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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Results of Two-Month Drouth
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:16:33 -0400
References: <C4083EAB09074B52A77029D1E20E922B@jimnichols> <18CAC4E8-4179-41B9-93A5-05766D1BC702@frozenlight.eu> <AD38AC1F127546FA9F3AE033E8489455@jimnichols>

We got our first rain in months yesterday.  It's still drizzling today.
 Everything is so parched and brown.  I hope this is not a new trend!  If
we're going to have Central American weather, I want a rainy season like
they have!

Tina

On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at 
lighttube.net>wrote:

> Hi Nathan,
>
> We received 0.3 inches of rain yesterday, the first in several months.  I
> hope the pattern is changing.
>
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at 
> frozenlight.eu>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 1:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Results of Two-Month Drouth
>
>
>
>  Our trees look very similar to yours, Jim. Not in our garden, there we
>> don't have any, but the ones in the street.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>>
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> Blog: 
>> http://nathansmusings.**wordpress.com/<http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
>>
>>
>> YNWA
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jul 5, 2012, at 8:26 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>>
>>  We have had no effective rainfall since the first of April.  In addition
>>> to the impact on our lawns and trees, the reservoir that supplies our 
>>> water
>>> is also very low, because there has been no rain in the watershed area 
>>> that
>>> feeds it.  These images give an idea of our current conditions.
>>>
>>> Typical lawn grass, burned by the sun, and lack of rain:
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/OldNick/Grass.jpg.html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Grass.jpg.html>
>>>
>>> Our Tulip Poplars, planted to replace lost oak trees,  have gone into
>>> emergency mode:
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/OldNick/Leaves+on+**Ground.jpg.html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Leaves+on+Ground.jpg.html>
>>>
>>> The leaves remaining on the larger Poplar are about 50% brown:
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/OldNick/Tulip+Poplar+75.**jpg.html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Tulip+Poplar+75.jpg.html>
>>>
>>> The smaller Poplar shows the overall impact of the drouth:
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/OldNick/Tulip+Poplar+77.**jpg.html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Tulip+Poplar+77.jpg.html>
>>>
>>> If anyone knows a rainmaker, please send contact info. :~(
>>>
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>
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-- 
Tina Manley, ASMP
www.tinamanley.com


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