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7/6/14, 02:26 PM
7/6/14, 02:40 PM
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Nuts are so expensive though.
7/6/14, 02:47 PM
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We don't buy them very often either, just every once in a while. Of course we don't keep chips around the house either, just don't eat them very much. We keep a lot of nuts around to snack on, prefer them to chips and they're a lot better for you.
Right now there are probably 5 cans of roasted peanuts, several cans of honey roasted peanuts, several cans of roasted almonds, and a big bag of pecans in the pantry. They're expensive as hell, but I think they make a better snack than chips.
Right now there are probably 5 cans of roasted peanuts, several cans of honey roasted peanuts, several cans of roasted almonds, and a big bag of pecans in the pantry. They're expensive as hell, but I think they make a better snack than chips.
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7/6/14, 03:45 PM
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7/6/14, 04:20 PM
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Hot puppy here this week. Put the sprinkler on the roof today to cool the attic in the evening.
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7/6/14, 04:53 PM
Hows the hay situation out there this year Charlie? Its freakin' booming here, the weather has been perfect for it. I've seen fields over the weekend that are on their 3rd cut already this year.
7/6/14, 05:06 PM
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This has been the nicest 4th of July week I can remember in years here. Very little humidity, temps in the low-mid 80s, hardly any clouds.
Hows the hay situation out there this year Charlie? Its freakin' booming here, the weather has been perfect for it. I've seen fields over the weekend that are on their 3rd cut already this year.
Hows the hay situation out there this year Charlie? Its freakin' booming here, the weather has been perfect for it. I've seen fields over the weekend that are on their 3rd cut already this year.
Water is scarce. Just drove through prime farms driving to the brewery Friday and south of the highway didn't see one wheel line going. I assume they took the buy out to not water. Fields are brown with horses and cows pickin what they can find. The north side of the highway has maybe 1/2 to 2/3 of the lines going. Looks like some were just now cutting 2nd.
The "water claim's" have been made by the tribes and the irrigation districts. The upper lake area farms are limited to watering stock only - no irrigation. The Indians are holding it back for riparian areas for the stupid sucker fish. But the irrigation district for the lower lake also has rights so there's supposed to be enough water for 2 cuttings. Farms are also pumping wells. Might be a little bit of a 3rd cutting but I don't expect it.
Last year I paid $200/t, this year the word is $300. My neighbor said her friend at church just paid $500 but when I asked if that is farmer direct she said she didn't know. She and some of her idiot friends buy through the stores when there are plenty of farmers to buy from directly. But she's from CA and not too bright. Why would you buy hay from a feed store when you're in the middle of prime hay and alf country??
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7/6/14, 05:14 PM
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Water outlook: Dry ground all around
Posted: Tuesday, July 1, 2014 12:00 am
By LACEY JARRELL H&N Staff Reporter
Much of the West is expected to remain in extreme drought throughout July, according to weather experts.
Ryan Sandler, a Medford National Weather Service meteorologist, said conditions in the Klamath Basin are expected to remain warmer and drier than normal, with little chance for wet systems similar to the storm that blanketed the Basin June 25 and 26.
“That rain came at a good time. It was cooler, so there was less evaporation, but it was really just a short-term gain,” Sandler said.
The storm rained down less than an inch of water at the Klamath Falls airport and dropped 1.35 inches of rain at Crater Lake. Normal precipitation for June is nearly an inch, Sandler said.
All the rain that fell in June did so in the two-day storm period. It brought the month’s total precipitation to 39 percent of average.
Cody Heath, who farms 2,500 acres of hay in Swan Lake and Chiloquin, said the rain didn’t improve much on the Basin floor.
“When things are dried out so bad like they are, it really doesn’t help,” he said.
Worst in 20 years
As of June 30, Klamath Falls has received 7.24 inches of precipitation — 52 percent of normal — since the water year began Sept. 1, according to Sandler.
“It’s one of the worst (years) we’ve seen in about the last 20 years,” said Greg Addington, executive director of the Klamath Water Users Association.
According to Addington, limited water reserves, coupled with minimum instream flow levels for species protected under the Endangered Species Act, means there isn’t enough water for Basin farmers and ranchers.
“It’s the first year we’re experiencing involuntary shutoffs since 2001,” Addington said. “It’s not good. This is the train wreck we’ve seen coming for a decade.”
Stacy Freitas, a Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge biologist, said wildlife also is suffering from the water shortage — the Lower Klamath refuge is nearly dry — and Tule Lake NWR is only receiving water as part of the cooperative farming program with the Tule Lake Irrigation District.
