North Carolina is crispy
Posted by WanderInTheTrees@reddit | collapse | View on Reddit | 158 comments
How is your state doing? Are you flooding or crispy? Why do these seem to be the only two options right now?
WanderInTheTrees@reddit (OP)
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Happy Friday, doomers!
This week I planted a tree, and started some seeds in the veggie bed. I'm trying the three sisters method. A native American growing method that is supposed to help each plant grow better as they grow together. Corn, beans, and squash. My tree is a native dogwood.
I am trying everything I can think of to not focus on how completely fucked it is around here. Not just from the drought, but from the thousands of acres of trees or cropland they are continuing to raze to the ground each week. Do we really need three more strip malls within five minutes of my house? Do we need another 500 house neighborhood?
Oh well, Happy Friday, doomers. Go plant something, smoke something, read something, or take a nap. It's the little things now.
ladeepervert@reddit
Wait two weeks after your corn sprouts to plants the beans. They can pull corn plants down entirely if you time it incorrectly.
WanderInTheTrees@reddit (OP)
Too late! Lol I will remember that for next year though!
DoggedDreamer2@reddit
Me too! One of three corn seeds actually grew but when I transplanted it...🫣it died!! I think I used either too much or the wrong fertilizer. I'm new at this🥴
ResistantRose@reddit
Corn doesn't take to transplanting well. If you need pest protection, plant the corn in grow bags and move them around as pest & sunlight needs shift across the season.
WanderInTheTrees@reddit (OP)
I just have no luck growing anything other than peppers. Either the bugs get it, or the heat. I'm putting no pressure on myself this year. If anything grows for any amount of time, I'll consider it a win.
WayOfTheRosebuds@reddit
Potatoes are pretty easy. Even if you just buy a bag of dirt and cut a line through it to plant sprouting potatoes in.
WanderInTheTrees@reddit (OP)
Bugs eat our potatoes too. I grow some every year and they all come up with holes from insects, no matter what I do. The foliage in the garden beds from the potato vines is beautiful though.
WayOfTheRosebuds@reddit
That’s so disappointing. You put in all that time, money, and effort. Sorry to hear it :(
Calm_One_1228@reddit
Your area likely needs more housing , yes. But it should be in already urbanized areas, not pristine greenfields.
daviddjg0033@reddit
Buildings over ex-urbs April 2026 Rearranging the decks on the Titamic April 1912
Drought to flood to drought to drought to wildfire that burns more carbon soon than humans to flood to mudslide to drought makes it impossible to deal with.
The drought from Arkansas to Georgia while the north central time zone up into Canada is in flood like Hawaii 2026.
Will Florida have 25" rain in 24 hours or less then 20" the next year?
I was returning home from a lawyer about the foreclosure of my 89yo family member that was abused by the banks looking at a biblical flood a river coming down 595 to I95.
No, this was not hurricane season this was April and June during the end of the dry season and before Hurricane Season starts. Which will become Hurricane 🌀 year round at 4C.
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IKillZombies4Cash@reddit
Most of us are in a bad way
https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/
FieldEngineer2019@reddit
Michigan was in a moderate drought for the last couple of years and it was rough, now we’re getting too much rain. I did a ton of research into floodplains and local flooding before buying my current house though, so I’m happy to have the rain back. If the water somehow gets to my house it would have to wipe out most of my town and if for some insane reason that happens, I’m going down with the ship.
Look at the projections in the NCA5 for precipitation future changes. Some areas will be wetter, some dryer, and a lot of places will flip flop between the extremes. American Resiliency also has some great mapping tools. Unfortunately what we’re seeing now has been a known potential for some time and most people have no idea. Probably because the government has literally been trying to hide it from them.
snowydays666@reddit
its hard to grow normal crops with the changes but water is better than droughts. Tbh id just plant rice at this point
ResistantRose@reddit
There are water tolerant, heat tolerant crops - rice is a great idea. Although the plants that survive flooding are typically native plants with roots that go very deep in the soil.
PenguinColada@reddit
I live in NW CO (maroon on the map) and it's awful. We didn't get nearly enough snow. I read in our newspaper that it was the driest winter on record for our county. Our water reservoir is below 50% (46% at last check). And we haven't even hit summer.
Many counties in the state already have mandatory restrictions.
WayOfTheRosebuds@reddit
In Missouri, many of our evergreens died over the winter because it was so dry, and no one waters during the winter.
PenguinColada@reddit
I lived in MO most of my life and this news breaks my heart. :(
The_Dead_Kennys@reddit
Well… fuck.
