DroughtNews and information about droughts.2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season Kicking Into High Gear - Science Daily- September 9, 2008 ScienceDaily (Sep. 9, 2008) For the first time in the 2008 hurricane season, there were four tropical cyclones active in the Atlantic Ocean basin on one day (Sept. 2). September is considered the peak of the Atlantic Ocean hurricane season, and ...http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080909154813.htm Old Farmers Almanac: Global cooling may be underway - USA Today- September 9, 2008 DUBLIN, N.H. The Old Farmer's Almanac is going further out on a limb than usual this year, not only forecasting a cooler winter, but looking ahead decades to suggest we are in for global cooling, not warming. Based on the same time-honored ...http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2008-09-09-farmers-almanac_N.htm Pickens County feels impact of Mother Nature - Pickens Sentinel- September 9, 2008 CLEMSON - Two tornados touched down in Clemson late last Tuesday afternoon, toppling trees and business signs, but causing no other damage, said Don Evatt, director of the Pickens County Emergency Preparedness Agency. The first twister, which formed ...http://www.pickenssentinel.com/articles/2008/09/09/news/003-tornado%209-3-8.txt Corps plans to release overflow from Falls Lake - WRAL- September 9, 2008 RALEIGH, N.C. The inundation from Tropical Storm Hanna has raised the level of Falls Lake to just shy of 256.96 feet -- almost six feet higher than the 251.5 considered normal for that lake, the Army Corps of Engineers reported on its weekly ...http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/3511877/ Old Farmer's Almanac predicts global cooling, not warming - Citizen- September 9, 2008 AP photo Editor Janice Stillman, left, watches as Editor-in-Chief Jud Hale displays the 2009 edition of the Old Farmer's Almanac in Dublin Thursday. Established in 1792, the Old Farmer's Almanac claims to be North America's oldest continuously ...http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080909/NEWS0201/709099806/-1/CITIZEN Evening storms could add even more to local lakes - WRAL- September 9, 2008 RALEIGH, N.C. Evening thunderstorms Tuesday could bring even more rain to area lakes already inundated by Tropical Storm Hanna. A cold front brings the chance of scattered storms. Quite a bit of storm activity was detected near Fayetteville, with ...http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/3511877/ |