I went out to put a sign in front of a new listing yesterday and thought I would need a jackhammer to plant it. The ground is hard as rock. We are in the midst of a serious drought in all of North Carolina. There's something amiss when folks start to hope for a tropical storm, depression, or small hurricane to get some water.
My Sweetie and I took a drive into Chatham County on Sunday, and took some photos of Jordan Lake and the Haw River. They are pretty enough photos, but any local can tell you they show a very low level of surface water.
Jordan Lake, above, is the source of potable water for Cary, Apex, and many Wake County, NC homes. The shoreline shows exposed ground that is under water at normal lake levels, and the Haw River, below, which feeds Jordan Lake is silent when it should be bubbling over the now-exposed rocks.
The drought is a serious issue for farmers, as they cannot provide grain for livestock. On our drive we passed several farms where we should have seen some cattle, and only saw cattle one time in a couple of dozen opportunities. Fields are uniformly brown and stunted from lack of water. Livestock is being sold at almost any price as farmers can't get enough affordable hay and grain.
A client told me yesterday that they were sending a truck and two drivers to Ohio to get hay for their horses. And last night when I left the office, I saw a flatbed tractor-trailer loaded with hay rolling out of Cary, West on US 64.
It appears that we are having a drought for the records, with references made to the 1930's as the last time the region saw this much dry weather. To compound matters, the last two winters have been mostly dry, and have not offered much moisture to replenish the soil.
Yes, a little tropical low that delivered a couple of days of steady rain would be greeted with some joy in many areas in North Carolina
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I need to stop on 98 by Falls Lake and show you why Raleigh is in water restrictions. It is like this and I even can see a cove that is growning grass. I do am hoping for a hurricane for rain. How bad is that? I believe most are doing the same thinking.