get some much needed rain, a newspaper report said Sunday. About 50 women in two villages in Kapilvastu district, 120 miles west of Kathmandu, resorted to the desperate move at night Friday as days of prayers and Hindu ceremonies failed to bring rains for the parched paddy crop, it said. "This is our last weapon, we used it, and there was light rainfall," Nepali daily Rajdhani quoted one of the women as saying. Although there is no clear religious basis for the practice, some locals believe such a move could appease the rain gods. Officials said there was insufficient rain during the June-September monsoon season this year and vast stretches of land along the southern plains, Nepal's bread basket, were parched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted August 21, 2006 Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 Re: Man we need rain.... Hope you guys gets ome rain soon. We got a much needed wonderful soaker yesterday, and then again this morning for just a little bit. Supposed to rain here again Saturday and Sunday, really need to get busy on my food plot prep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted August 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 Re: Man we need rain.... [ QUOTE ] Here ya go Jeramie........try what these folks did. They SAID it worked. LOL: KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Dozens of Nepali women stripped naked and plowed their fields in west Nepal, hoping to appease the gods and get some much needed rain, a newspaper report said Sunday. About 50 women in two villages in Kapilvastu district, 120 miles west of Kathmandu, resorted to the desperate move at night Friday as days of prayers and Hindu ceremonies failed to bring rains for the parched paddy crop, it said. "This is our last weapon, we used it, and there was light rainfall," Nepali daily Rajdhani quoted one of the women as saying. Although there is no clear religious basis for the practice, some locals believe such a move could appease the rain gods. Officials said there was insufficient rain during the June-September monsoon season this year and vast stretches of land along the southern plains, Nepal's bread basket, were parched. [/ QUOTE ] Ill be sure and email this around. Im not sure how much luck ill have but hey, its for the good of the people! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ousoonerfan22 Posted August 21, 2006 Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 Re: Man we need rain.... Jeramie, We just had a good rain and it's heading your way!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted August 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 Re: Man we need rain.... Youre dead on! It rained here on 71st and lewis around lunch time. My wife called right after you made your post and said it was raining cats and dogs! We got roughly 1" over here so I hope we got that much as the house! Its about time! Its also cool here (70's)!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted August 21, 2006 Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 Re: Man we need rain.... [ QUOTE ] Youre dead on! It rained here on 71st and lewis around lunch time. My wife called right after you made your post and said it was raining cats and dogs! We got roughly 1" over here so I hope we got that much as the house! Its about time! Its also cool here (70's)!!!!! [/ QUOTE ] See...............I knew all that nekkid rain dancing would come in handy!!!! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preacherman Posted August 21, 2006 Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 Re: Man we need rain.... It has rained here in Mississippi all afternoon long! Thundering outside right now, sounds like music to my ears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archerjg Posted August 22, 2006 Report Share Posted August 22, 2006 Re: Man we need rain.... I here you there. We are dry here and in serious need of rain as well. The next week there is only one chance of rain and it is a very slim chance at that. Hope you get some rain soon. Archerjg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted August 22, 2006 Report Share Posted August 22, 2006 Re: Man we need rain.... Glad to hear you got some rain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest the_joker_275 Posted August 22, 2006 Report Share Posted August 22, 2006 Re: Man we need rain.... My grandparents have a farm that I work on in south central South Dakota and it is extremely dry. They had about a month of 100+ temps and no rain. They finally got a little shower a couple weeks ago but it wont help. They cut silage 3 weeks ago and usually wait until after labor day. Most of thier corn is junk. It is pretty bad out there. They have had a few fires also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandyjo62 Posted August 22, 2006 Report Share Posted August 22, 2006 Re: Man we need rain.... glad to hear ya'll got some much needed rain havent had much rain here in montana either. grass is really dry, good thing we havent had much for lightning storms lately, or there would probly be nothin left of the ranch. you hear all about the wildfires in california but there were some in our part of montana just as big and bigger, but not much about them in the news, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deertracker Posted August 22, 2006 Report Share Posted August 22, 2006 Re: Man we need rain.... I here that im a volunter fire fighter in Velma OK and weve had some preety big fires due to the drout. we havent seen any good rain in awile either,i cant even start to get my food plots ready its just to dry. anyway thanks to everybody who supported us firefighters we needed it and still do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted August 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2006 Re: Man we need rain.... We got roughly 2"! It came so fast it didnt really soak but ill take it however we can get it. They also reported 80mph winds around the house. It trashed a lot, mainly trees. The rain is a blessing regardless. At this point people were willing to see trees go for the moisture! We actually had puddles in our drive and the creek went from almost bone dry to a couple of feet from all the run off! Thank you God. [ QUOTE ] I here that im a volunter fire fighter in Velma OK and weve had some preety big fires due to the drout. we havent seen any good rain in awile either,i cant even start to get my food plots ready its just to dry. anyway thanks to everybody who supported us firefighters we needed it and still do. [/ QUOTE ] This year has kept the FF's busy! Our local has ran all over the county fighting fire after fire. Hopefully you all will get a break soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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