It's dry in South Dakota right now, but keep this in mind in the face of global warming hysteria.
From the Rapid City Journal:
As bad as it has been in western South Dakota this time, it was even drier in the 1930s and drier still n based on tree rings n in a drought of the 1860s, Todey said. Beyond damage to livestock feed supplies and crops, the drought has hurt recreation, irrigation and municipal water supplies on some parts of the Missouri River. It contributed to more than 1,000 wildfires in the state last year. That tested financial resources as well as the emotional strength of those who suffered damage from the fires and scrambled to fight them, Todey said.
“People were running scared last year,” he said.
It will take a couple of years of average or above-average moisture to recover, Todey said. But if historic patterns are any indication, there might be better times ahead.
“If the 10-year cycle is correct, the 2010s could be better,” he said.
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