So, through the school of hard knocks the disaffected will go with no rudder in the storm. Once they no longer can point themselves into the waves of the troubles of life, capsize is imminent. Return to base, or port, is no longer always possible, or easily possible. Life becomes a burden and is difficult. Instead of the burden being light and the yoke easy, difficulty lies ahead. And so this nation must suffer for its insolence and spiritual slovenly practices and behaviors.
If this timeline I have talked about is going to happen, we MUST be in a drought in this nation by the end of the harvest season this year and into the spring wheat harvest season.
Here is some data a reader sent me from the NOAA, whose job it is to monitor the weather:
THE VAST MAJORITY OF RESERVOIRS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR. IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS...MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLIES HAVE DECLINED BY 15 TO 20 PERCENT OF CONSERVATION VALUES. WATER USAGE AND EVAPORATION WILL REMAIN VERY HIGH THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER MONTHS...FURTHER TAXING OUR WATER RESOURCES. TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE...ZEBRA MUSSELS HAVE NOW BEEN FOUND IN TWO MORE LAKES WITHIN THE TRINITY RIVER BASIN. SUMMER IS A DRY SEASON BETWEEN THE RAINIER SPRING AND FALL. WITH NO CURRENT PROSPECTS FOR A WET PATTERN THIS SUMMER...THE DROUGHT IS LIKELY TO PERSIST OR WORSEN. -------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY OF IMPACTS... AGRICULTURAL IMPACTS DROUGHT...LATE SEASON FREEZES...AND HAIL DAMAGE HAVE ALL TAKEN THEIR TOLL ON THE TEXAS WHEAT CROP. STATEWIDE...75 PERCENT OF THE CROP IS RATED AS POOR OR VERY POOR...BUT NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS HAD CONSIDERABLY BETTER YIELDS THAN MUCH OF THE REST OF THE STATE. THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HAS ESTIMATED A NATIONWIDE YIELD OF 54 MILLION BUSHELS. DR. TRAVIS MILLER...AGRONOMIST FOR TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE...BELIEVES THIS IS A BIT EXAGGERATED...BUT EVEN THAT WOULD BE WELL BELOW THE 10-YEAR AVERAGE OF 90 TO 100 MILLION BUSHELS. AT THIS TIME...ABOUT 57 PERCENT OF AMERICAN WHEAT HAS BEEN HARVESTED. IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED SUFFICIENT SPRING RAINFALL...HAY HAS BEEN ADEQUATE...AND WARM SEASON CROPS ARE GENERALLY IN GOOD CONDITION. HOWEVER...RECENT DRYNESS IS BEGINNING TO STRESS VEGETATION. EVEN SO...MOST TEXAS SOYBEANS AND MORE THAN 60 PERCENT OF CORN STATEWIDE ARE STILL RATED AS GOOD OR EXCELLENT. UNFORTUNATELY...THE DROUGHT HAS MEANT AN OVERABUNDANCE OF PESKY GRASSHOPPERS...WHOSE EGGS ARE REDUCED BY FUNGUS WHEN THERE IS GREATER RAINFALL. WEEDS HAVE BEEN A CONSIDERABLE NUISANCE FOR RANCHERS THIS YEAR. DR. LARRY REDMON...STATE FORAGE SPECIALIST FOR TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE...HAS POINTED OUT THAT MUCH OF THE GREEN GROWTH THIS SPRING WAS WEEDS NOT GRASS. OUTCOMPETING DROUGHT-DAMAGED GRASSES...THESE WEEDS ARE TYPICALLY OF LESSER NUTRITIONAL VALUE TO GRAZING LIVESTOCK. THE HEAT AND LACK OF RAINFALL HAS KILLED OFF MANY OF THE WEEDS THAT FED ON THE SHALLOW SOIL MOISTURE. THE REMAINING NON-DORMANT GROWTH IS MOSTLY WEEDS WITH DEEPER ROOT SYSTEMS...WHICH ARE FURTHER DEPLETING THE LIMITED SOIL MOISTURE. CATTLE RANCHERS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH A REDUCED DEMAND FOR BEEF AND THE RISING COSTS OF FUEL...FERTILIZER...AND FEED. THE CATTLE POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES HAS DECLINED FOR 6 CONSECUTIVE YEARS AND IS NOW LOWER THAN AT ANY POINT SINCE 1952. TEXAS STILL LEADS THE NATION IN THE CATTLE INDUSTRY...THOUGH HERDS HAVE BEEN REDUCED BY 20 PERCENT SINCE 2011. THE CULLING HAS CONTINUED THIS YEAR...WITH THE SLAUGHTER OF TEXAS CATTLE DURING THE FIRST HALF OF 2013 LIKELY THE GREATEST NUMBER IN THE LAST 17 YEARS. THE TOTAL HEAD OF CATTLE IN THE LONE STAR STATE IS AT ITS LOWEST LEVEL SINCE 1967.
Bishop John Koyle prophesied the 4-year drought would begin in the South, move North, then intensify towards the East. Here we go...
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