That was Texas the last couple of years. We had to feed what little winter hay there was last summer. The ground was barren of even weeds, it was a dust bowl. The water well went dry, the 4 ponds went bone dry for 2 years. We, along with hundreds if not thousands of ranchers, had to sell our entire cattle herd, it had been in the family since 1940. Total devastation in Texas and other states. No flies, no mosquitos, no snakes or fire ants. That is not normal or right.
Now Texas is in a perpetual flood. it has not stopped raining literally in months. It is july and it is predicted to keep rain in on into August. We are breaking all records for rainfall and LOW summer temps. It should be about 115 today here and it is 80 and has been all summer. I live on the edge of the desert southwest. Still forested and green, but dry dry dry in the summer. I live east of Marble Falls that just flooded, you may have seen it on the news, 19 inches in 12 hours or something. My neighbors have been rescued by boat, horses up to their nostrils in water. This is not right here.
Our hay fields in the area are waist deep and cannot be cut because it pours rain everyday. My cousin has offered us hay real cheap now at $2.50 a bale, last year all coastal hay was $11. square bale, limit 3 at area feedstores and you had to reserve in advance, and coastal round bales, trash with paper, plastic bags and roadkill were $125. up from $25. You could not afford to feed it and it caused death and bloat in cattle. Even starving horses and goats would not eat it.
I am so sorry yall are going through this now. Drought is devastating. Now we are flooding and battling severe paracite infestaion and loss of life, human and animal.
What have we done to this planet?