News Radio 710 KEEL » drought http://710keel.com Depend On It! Sun, 26 May 2013 01:25:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Flash Floods in Shreveport Not Enough to Ease the Drought http://710keel.com/flash-floods-in-shreveport-not-enough-to-ease-the-drought/ http://710keel.com/flash-floods-in-shreveport-not-enough-to-ease-the-drought/#comments Fri, 17 Aug 2012 21:48:17 +0000 Elaine Etheridge http://710keel.com/?p=102443 It was a lot of rain in a short amount of time, but apparently it wasn't even a drop in the bucket to wet the ArkLaTex drought. Motorists experienced a nightmare of a commute on some roads in Shreveport that were flooded. Several were even stranded in their cars.

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]]> http://710keel.com/are-you-trying-to-conserve-water/feed/ 0 likeablerodent/Flickr What's With All The Fallen Trees? [AUDIO] http://710keel.com/whats-with-all-the-fallen-trees/ http://710keel.com/whats-with-all-the-fallen-trees/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:14:17 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=45773 We got a lot of reports yesterday morning about trees falling across roadways.  What caused that?  The LSU Ag Center's Area Forestry Agent Ricky Kilpatrick told me:

]]> http://710keel.com/whats-with-all-the-fallen-trees/feed/ 0 Photo by: Willem van Bergen/flickr Is The Drought Over? http://710keel.com/is-the-drought-over/ http://710keel.com/is-the-drought-over/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:19:13 +0000 Erin McCarty http://710keel.com/?p=36228 We did get a good dose of rain over the past two days, but it was still not enough to bring us in line with our average rainfall for the year. 

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]]> http://710keel.com/is-the-drought-over/feed/ 0 Drought's Effects on Area Waterways [PHOTOS] http://710keel.com/droughts-effects-on-area-waterways/ http://710keel.com/droughts-effects-on-area-waterways/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:44:44 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=19340 If you're wondering just HOW bad the drought is here in our area, take a look at what the "duck pond" park on East Kings Highway looks like right now. In all my years of living in Shreveport-Bossier, I have never seen this happen

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]]> http://710keel.com/droughts-effects-on-area-waterways/feed/ 0 How Are Pumpkin Crops in the South Faring? http://710keel.com/how-are-pumpkin-crops-in-the-south-faring/ http://710keel.com/how-are-pumpkin-crops-in-the-south-faring/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:33:13 +0000 Angela Thomas http://710keel.com/?p=17643 Halloween...it's almost that time -- and what better staple for decorating than...pumpkins?? Some pumpkin farmers in the north are reporting smaller crops this year because of excessive rain. So..

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]]> http://710keel.com/how-are-pumpkin-crops-in-the-south-faring/feed/ 0 Photo by: Benjamin Esham/Flickr Princeton & Haughton Urged to Conserve Water http://710keel.com/princeton-haughton-urged-to-conserve-water/ http://710keel.com/princeton-haughton-urged-to-conserve-water/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:04:13 +0000 amykeller http://710keel.com/?p=11612 According to the U.S. Drought Portal (www.drought.gov) , the Princeton/Haughton area is experiencing severe to extreme drought.  Several surrounding cities and rural areas have already issued water conservation requirements; some have gone as far as shutting off water to their customers

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