Understanding Your Risk and Impacts

 News Articles Relating to Drought Impacts

 August 2008

2008 High Plains Wheat Harvest Yields a Disappointment
http://media-newswire.com/release_1069475.html

2008 ‘uncharted waters’ for Jon Wert with extremely dry crops [North Dakota]
http://www.farmandranchguide.com/articles/2008/08/04/ag_news/producer_reports/prog01.txt

Calif. ranchers squeezed by drought and wildfire [California]
http://www.newspress.com/Top/Article/article.jsp?Section=NATIONAL&ID=565345003548639273

Heat sparking grass fires around Central Texas
http://www.kdhnews.com/news/story.aspx?s=26970

Parched isles draw federal attention [Hawaii]
http://starbulletin.com/2008/08/02/news/story02.html#full

Officials Urge Boaters To Keep Off Lake [Nevada]
http://www.fox5vegas.com/news/17061887/detail.html

Water officials looking for up-to-date data on wells [California]
http://www.chicoer.com/ci_10089260?source=most_emailed

Dinwiddie farmers struggle to stay in business as hot weather hits crops [Virginia]
http://www.nbc12.com/Global/story.asp?S=8793542&nav=menu128_2

Southwestern ND farmers fighting drought [North Dakota]
http://www.in-forum.com/ap/index.cfm?page=view&id=D92D46DG0

Duke hoping to cool off hot-water problem [North Carolina]
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/breaking/story/108461.html

Lynchburg taps James River for water [Virginia]
http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/news/local/article/lynchburg_taps_james_river_for_water/7172/

Asheville escapes water cutbacks [North Carolina]
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200880806103

Belfield drought [North Dakota]
http://www.kxmd.com/News/Dakota/263072.asp

Drought hits hay hard [North Carolina]
http://tryondailybulletin.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=959&Itemid=192

Report: Weather takes toll on La vegetables, pasture [Louisiana]
http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20080811/APN/808111240

Rain in SW Kansas not much help for drought
http://www.kansas.com/business/agriculture/story/489030.html

Ag chief says SC could get drought disaster help [South Carolina]
http://www.beaufortgazette.com/state/story/519069.html

Hunger Hits America’s Bread Basket [California]
http://news.yahoo.com/s/oneworld/20080811/wl_oneworld/world3567851218492205

Drought claims lake [Texas]
http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/793/story/295017.html

French Broad River at lowest level in at least 100 years [North Carolina]
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200880811103

Thurmond Lake could fall to lowest level since 2002 [Georgia]
http://www.nbcaugusta.com/news/local/26866049.html

Cattle Farmers Plead With Governor Sanford During Pickens Drought Tour [South Carolina]
http://www.wspa.com/spa/news/local/article/cattle_farmers_plead_with_governor_sanford_during_pickens_drought_tour/7116/

Dry spell affects stock, produce farmers [Virginia]
http://www.newsleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080813/NEWS01/80813002

Humboldt County has not escaped statewide drought [California]
http://www.times-standard.com/ci_10156051?source=most_emailed

Communities team up to help wild horses during drought [Nevada]
http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080813/DAYTON/808130312/1042

Touch Of Fall Already Showing On Trees [North Carolina]
http://www.wlos.com/shared/newsroom/top_stories/wlos_vid_1187.shtml

City stands firm on mandatory restrictions [North Carolina]
http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20080813/NEWS/312956943/1151&title=City_stand_firm_on_mandatory_restrictions

Drought is draining region’s streams [North Carolina]
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/breaking/story/128456.html

Fry-Ark flows may be inadequate to meet commitments [Colorado]
http://www.chieftain.com/articles/2008/08/13/news/local/doc48a2936f22ff6672948008.txt

One of Marshall’s three town wells runs dry [North Carolina]
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200880813122

California Water Crisis Threatens its Fruit and Vegetables
http://www.vegetablegrowersnews.com/pages/arts.php?ns=981

Crop yields depend on where you look [Maryland]
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/harford/bal-ha.farm17aug17,0,5847984,full.story

Drought Affecting Farmers Again [Tennessee]
http://www.wztv.com/newsroom/top_stories/vid_4103.shtml

Drought forces partial closure of N.C. paper plant [North Carolina]
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20080819/ARTICLES/76980&title=Drought_forces_partial_closure_of_N_C__paper_plant

Fire Hits Worm Farm Again [California]
http://www.my58.com/news/17219524/detail.html

Lack of rain leads to fire restrictions [Montana]
http://www.havredailynews.com/articles/2008/08/15/local_headlines/local.txt

San Marcos residents’ yards become feeding grounds [Texas]
http://www.news8austin.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=217475

Boys Find Ancient Canoe [South Carolina]
http://www.wyff4.com/news/17225556/detail.html

60,000 water customers in Sacramento County urged to cut use by 10 percent [California]
http://www.sacbee.com/302/story/1163166.html

Drought Leaves River Dry [Virginia]
http://www.wset.com/news/stories/0808/545414.html

Running dry: Lack of rain drops water even further in Franklin County [Virginia]
http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/173378

Drought Affects Farmers [Kentucky]
http://www.wkyt.com/wymtnews/headlines/27262529.html

Drought shrinks apple size [North Carolina]
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080822/NEWS01/80821184/1099&referrer=NEWSFRONTCAROUSEL

Kan. governor extends drought warnings [Kansas]
http://www.kwch.com/Global/story.asp?S=8885963

South Valley State of Emergency [California]
http://www.kmph.com/Global/story.asp?S=8869289

Drought concerns starting to drown farmers’ hope [Tennessee]
http://www.volunteertv.com/news/headlines/27382904.html

Effects linger from W.Va. drought [West Virginia]
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/bal-te.drought24aug24,0,6195012.story

Businesses feel drought’s pinch [North Carolina]
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200880823075

Trays Disappearing From College Cafeterias
http://www.kcra.com/money/17286804/detail.html

County asks governor to declare drought disaster [Virginia]
http://www.wpcva.com/articles/2008/08/25/chatham/news/news31.txt

Drought affecting tourism along upper Savannah River basin [Georgia]
http://gpbnews.blogspot.com/2008/08/drought-affecting-tourism-along-upper.html

Drought pulls river flow to lowest recorded level [North Carolina]
http://www.newsobserver.com/674/story/1192377.html

Farmers keep selling herds at auction while suffering from drought [Tennessee]
http://www.wate.com/Global/story.asp?S=8911329&nav=menu7_2_11

Farmers Say Dry Weather Taking Toll On Local Crops [Pennsylvania]
http://www.wjactv.com/news/17301885/detail.html

Releases possible as Lake O rises after drenching by Fay [Florida]
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/state/content/local_news/epaper/2008/08/28/0828lakeo.html

Good-bye Fay, Hello Gustav? [South Carolina]
http://www.independentmail.com/news/2008/aug/27/good-bye-fay-hello-gustav/

Augusta Drought Relief Too Late? [Virginia]
http://www.whsv.com/home/headlines/27631999.html

The High Cost of Farming: North Carolina farmers are getting squeezed by high fuel prices and the long drought
http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/aug/31/north-carolina-farmers-are-getting-squeezed-by-hig/business/

Virginia Beef Cattle ‘Ran Out Of Grass’
http://www.nbc4.com/news/17337789/detail.html

Low water, marginal temperatures pushed some trout to the brink [South Carolina]
http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080831/SPORTS04/80831007/1002