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Pope

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I wonder what type of warning people got back then. Probably nothing? Not like today where you can follow the radar and be like "Oh we're good, it's 3 blocks south of here, nothing to worry about.

Okay, that made me laugh out loud. Good job outta you.

I lived through the tornado that destroyed much of Ankeny in 1974. The 50th anniversary of that event will be 4 days from now.

Anyway, the tornado struck around 10:30pm, right after Connie McBurney (the weather person for Channel 8 KCCI) announced the all clear for central Iowa. So much for the technology back then.
 

FLYINGCYCLONE

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Nice rain today. Seems strange to say it is needed for replanted corn and beans that are being planted the first time, but a month later then we like to have them planted. We have corn 2 inches tall, and 10 feet away corn is over 2 feet tall. Crazy year. Oh well.
Go Cyclones
 

Turn2

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Feels like we could have a flash drought coming up with this heat the next few weeks.
And the official beginning of summer is a week away. The end is probably 3 and a half MONTHS away. Just a flash drought might be acceptable, but I'm leery.
 

Agclone91

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Feels like we could have a flash drought coming up with this heat the next few weeks.
I'm only at 10 days without measurable rain and the lawn started to go dormant on Thursday. 90+ degrees just cooks cool season grass. Crops are going to start looking ugly but some dry weather is doing them some good. Roots are finally growing and getting to the nitrogen this week.
 

FLYINGCYCLONE

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I'm only at 10 days without measurable rain and the lawn started to go dormant on Thursday. 90+ degrees just cooks cool season grass. Crops are going to start looking ugly but some dry weather is doing them some good. Roots are finally growing and getting to the nitrogen this week.
Starting to look ugly? We have been ugly since corn came out of the ground. We are just starting to look better. A nice .5”-1” rain would be nice.
 

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Not exactly sure.
Nice rain today. Seems strange to say it is needed for replanted corn and beans that are being planted the first time, but a month later then we like to have them planted. We have corn 2 inches tall, and 10 feet away corn is over 2 feet tall. Crazy year. Oh well.
Go Cyclones
I have neighbors who finally finished planting (1st time) yesterday. They had to wait for the ponds to go down.
 

BCClone

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Not exactly sure.
Starting to look ugly? We have been ugly since corn came out of the ground. We are just starting to look better. A nice .5”-1” rain would be nice.
We just need a tenth here and there for the next couple weeks. The roots haven’t gone anywhere since the moisture is just below the surface. Need the roots to dive down some or a strong wind will lay the corn down in July.
 

FLYINGCYCLONE

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We just need a tenth here and there for the next couple weeks. The roots haven’t gone anywhere since the moisture is just below the surface. Need the roots to dive down some or a strong wind will lay the corn down in July.
Agree, but I have corn at 2 leaves and beans just popping through so a little rain would be nice. Bad part of this? We have missed the last 2-3 shots at rain. It falls apart as it gets here or goes around us. Just like the last few dry years.
 
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1.75" here in Waukee. Wish it would have been a little slower, looks like some of the seed I threw down last night washed away, but the fertilizer I put down appears to have soaked in.
 

1SEIACLONE

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I had 2.1 in my gauge here in N. Ames this morning. Should really help the grass which was going brown except for the guy next to me that has an inground watering system.