Rain!

[kepdawg]

It's raining!

[STANG RED]

send some of it west. we are dry as a powder house fart out here.

[STANG RED]

Perry declares statewide drought disaster

Gov. Rick Perry declared a disaster in all 254 Texas counties due to severe drought conditions, and requested that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency provide disaster relief assistance for Texas farms and ranches that have suffered economic and physical losses as a result.

The action builds upon Perry's ongoing efforts to secure drought assistance for Texas farms and ranches. Since early summer, Perry has requested assistance for 113 drought-affected counties on behalf of local officials. To date, the USDA has ap-proved 54 of those requests.

Perry asked that the USDA expedite all pending requests, and also approve all remaining Texas counties for assistance.

“Our farmers and ranchers have been suffering from extremely dry conditions, as well as devastating wildfires,” Perry said. “I am asking the USDA to help all farmers and ranchers in Texas who have been affected so they can recover.”

If Perry's statewide request is approved, qualified farm operators in all Texas counties will be eligible for low-interest emergency loans from the USDA's Farm Service Agency.

Producers can borrow up to 100 percent of actual production for physical losses, or a maximum of $500,000.

The agency also offers additional programs, such as technical assistance, to eligible farmers.

On Dec. 26, Perry declared a statewide disaster due to the threat of wildfires caused by extremely dry weather conditions.

On Jan. 11, President Bush approved Perry's request for a statewide Presidential Disaster Declaration, making Texans whose homes and property were destroyed or damaged by wildfires eligible to receive individual assistance, and local jurisdictions that have been fighting the costly fires will be eligible for public assistance.

Dry conditions are expected to continue in the coming weeks and months.

For a list of Texas counties that already have been approved for USDA assistance, or counties that currently have a pending assistance request, visit Perry's Web site at www.governor.state.us.

[MHSvarsity2007]

it's not even close to raining here :(

[SnyTigBaseB07]

Ya i'd like to see some rain, it'd do good to keep the fields from burning out here, we had one of the areas around a gin catch out here, you could see the smoke from the HS.

[kepdawg]

Thunder and lightning too! I didn't believe it would happen, but I guess the weather people actually guessed right this time! There's supposed to be a possibility of an inch of rain throughout Sunday.

[MHSvarsity2007]

i dont think that anything has caught on fire around here yet...

[SnyTigBaseB07]

Originally posted by MHSvarsity2007
i dont think that anything has caught on fire around here yet...

:eek: :eek: :eek: KNOCK ON WOOD!!!

We were discussing the Crossplains fires then our Ag teacher told us about the Gin catching, it was crazy.

[kepdawg]

Originally posted by MHSvarsity2007
i dont think that anything has caught on fire around here yet...

There have been several fires within a couple of miles of us. None too recent, but the rain is very welcome indeed!

[MHSvarsity2007]

Originally posted by SnyTigBaseB07
:eek: :eek: :eek: KNOCK ON WOOD!!!

We were discussing the Crossplains fires then our Ag teacher told us about the Gin catching, it was crazy.

KNOCKING ON WOOD!!!! :eek: :eek:

[DU_stud04]

nothing but lightnight out in arlington

[grizwald]

This is a welcome sight in my parts one of the guys I work in lives in Cross Plains and the fire just missed where he lives.

[SnyTigBaseB07]

Originally posted by grizwald
This is a welcome sight in my parts one of the guys I work in lives in Cross Plains and the fire just missed where he lives.

CRAZY!:eek: I'd be freakin watering the grass like nuts around my house if i lived in Cross Plains (not like it'd help, but i'd feel more secure) lol.

[DU_stud04]

rainin now,.....i feel like a weatherman updating every 10 minutes.......but....yea! RAIN!!!

[MHSvarsity2007]

Originally posted by DU_stud04
rainin now,.....i feel like a weatherman updating every 10 minutes.......but....yea! RAIN!!!

i'd update with you, but still no rain hah

[SnyTigBaseB07]

I think this is one of the longest droughts in either Scurry Country history or just Snyder, but either way...its been months!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MHSvarsity2007]

Originally posted by SnyTigBaseB07
I think this is one of the longest droughts in either Scurry Country history or just Snyder, but either way...its been months!!!!!!!!!!!!

i think our weatherman said we haven't seen rain since like october...

[SnyTigBaseB07]

Originally posted by MHSvarsity2007
i think our weatherman said we haven't seen rain since like october...

Sounds about how it is here, i just know that the 2 large creeks we have are just mounds of dirt and cacti.....

[AggieJohn]

Originally posted by kepdawg
It's raining! it's pouring, the old man is snoring

[exbccards76'smom]

Send some this way!! All we've really had is a few light(and I mean very light) showers

[LH Panther Mom]

HOORAY!!!!! It rained some here last night and it's thundering right now. :clap: :clap:

[piratebg]

Its is finally raining. HOORAY!!! I thought I saw lightning this morning, but it turned out to be a transformer going out. Now, if it would just warm up a little...

[DU_stud04]

still raining....kinda....well the rain im used to in west texas......drizzle at the most haha

[STANG RED]

still no rain here, but it looks like it could at any minute. The temp has dropped a few digrees since this morning. It pretty dang nippy out side.

[MHSvarsity2007]

it totally rained here last night and this morning!!! i was excited to find my sidewalk wet :D

[LH Panther Mom]

Oh what a wonderful sound I awoke to this morning....rain! I know it definitely won't end the drought, but hopefully we'll get enough to help a little.

[sinton66]

I don't much care for droughts. The last time we had a bad one down here, it broke in a BIG way. In October of 1984, Sinton and Odem got over the drought in a hurry. We got 27 inches of rain in 4-1/2 hours. That works out to 6 inches per hour. That was the first time in memory I had ever seen water over U.S.77 through the center of Odem (at 77 feet, one of the highest points on the map down here), and it was about 3 feet deep. Ironically enough, Corpus Christi and the lake basin didn't get a drop.

So, be careful what you wish for, it can get out of hand.;)

[3afan]

its been raining for a few hours in No TX this morning ..... supposed to keep it up for a few more hours

[MHSvarsity2007]

Originally posted by 3afan
its been raining for a few hours in No TX this morning ..... supposed to keep it up for a few more hours

rub it in why dont cha? :p

[CHS_CG]

It started raining about midnight last night and rained till about 3 here off and on. It was nice to see all day!

[SnyTigBaseB07]

We totally got rain in Snyder, it rained for like an hour! It was crazy, but it only did a lil good, but hey Rain is Rain! :D

[MHSvarsity2007]

Originally posted by SnyTigBaseB07
We totally got rain in Snyder, it rained for like an hour! It was crazy, but it only did a lil good, but hey Rain is Rain! :D

true that homie.

[3afan]

we ended up getting nearly 2" in NW Kaufman County