We are in a drought in my area of PA. I’ve never seen the local reservoir as low as it is right now. A couple pictures of launch areas where the docks are high and dry. No rain in sight for next ten days.
I run a drinking water facility in central NJ that happens to have it's own pumped storage reservoir. This is the lowest it's been since it was constructed. We had ~4.5" of rain since July 23rd.... 1/3 normal and we are at 30 consecutive days with no rain fall at all. I'm loving it outside of work but at work its been hell. We try to only use reservoir in emergencies and well... here you go.
Another lake about 60 miles north of me. Looks like we “ might” get up to half inch of rain Sunday into Monday. Fingers crossed! We have upgraded or downgraded, depending how you look at it, from moderate to severe drought.
My cousin has a cottage on the River in Clayton NY. He was telling me just this weekend his floating dock is sitting on bedrock. He had to get into the water to wrestle his Sylvan off his boat lift and he has no hope of getting it back on.
When a fire is reported as arson on TV it seems to draw more arsonists to start fires. Heart goes out to the 18 year old kid who got killed by a tree on the fire line. Those forests are still dangerous even after the fire goes out.
