Understanding Your Risk and Impacts

 News Articles Relating to Drought Impacts

 October 2008

Drought is pinching soybean yields [Kentucky]
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2008/oct/02/drought-is-pinching-soybean-yields/?gleaner=1/

Pumpkin farmers pinched by economy, drought [Virginia]
http://www.dailypress.com/business/dp-biz_pumpkins_1003oct03,0,2503146.story

Good grief, it’s the not-so Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown [Texas]
http://www.cleburnetimesreview.com/johnsoncounty/local_story_276154345.html

DWR calls drought ‘most significant in state’s history’ [California]
http://www.mtshastanews.com/homepage/x1424439446

Clarendon among counties eligible for USDA emergency loans [South Carolina]
http://www.clarendontoday.com/Pages/100208/News/loans.html

Low Storage Levels Cause Metropolitan to Suspend Public Boat Launches at Diamond Valley Lake After Oct. 13 [California]
http://digital50.com/news/items/BW/2001/07/14/20081002006418/low-storage-levels-cause-metropolitan-to-suspend-public-boat-launches-at-diamond-vall.html

Merced irrigation season ends early again [California]
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/167/story/477892.html

RBS issues restrictions [Tennessee]
http://www.maconcountytimes.com/articles/2008/10/01/news/newsd.txt

Farmer to Farmer ‘Bale Out’ a Project of the Heart [Virginia]
http://www.lancasterfarming.com/node/1506

Lingering drought makes for tough year for Seneca-area farmers [South Carolina]
http://www.independentmail.com/news/2008/oct/04/lingering-drought-makes-tough-year-seneca-area-far/

Minner requests crop disaster declaration for Delaware
http://www.scsuntimes.com/state_news/x811418515/Minner-requests-crop-disaster-declaration-for-Delaware

Dropping water reveals Lake Shasta artifacts [California]
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/05/state/n150326D79.DTL&type=newsbayarea

Dogwood fest back at Piedmont Park [Georgia]
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/printedition/2008/10/04/atlfestivals.html

Dry conditions throughout the region [North Dakota]
http://www.minotdailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/519632.html?nav=5012

Calif. Drought Leads to Recycled Water [California]
http://www.landscapeonline.com/research/article/11235

Current Water Restrictions Are Confusing [Georgia]
http://www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=121963&catid=39

Drought conditions cause strain in Central Texas
http://www.kvue.com/news/top/stories/100308kvue_drought_lakes_foliage-cb.d98da194.html

Dry summer worsens drought [Tennessee]
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081004/NEWS01/810040377

McConaughy rebound may come at cost [Nebraska]
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10452852

Crop damage from drought tops $21 million [California]
http://www.hanfordsentinel.com/articles/2008/10/09/news/doc48ee4ecdc201d271335174.txt

Lake Lanier’s home prices fall with water level [Georgia]
http://www.ajc.com/business/content/printedition/2008/10/08/lanier.html

Drought could crimp Clemson tourism effort [South Carolina]
http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081008/NEWS01/810080371/1002

Magoffin County Water Shortage Worsens [Kentucky]
http://www.wkyt.com/wymtnews/headlines/30652169.html

Drought pares area crop yields [Ohio]
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081015/BUSINESS06/810150345/-1/BUSINESS

North Carolina corn crop lowest in 10 years
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200881012006

Army suspends relocation of Ft. Irwin tortoises [California]
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unleashed/2008/10/army-suspends-r.html

Sioux County producers sue over Niobrara water [Nebraska]
http://www.thechadronnews.com/articles/2008/10/14/chadron/headlines/news877.txt

Corn harvest paltry for many [North Carolina]
http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=307529

Dry year affects county farmers [Georgia]
http://www.thehartwellsun.com/articles/2008/10/17/news/news03.txt

Drought hurting county businesses [North Carolina]
http://www.grahamstar.com/topstory.html

Southern drought creeps northward [southern United States]
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/6065180.html

Roaming mountain lion keeps city on guard [Texas]
http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=9195278&nav=menu73_2_2

Communities, businesses fined over permit problems during drought [Florida]
http://macroworldinvestor.com/m/m.w?lp=GetStory&id=326266461

Drought causes residents’ wells, springs to run dry [North Carolina]
http://www.smokymountainnews.com/issues/10_08/10_15_08/fr_drought.html

E. Ky. town calls on residents to conserve water [Kentucky]
http://www.kfvs12.com/Global/story.asp?S=9195479&nav=menu51_2_3_3

States seek to slow flow from Upstate lakes as drought continues [Georgia, South Carolina]
http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081015/NEWS01/81015026/1004/NEWS01

Water official: Drought here to stay for awhile [California]
http://www.ivpressonline.com/articles/2008/10/16/local_news/news04.txt

Crop damage in county reaches $28 million [California]
http://www.coalingarecord.com/articles/2008/10/24/news/doc49021de5b2bf3566129043.txt

Hay prices holding their own [Oklahoma]
http://macroworldinvestor.com/m/m.w?lp=GetStory&id=327449541

Drought not letting up [North Dakota]
http://macroworldinvestor.com/m/m.w?lp=GetStory&id=327275531

Biologists produce shocking results at Lake Okeechobee [Florida]
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/737492.html

Drought ‘disaster' declared [California]
http://www.triplicate.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=10573

Dumped horses are sign of hard economic times [Indiana]
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20081028/NEWS02/810280429/1025

Emergency Drinking Water To Be Provided [Tennessee]
http://www.greenevillesun.com/story/298931

Hartwell ramps now closed [Georgia, South Carolina]
http://www.upstatetoday.com/news/2008/oct/25/hartwell-ramps-now-closed/

Victoria Drought [Texas]
http://www.myvictoriaonline.com/content/view/980983/7/

Central Texas still in grips of drought
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/10/29/1029drought.html