“We’re definitely not getting any other water for the summer,” Freitas said.
Downward trend
As of June 30, there are normally 6 inches of snow on the ground at Crater Lake. The last time snow was reported at Crater Lake was June 1.
In a normal year, there are 46 inches of snow on the ground the ground in early June, Sandler said. He explained it’s not unprecedented for Crater Lake monitoring stations to have no snow July 1, but what makes this year different is how little snow there has been all year.
Sandler said the June to September Basin streamflow forecast ranges from a low six percent to 47 percent of average. He said the worst inflow forecasts are for Clear Lake, which is anticipated to peak at six percent of average, and Gerber Reservoir, which is expected to only receive 7 percent of average.
Sprague River is expected to have inflows 38 percent of average through September. The Williamson is expected to be slightly higher with 47 percent of average, according to Sandler. He said officials anticipate Upper Klamath Lake inflows will be 37 percent of normal.
http://www.heraldandnews.com/email_blast/water-outlook-dry-ground-all-around/article_e46154d4-00e1-11e4-8c19-001a4bcf887a.html
Posted: Tuesday, July 1, 2014 12:00 am
By LACEY JARRELL H&N Staff Reporter
Much of the West is expected to remain in extreme drought throughout July, according to weather experts.
Ryan Sandler, a Medford National Weather Service meteorologist, said conditions in the Klamath Basin are expected to remain warmer and drier than normal, with little chance for wet systems similar to the storm that blanketed the Basin June 25 and 26.
“That rain came at a good time. It was cooler, so there was less evaporation, but it was really just a short-term gain,” Sandler said.
The storm rained down less than an inch of water at the Klamath Falls airport and dropped 1.35 inches of rain at Crater Lake. Normal precipitation for June is nearly an inch, Sandler said.
All the rain that fell in June did so in the two-day storm period. It brought the month’s total precipitation to 39 percent of average.
Cody Heath, who farms 2,500 acres of hay in Swan Lake and Chiloquin, said the rain didn’t improve much on the Basin floor.
“When things are dried out so bad like they are, it really doesn’t help,” he said.
Worst in 20 years
As of June 30, Klamath Falls has received 7.24 inches of precipitation — 52 percent of normal — since the water year began Sept. 1, according to Sandler.
“It’s one of the worst (years) we’ve seen in about the last 20 years,” said Greg Addington, executive director of the Klamath Water Users Association.
According to Addington, limited water reserves, coupled with minimum instream flow levels for species protected under the Endangered Species Act, means there isn’t enough water for Basin farmers and ranchers.
“It’s the first year we’re experiencing involuntary shutoffs since 2001,” Addington said. “It’s not good. This is the train wreck we’ve seen coming for a decade.”
Stacy Freitas, a Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge biologist, said wildlife also is suffering from the water shortage — the Lower Klamath refuge is nearly dry — and Tule Lake NWR is only receiving water as part of the cooperative farming program with the Tule Lake Irrigation District.
“We’re definitely not getting any other water for the summer,” Freitas said.
Downward trend
As of June 30, there are normally 6 inches of snow on the ground at Crater Lake. The last time snow was reported at Crater Lake was June 1.
In a normal year, there are 46 inches of snow on the ground the ground in early June, Sandler said. He explained it’s not unprecedented for Crater Lake monitoring stations to have no snow July 1, but what makes this year different is how little snow there has been all year.
Sandler said the June to September Basin streamflow forecast ranges from a low six percent to 47 percent of average. He said the worst inflow forecasts are for Clear Lake, which is anticipated to peak at six percent of average, and Gerber Reservoir, which is expected to only receive 7 percent of average.
Sprague River is expected to have inflows 38 percent of average through September. The Williamson is expected to be slightly higher with 47 percent of average, according to Sandler. He said officials anticipate Upper Klamath Lake inflows will be 37 percent of normal.
http://www.heraldandnews.com/email_blast/water-outlook-dry-ground-all-around/article_e46154d4-00e1-11e4-8c19-001a4bcf887a.html
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Take some of our rain. I'm sick of it! In the forecast every day this week. 
7/6/14, 05:21 PM
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I finally got my windshield wiper arms painted with the help of my grandad, we didn't have any semigloss so we used gloss black, they actually look really good, just waiting for them to dry.
7/6/14, 07:39 PM
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7/6/14, 09:18 PM
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7/7/14, 06:26 AM
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It's 7/7.....isn't that Seven's birthday, Gary? I 
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