Understanding Your Risk and Impacts

 News Articles Relating to Drought Impacts

 November 2005

Durham mandates water use cutbacks [North Carolina]
http://www.heraldsun.com/durham/4-664318.html

Easley Calls For Water Conservation [North Carolina]
http://news.yahoo.com/s/wxii/20051103/lo_wxii/3038281

Lake Lavon near drought level [Texas]
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15507033&BRD=1426&PAG=461&dept_id=525682&rfi=6

More feeders see cornstalk bales as low-cost option [North Dakota/South Dakota/Iowa]
http://www.tristateneighbor.com/articles/2005/11/08/tri_state_news/top_stories/news13.txt

Weather extremes reduce soybean harvests [Maryland/Delaware]
http://www.delmarvanow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051111/NEWS01/511110302/1002

County bans burning in unincorporated areas [Texas]
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/rssstory.mpl/metropolitan/3453783

Grant to aid drought victims [Illinois]
http://www.pjstar.com/stories/111005/REG_B839IGMI.033.shtml

Texoma counties declared natural disaster area because of drought
http://www.heralddemocrat.com/articles/2005/11/09/local_news/news01.txt

Raleigh experiences drought [North Carolina]
http://technicianonline.com/story.php?id=012637

Burn Ban Issued For Scott County Due To Lack Of Rain [Mississippi]
http://www.sctonline.net/articles/2005/11/09/news/local/news31.txt

Town still plagued by good weather [Virginia]
http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=4114281&nav=23ii

The Cost of Drought [Iowa/Illinois]
http://www.wqad.com/Global/story.asp?S=4111638&nav=1sW7

Gov okays drought assistance [Illinois]
http://www.macombjournal.com/articles/2005/11/14/news/news5.txt

Part 2: QC drought might not bump up prices at grocery store [Iowa/Illinois]
http://www.wqad.com/Global/story.asp?S=4111702

Drought conditions in Triad spread, worsen despite today’s rain [North Carolina]
http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ/MGArticle/WSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid
=1128768164077

Drought Losses Significant, But Agriculture Has Some Bright Spots [Texas]
http://agnews.tamu.edu/dailynews/stories/ANSC/Nov1705b.htm

Drought brings rain of business to Raleigh-area car washes [North Carolina
http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ/MGArticle/WSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid
=1128768215985

Water Limits Leave Wake School Construction Sites Parched [North Carolina]
http://www.nbc17.com/education/5350230/detail.html?rss=tri&psp=news

Drought pares county crop yields [North Carolina]
http://www.roxboro-courier.com/newsnowstories/ts111605-4.htm

Drought Conditions Affecting Waterfowl Hunting at Jordan [North Carolina]
http://www.thepilot.com/sports/111605waterfowl.html

Drought dulls tree farmers’ Christmas [Illinois]
http://www.gwinnettdailyonline.com/GDP/archive/articleE55E1CDD17CA4673A73492BBED073CBD.asp

Vitamin A Can Be Deficient In A Drought (cattle)
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=14072

Dry summer makes 2005 a good year for wine [North Carolina]
http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/stories/2005/11/28/story6.html?from_rss=1

County Under Drought Conditions [Oklahoma]
http://www.sequoyahcountytimes.com/articles/2005/11/25/news/front3.txt

Illinois drought losses less than expected
http://www.wqad.com/Global/story.asp?S=4161234&nav=1sW7

Winds fuel wildfires in Oklahoma, Texas
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/28/wildfires.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest

Continuing drought a long-term threat [Oklahoma]
http://www.muskogeephoenix.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051130/NEWS01/511300302/1002

Gohmert Announces Aid for Farmers [Texas]
http://www.tylerpaper.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15669759&BRD=1994&PAG=461&dept_id=227937&rfi=6

Drought caused crop losses approaching $4 million ([Indiana]
http://www.news-tribune.net/news/local_story_333161358.html?keyword=topstory