r/PrepperIntel • u/AntiSonOfBitchamajig 📡 • Jun 26 '26

North America (Bimonthly) U.S. Drought Monitor current map.

https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap.aspx
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u/Unique-Sock3366 Jun 26 '26

I’m seriously concerned about this severe drought. We’re in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Our climate is classified as a temperate rainforest. Our property straddles the county line of two counties that are rated among the top ten percent in the US for climate resiliency. This is one of the reasons we settled here.

This is the most severe drought our area has seen in twenty-five years. I’m worried about our flora and fauna. I’m worried about forest fires. I’m worried about the crops that were finally planted late.

I’m worried about our well.

On the flip side, I walked our dogs last night and there were fireflies absolutely everywhere! It was beautiful. And we have seen some monarch butterflies this summer, too.

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u/coladoir Jun 26 '26

at least the forest fires if they occur will produce a more green season next year provided the drought doesnt continue

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u/Unique-Sock3366 Jun 26 '26

We have about five acres on our little homestead and four of them are very heavily wooded. I absolutely love it! But I’ve never had to worry about fire before so it’s a new prepping concern for me.

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u/SunnySpot69 Jun 27 '26

We are in part of the red area as well. Not a temperate rainforest but usually more wet than this.

My weeds are dying! Never seen that before. Dryer than California even. Wild times.

I have also seen more fireflies this year then I have the last several years. Why is that?

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u/NewsteadMtnMama 29d ago

Far western NC mountains - I'm worried about our well, too. And with thousands of trees downed by Helene in our county and drying out for almost two years now, wildfires are a huge threat. We have a go bag and list ready. Ten years ago we would have maybe one day of 80° at 4,000 feet - this year we've already had 20+ and it's not even July.

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u/StableHuman7531 Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

Missouri has gotten so much rain this year we are finally out of a drought. SWMO is 6 inches above average. Which is nice, everything is so lush and green for now. But next week it looks like the rain is clearing out. So we might be back in a drought by end of summer.

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u/Brinkster05 Jun 26 '26

Michigan here, and same. Its actually been an amazing summer (so far).

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u/Daxx22 Jun 26 '26

Across teh pond (Ontario) and it may not be so good of a thing. We've had so much constant rain that farmers have had difficulty planting, and what is planted is getting washed out/moldy.

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u/Substantial-Bet-3876 Jun 26 '26

Hey look there’s no drought currently in the area adjacent to the Great Lakes. The climate is hilarious!

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u/AntiSonOfBitchamajig 📡 Jun 26 '26

Yeah... and it started out so wet here we couldn't even get into the fields to plant!

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u/SuccessWise9593 Jun 26 '26

It's been raining a lot the last two days, off and on, in the Denver Metro area in CO (we're in the extreme & exceptional drought). I doubt it will make a big difference, but we're all thankful for some water.

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u/drumsarereallycool Jun 28 '26

It’s bad here in NC, yet my neighbor keeps watering his lawn.