Understanding Your Risk and Impacts

 News Articles Relating to Drought Impacts

 January 2009

300 fewer fire calls reported during New Year’s Eve [Texas]
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/300_fewer_fire_calls_reported_during_New_Years_Eve.html

H2O cops prowl for drought-oblivious scofflaws [California]
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/07/BAA0154O5K.DTL

South Florida Homeowners Asked to Skip a Week of Watering
http://www.lawnandlandscape.com/news/news.asp?ID=7452

Beekeepers hope dry weather won’t dampen almond pollination [California]
http://www.fresnobee.com/business/story/1114511.html

Drought-Weakened Trees Vulnerable To Winter [Georgia]
http://www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=125453&catid=40

Times also are tough for whooping cranes [Texas]
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/Times_also_are_toughfor_whooping_cranes.html

Wading birds’ nests down three-quarters from 2002 [Florida]
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2008/12/25/a1b_birds_1226.html

Wind, rains topple trees, weaken root systems [Tennessee]
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/jan/03/wind-rains-topple-trees-weaken-root-systems/

Wood storks return to Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary [Florida]
http://www.news-press.com/article/20081226/GREEN/81225028/1075&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL

City ponders water restrictions [Texas]
http://www.banderabulletin.com/articles/2009/01/08/news/566.txt

McConaughy’s owner says water restrictions aren’t enough [Nebraska]
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10532087

High Court won’t intervene in Ala., Ga., Fla. water war
http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20090113/NEWS02/901130331

Increased lead poisoning in swans linked to drought, feed ban [Minnesota, Wisconsin]
http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20090113/WDH0101/901130543/1981

Protected species moves from valley [California]
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20090110/NEWS01/901100347/1006/news01

Nine Anderson water districts lift mandatory restrictions [South Carolina]
http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20090113/NEWS01/90113020/1004/NEWS01

Southwest FL gets more bad water news [Florida]
http://www.watertechonline.com/news.asp?N_ID=71240

Cattle becoming victims of increasing Texas drought
http://www.theeagle.com/texas/Cattle-becoming-victims-of-increasing-Texas-drought

Dry weather hurting area agriculture [Texas]
http://www.reporternews.com/news/2009/jan/14/dry-weather-hurting-area-agriculture/

Local pecan crop suffers as drought drags on [Texas]
http://seguingazette.com/story.lasso?ewcd=294357430adc3847

Blazes lighting up Comal County [Texas]
http://herald-zeitung.com/story.lasso?ewcd=cf38f898b43b3deb&

Rising water level causing problems with drifting boats [Virginia]
http://www.smithmountaineagle.com/articles/2009/01/15/news/news_rising.txt

Water supplier warns DWP of big price hike [California]
http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_11456991

Ohio soybeans suffer in 2008
http://www.coshoctontribune.com/article/20090117/NEWS01/901170307/1002/NEWS01

ESCONDIDO: City water rates going up sharply for above-average users [California]
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2009/01/17/news/inland/escondido/z3234bde1a8f415838825754000778485.txt

Sinkhole To Be Tapped For Water Supply [Florida]
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/jan/18/sinkhole-be-tapped-water-supply/

Water supplier will tap aquifer [Florida]
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090119/ARTICLE/901190333/-1/SPORTS0401?Title=Water_supplier_will_tap_aquifer

Farmers abandon fields in California’s worsening drought, sparking concerns about price hikes
http://www.latimes.com/business/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-california-drought,1,407582.story

In dry state, Central Texas has it worst
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/01/23/0123drought.html

Burn bans increase; stock tanks drying out [Texas]
http://southwestfarmpress.com/livestock/texas-crops-0122/

Fire danger rising during dry weather [Texas]
http://www.seguingazette.com/story.lasso?ewcd=803244b0c96838f0

Drought affects duck season [Texas]
http://thefacts.com/story.lasso?ewcd=1ec1180bf37f93c4

Tree deaths soar in Western U.S.
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/globalwarming/2009-01-22-drought-heat-trees_N.htm

Drought conditions continue to worsen [Texas]
http://newstreamz.com/2009/01/27/drought-conditions-continue-to-worsen

Drought May Cause Unemployment in Nearby County [California]
http://www.kcoy.com/Global/story.asp?S=9739685

EBMUD cashing in on drought surcharges [California]
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay&id=6630227

Texas Crop Report
http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_11572285

Water-related job losses could total 40,000+, UC estimates [California]
http://www.cfbf.com/agalert/AgAlertStory.cfm?ID=1225&ck=25DF35DE87AA441B88F22A6C2A830A17