I know you have seen the pictures from the southwestern United States of dry fields and low water levels. Temps are in the 100's. I have too. But you don't really realize what it is like until you are experiencing something similar. In Minnesota we have been in the high 90's, even topping 100 a couple of days, for two weeks now. This with little rain. Yards are turning brown as people don't water. I know we are not nearly in the same position as places like California, but it is still a very concerning and depressing place to find ourselves in. It is June and June temps should be twenty degrees cooler here. My rhubarb is wilting in the heat even as I poor water on it. Today is the first day where we have had some rain in over two weeks. It is not a lot, maybe a quarter of an inch, but the temps are much cooler, in the 60's – 70's. It has helped a little, but it will not bring back all of those brown lawns or help our farmers. What we need is a good soaking rain over an extended period.
The consequences of drought or extended extreme temperatures can be severe.
One Minnesota farmer:
That was posted on June 12th , a week ago. Today, June 20th, we got around a quarter of an inch where I am. I hope he got more.
But I know there are places that have it worse.
I wonder, will people ever wake up?
