Understanding Your Risk and Impacts

 News Articles Relating to Drought Impacts

 May 2009

Water allocation increases slightly, but drought remains [California]
http://www.cfbf.com/agalert/AgAlertStory.cfm?ID=1301&ck=2DF45244F09369E16EA3F9117CA45157

Atlanta’s crashing trees predictable, arborists say [Georgia]
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2009/05/04/falling_trees_georgia.html

Majority of Californians Are Concerned About Reliable Water Supply [California]
http://pr-usa.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=205150&Itemid=28

Riverkeeper seeks mercy in Sacramento [California]
http://www.sonomawest.com/articles/2009/05/04/sonomawest/news/doc49f8c800c9445481297901.txt

West Palm Beach considers 1-day-a-week sprinkler limits as drought worsens [Florida]
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2009/05/04/0504water.html

Water shortage to cost county $44.8M in ag losses [California]
http://www.hanfordsentinel.com/articles/2009/05/07/news/doc4a03203b83acf502826232.txt

Shaved Heads Keep Barbers Idle as Drought Sears California
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=a8X3k8FhImlc&refer=exclusive

Sink Hole Swallows Home in Spring Hill [Florida]
http://www.theledger.com/article/20090507/NEWS/905079975?Title=Sink-Hole-Swallows-Home-in-Spring-Hill

Drought forces Loxahatchee refuge to close canoe trail because dragging boat is just no fun [Florida]
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2009/05/06/0506loxahatchee.html

S.D. council votes to move to Level 2 drought alert [California]
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/may/06/1m6b2briefs011516-short-takes/?metro&zIndex=94505

Almond crop expected to decline [California]
http://www.hanfordsentinel.com/articles/2009/05/09/news/doc4a050e1b524ad931084540.txt

Drought, Politics Trouble Farmers In California
http://www.kpbs.org/news/2009/may/11/drought-politics-trouble-farmers-california/

Martin County wildfires called worst in a decade [California]
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2009/may/11/indiantown-fire-80-percent-contained-officials/

Santa Barbara Fire 65% Contained [California]
http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2009/05/11/100371.htm

Chattanooga: Rains, drought bringing down trees [California]
http://www.tfponline.com/news/2009/may/09/chattanooga-rains-drought-bringing-down-trees/?local

Sea grass continues recovery in Tampa Bay [Florida]
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/may/12/121517/sea-grass-continues-recovery-tampa-bay/news-breaking/

Heavy rainfall is welcome sound for Lost Sea Adventure [Tennessee]
http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=87303&catid=2

Drought Drying Up Boat Access to Polk Lakes [Florida]
http://www.theledger.com/article/20090515/NEWS/905155057/0/YOURTOWN09

Drought-lowered lakes create dangers for boaters [Texas]
http://www.woai.com/news/local/story/Drought-lowered-lakes-create-dangers-for-boaters/n_YG9GbA8EWeAHt7iLsaxw.cspx

Power outages blamed on drought conditions [Texas]
http://www.recordstar.com/articles/2009/05/21/local_news/local10.txt

Firefighters battle forest fires in northern Wisconsin, U.P.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/45799067.html

Drought drilling Tampa athletic fields [Florida]
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/may/21/na-drought-drilling-tampa-parks/news-metro/

Whitewater rafting outlook OK despite drought [California]
http://www.bakersfield.com/news/business/economy/x140305103/Whitewater-rafting-outlook-OK-despite-drought

Water Worries Mendocino Grapegrowers [California]
http://www.winesandvines.com/template.cfm?section=news&content=64751&htitle=Water20Worries20Mendocino20Grapegrowers

Water-saving rules differ across county [California]
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/may/22/1m22drought232019-water-saving-rules-differ-across/

Shortage of grass worries ranchers [California]
http://www.redding.com/news/2009/may/25/shortage-grass-worries-ranchers/

Roseville Electric’s anticipated surplus has turned into a deficit [California]
http://www.sacbee.com/roseville/story/1891013.html

Historic drought has grip on region [Texas]
http://www.caller.com/news/2009/may/22/south-texas-drought/

Drought may have helped fish population [Georgia]
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/archive/19229/

Drought brings boating, swimming problems for WBL [Minnesota]
http://kaaltv.com/article/stories/S945372.shtml?cat=10728

Nevada wildlife board sets hunt tag quotas
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/05/26/state/n114255D17.DTL&type=newsbayarea

Drought takes toll on lake [California]
http://www.the-signal.com/news/archive/13582/

Planting rains needed [Texas]
http://www.theeagle.com/texas/Planting-rains-needed

Homes Evacuated, Acres Burn In Andover Grass Fire [Minnesota]
http://wcco.com/local/grass.fire.andover.2.1025827.html