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Quite snuck up on me
early fall of withered leaves
masking autumn’s start
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by Scooj
Tag: Drought
Greening
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With a little rain
a parched landscape gently greens
a slow recovery
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by Scooj
Drink
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Parched landscape, hard rain
oh! to hear the ground groaning
drinking a long drink
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by Scooj
- Yesterday my area (one of the last in the country) fell into a Temporary Use Ban (TUB), more commonly known as Hosepipe Ban. This is an administrative stage in the drought management process and is designed to slow the demand on water resources. Although the groundwater situation is generally good after a very wet winter, rivers and reservoirs are very low, and it will take a long period of persistent rain to recover them. All the while people are still using water in high volumes, hence the ban.
Prediction
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Prolonged dry weather
laying foundations for drought
build those reservoirs.
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by Scooj
Extremes
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From flooding to drought
extreme weather more often
from drought to flooding
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by Scooj
Second wave
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Feel the heat building
day temperatures at night
and drought on the way
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by Scooj
Dynamic age
Age of droughts and floods
age of rising sea levels
age of migration.
by Scooj
- I added two seven syllable lines to convert this into a Tanka, but I felt it just a little too sanctimonious. They were:
unless we do something now
this will be our legacy
Natural adventures 