Thursday, July 26, 2012
Flash drought
NPR says some states had a cold wet spring followed by an unusually dry summer.
If drought means anything at all, it means a PROLONGED PERIOD of dry weather. The official definition is slippery, but emphasizes at least one year, preferably two years, before you start calling it a drought.
If any dry period of any length can be a "flash drought", then let's have Flashmas every day!
A weekend is "flash unemployment."
A missed meal is "flash starvation."
A sleepless night is "flash torture."
Coughing on a swallow of water is "flash drowning."
The bare patch in my yard is "flash desertification."
Cussing when you stub your toe is "flash Tourette's."
Lighting a match is a "flash forest fire."A gunshot is a "flash world war." ¶ 5:06 PM
The unusually hot dry weather that has gripped the nation will not let up its stranglehold over the next few months, federal weather forecasters said Thursday.
And that means the heartland's "flash drought" will linger at least until around Halloween and even spread a bit farther north and east.
If drought means anything at all, it means a PROLONGED PERIOD of dry weather. The official definition is slippery, but emphasizes at least one year, preferably two years, before you start calling it a drought.
If any dry period of any length can be a "flash drought", then let's have Flashmas every day!
A weekend is "flash unemployment."
A missed meal is "flash starvation."
A sleepless night is "flash torture."
Coughing on a swallow of water is "flash drowning."
The bare patch in my yard is "flash desertification."
Cussing when you stub your toe is "flash Tourette's."
Lighting a match is a "flash forest fire."A gunshot is a "flash world war." ¶ 5:06 PM
