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The Galveston Daily News from Galveston, Texas • Page 12

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(SalucstoniJaila Neum Sunday Morning, August 24, 1986 jSE rains bring relief to some; others go wanting RICK SCOPPE Associated Press Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) rains have flooded streets transformed sun-baked fields 'into gullies in some parts of the but it was far from enough to overcome the effects of d-the months-old drought, officials 5 say. "It's happened both ways to farmers this year," said Sam Rives, assistant statistician for the South Carolina Agricultural -Statistics Service. "I'm sure there are some farmers who say there's no way to win. But that's the risk you take They know that More than 10 inches of rain fell last week in some parts of South Carolina, and above-normal rain-fall has been recorded this month in sections of North Carolina.

Lesser amounts have fallen in Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama. "This is a nice reprieve," said Dale Linvill, agricultural rologist at Clemson University Extension Service. But he said the rain has done nothing for the long-term situation, The drought started last winter, which was followed by a dry spring and a scorching summer. "It would take an awful lot of rain within the next six months say 2 to 3 feet of water, 36 inches to get back to normai," Linvill said. Up to 13 inches of rain have fallen at certain spots in South Carolina this month, but rainfall for the year is still more than 20 inches below normal in some areas, officials said.

"It helped considerably to recharge the soil moisture. But it wasnl enough, said chrnatoiog John Purvis. But in Newberry, S.C, 10.4 in- ches of rain fell in about four hours Monday, flooding streets and forcing the evacuation of dozens of houses. A 2 -year-old i child and her grandmother drowned as they tried to escape from their stalled car. Two other deaths were also blamed on the rain across South Carolina last week officials said.

Still, rainfall for the year is 20.09 inches below normal at Clemson, more than 15 inches below normal in Columbia and 9 inches below normal in Allendale, Purvis said. The showers have helped farm-ers, though they also brought some erosion and flooded fields. "Right now, looking at it from an agricultural standpoint, it's just what the doctor ordered," Linvill said. "He delivered too late for corn and ordered it too late for the early hay crops. But they make hay in some areas." The Tennessee Valley Authority said 16.9 inches of rain has fallen i in 1986, 16 inches below normal, contributing to a 26-month deficit of 37.

6 inches. "It's a drop in the bucket, but we'll take anything we can get," said Bob Murphy, statistician for the Tennessee Crop Reporting Service. In North Carolina, officials said I 1986 has been either feast or fam-I ine for rainfall. "We sure needed the moisture, but when it comes like this it's awfully hard," said Katie B. Perry, an agricultural extension meteorologist at North Carolina State University.

Until this month, 19B6 had been the driest and hottest year on re-) cord, but with the rain this month, temperatures have dropped. As of Friday, Charlotte, N.C., had received 4.84 inches of rain this month; Raleigh-Durham, 10.05; and Greensboro. 7.8 all above normal. But rainfall in Charlotte is still 15.4 inches below normal this year, while Greensboro is 10.31 inches below normal. The Raleigh-Durham area is 1.37 ches below normal, weather iceofficialssaid.

I In Virginia, last week's Hurricane Charley dropped from 1 inch to more than 3 inches of rain, said Chip Knappenberger research assistant at the state climatology office at Charlot-i tesville. The rain may help farmers get a fall cutting of hay and revive corn and soybeans planted late, said Greg Hicks, spokesman for the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Beef and dairy farmers will be looking for feed for their cattle this winter, despite the rain. "In the absence of the hot weather and. the brown conditions, the tendency is to think that we got well," said James Bennett, who runs a cattle farm southeast of Lynchburg, Va.

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