Drought, Still

Driving down 751 past Jordan Lake hits home that we are really in a severe drought. One side of the bridge is a receding puddle; the other, a stream surrounded by bright green new grass growing in the lake bed.

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Jordan Lake Drought 4
Jordan Lake Drought 3

Jordan Lake Drought 2

Jordan Lake Drought 1

Monday, October 1st, 2007 Durham North Carolina, Geography

11 Comments to Drought, Still

  1. Drove over that same bridge this past weekend. Really disturbing; I’ve never seen it so bad. Got a few pictures, which you could post if you want (send me email).

  2. Matt on October 2nd, 2007
  3. I added the photos. Thanks for sending those! The water, of course, should be up next to the tree line…

  4. Valerie on October 3rd, 2007
  5. That is absolutely nuts!!! Where the heck is all the water??

  6. Aimee on October 3rd, 2007
  7. Yeah, I’m thinking back to the grade-school chart showing the water comes down from the sky as rain, rolls down the hills into water sources, and then gets evaporated. I’m wondering where it got stuck in the process. Seems like the clouds keep getting gray and trying to rain, but then it blows by us.

  8. Valerie on October 3rd, 2007
  9. Wow, what pictures. Well-drilling companies are going to do well (ohmygod, I totally didn’t mean that) if the rain doesn’t come.

  10. Bob S-K on October 3rd, 2007
  11. Thank you for sharing!

  12. epilasyon on October 13th, 2007
  13. Thats some mighty fine looking grass though

  14. Chris on December 9th, 2007
  15. Isn’t it a really pretty new green? That was a while ago, though; I bet it’s not still so green.

  16. Valerie on December 9th, 2007
  17. that is an awful sight…..had the same feeling driving past falls lake last week. An inch of rain is a drop in that gaping hole.

    I hope you don’t mind if I link to these photos from my blog?

    Thanks!

  18. JMom on December 17th, 2007
  19. [...] Saturday was dreary and cold. Then it started to rain. And I was happy. I was happy even though it was dark, cold and wet because, well, we needed to get wet! We need to get drenched! [...]

  20. AMoores » A dry spell on December 17th, 2007
  21. Hello {!!} we in da buildin at hillside yea boii!!!!!!!

  22. B.&&.D on February 25th, 2008

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