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Old 08/09/12, 09:23 AM
 
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Rain!

Got 1.3" last night and about two inches a couple weeks ago. Everything green at my house, but it is spotty and some not getting anything.
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Old 08/09/12, 10:52 AM
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Am glad you're getting rain - it's been a dry summer, hasn't it??
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Old 08/09/12, 12:42 PM
 
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Got teased the other day at my house. A couple thunder claps and enought to mess up a whindshild. Did not even get my t shirt damp. Oh well state fair is just around the corner. Always means rain.
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Old 08/09/12, 02:11 PM
 
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Got some here in Central Iowa as well yesterday. Some areas getting a little over an inch, but most in the neighborhood of 3/4 of an inch. As Am1too said, yesterday was the state fair parade and almost guaranteed we would get some moisture. LOL
Nothing is greening up yet, but I am hopeful that this will start the ball rolling as to getting some precipitation in the coming months.
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Old 08/09/12, 04:19 PM
 
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We have gotten so much rain here in eastern NC!!! Seems like it's been storming for weeks.
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Old 08/09/12, 06:20 PM
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We just finished a 10-day stretch without rain. We had 0.4" today.
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Old 08/09/12, 06:27 PM
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We got an inch last Saturday when we got the wind, and we got a very nice gentle 3/4 of an inch last night. Shouldn`t take long to get something growing again, if we get more. > Thanks Marc
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Old 08/09/12, 06:33 PM
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We were fortunate to receive 3.75" last Thursday evening over the course of 3 hours and then another 1.25" last night/this morning. Our corn is already in dough/dent stage so the rain won't help it much but it should breath some life into the beans and pastures.
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Old 08/09/12, 07:42 PM
 
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May/June were really dry here....had to irrigate the garden.

July, that turned 180 around. Normal July here is about 4.5" for the month. All time record was 9.7"......we had 12.5" officially ( at the weather station at the airport ), and a WHOLE lot more than that in the mountains where we live.

August started with a flood......5" fell Sunday night in two hours....cleaning out the creeks and anybody living along them that didn't understand the concept of "flood plain".
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Old 08/09/12, 08:36 PM
 
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Wall Since u got somma thet so called rain Braggs, Wouldja describe, exactly WHUT IT IS. I done furgot.
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Old 08/09/12, 11:22 PM
 
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Got some here in Central Iowa as well yesterday. Some areas getting a little over an inch, but most in the neighborhood of 3/4 of an inch. As Am1too said, yesterday was the state fair parade and almost guaranteed we would get some moisture. LOL
Nothing is greening up yet, but I am hopeful that this will start the ball rolling as to getting some precipitation in the coming months.
Always makes the state fair a welcome event.
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Old 08/09/12, 11:25 PM
 
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We have gotten so much rain here in eastern NC!!! Seems like it's been storming for weeks.
Please can I have some of your mud?
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Old 08/10/12, 12:15 AM
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I liked it better when I didn't have to mow the yard. Way I figure, if things got too bad and all the wells dried up we could move by the ocean along with the other 300,000,000+ people. It's just...now I have to mow.
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