Pushing a 100 in north central kansas. - Building a storage room
in my machine shed. lasted to about noon even with a big fan
moving air around. We are several inches below normal rainfall this year, but the pond problems are 2 to 3 years without any significant runoff from rain. I have 6 ponds ( livestock water supply) - only 1 with fist - of the 6, 3 are day and another may not make it to the end of August. 2 of the dry ones went dry last summer. lot of cattle owners have been hauling water since cattle went on grass in the spring.
My fish pond is 6 foot below the full mark. Good news is that the flat bottom in front of the dam is still about 8 foot deep, I bought the place in 1981 and this pond has never been a dry hole. in 1989 it got down to 6 foot deep but fortunately a mild winter - never did freeze over- got us through without fish loss.
A couple of friends caught 4 snappers between 10 & 13 pounds each yesterday. Most of the ponds in a 2-3 mile radius are dry and those guys are on the move. They weren't there a few weeks ago. No relief in sight. We can't even get a 5" dose of thunder and lightening.
My wife just got back from a business trip to the Chesapeak Bay area, and said that everything looked nice and green from her view in the plane.