WanderInTheTrees@reddit (OP)
I've been watching it get worse and worse each week for months. It's awful.
guillehefe@reddit
It doesn't look so bad when you put the map in grayscale 🫠
pocketgravel@reddit
The map looks even better when you close your eyes
itsatoe@reddit
It's fine if you don't think about it for a minute.
guillehefe@reddit
Wow! Innovation that excites
EndenWhat@reddit
Got to ask do you work for the White House. Kinda sounds like the administrations recommendation.
WanderInTheTrees@reddit (OP)
They are more into using sharpies to fix the weather.
marbotty@reddit
Have they considered nuking the drought yet?
WanderInTheTrees@reddit (OP)
I think they are just going to blockade it for now.
UnitedGTI@reddit
If only they would work with the democrats to use the weather machine they have to make rain.
kingrobin@reddit
just do what they did with COVID and stop counting the rain lol
J-A-S-08@reddit
I'm actually honestly surprised that the US Drought Monitor site is still up and running. I would have thought the DOGE dummies would have cut it.
WanderInTheTrees@reddit (OP)
There's the fix we've been looking for! 😂
RandomTO24@reddit
The trick is to live in Michigan or Wisconsin and then you're fine.
DastardlyMime@reddit
Southeast Michigan. Northern Michigan is flooded to hell and getting pounded by tornadoes.
RandomTO24@reddit
While they are indeed flooded, at least they're not under a drought 🤷♂️
Individual_Bar7021@reddit
My area got 400% it’s annual April rainfall this year. Less than a week later we were in high or very high fire danger for all of Wisconsin
Spunknikk@reddit
I'm from southern California. When we had our really bad drought from 2005 to 2020 I seen all the green hills I grew up on turn to dirt. Trees I grew up with die and Los Angeles turn into a desert. We're finally out of it kinda but it's nothing like how it was when I was a kid. We had green from winter into early summer before things dried out. Now we have fires all year round... Also growing up we had. A bunch of June bugs every summer... I rarely see them now...
Now we got a super el niño on its way and los Angeles is not prepared for weeks of rain...
_B_Little_me@reddit
Wild that here in LA, no drought, for now. But everywhere else is. Wild.
Meltlilith1@reddit
How does this compare to other big droughts over the last like 100 years?
BayouGal@reddit
No data centers back then.
Sorry, sarcasm button stuck. Rebooting. 😁
GeneralZojirushi@reddit
Stupid question: other than red, why do the colors on the map not match the key?
Meowweredoomed@reddit
Here in West Virginia we are in year 4 of drought.
WanderInTheTrees@reddit (OP)
Wow, that is terrible. Have you been under a burn ban and water restrictions?
TroyMcCluresGoldfish@reddit
In my area of north central Florida, we're on fire. Extreme drought, burn bans and water restrictions. I can't recall a time this bad in Florida and I've been here my whole life.
Meowweredoomed@reddit
Burn ban yes, water restrictions no.
I garden, and my garden happens to be located on top of a hill. We rely on rainfall for watering, mainly, and we've had to resort to using city water.
I've also noticed things aren't blossoming properly.
WanderInTheTrees@reddit (OP)
I've noticed the same here with plants blossoming wrong. My fruit trees only had a couple blossoms this year, and they've all died without even an attempt to fruit. The trees are at least still alive, for now.
Interesting_Fly_1569@reddit
This makes me so sad. NC used to be so beautiful and green. I feel like you can read about it but just seeing this is breaking my heart.
gertie5474@reddit
Flooding
timesuck47@reddit
They probably don’t have sprinkler systems set up like out west.
15 minutes per zone, twice a week.
BlueGumShoe@reddit
Also in NC, its starting to look concerning. We are officially in "extreme drought" territory from what I know.
But its not hard to figure out. Past few months and we've barely gotten any rain, everyones talking about it. When we do it seems to blow through pretty quick.
Whats bonkers to me is how much its changed in such a short time, on a climatic scale anyway. I've moved around some but I was going to school and college here 20-25 years ago. We used to get more gentle rains that would last for a few days, and obviously it was just less hot and less drought-prone.
Now the weather is just weirder period. Ive seen more drought warnings and drier weather but also more flood warnings. On the rain side it used to be more common to get a few days of gentle rain. Now its stormier with the rain we do get, and they often come with winds a lot of the trees around here aren't built for.
I'm not optimistic. Its only April and this is where we are already.
WanderInTheTrees@reddit (OP)
I've lived in the Piedmont area of NC for over 40 years and you are completely right about what the precipitation used to be like vs now.
littleverdin@reddit
Also in the Piedmont area. This spring has been so scary. I can’t believe how dry it is. :(
WanderInTheTrees@reddit (OP)
I know. I've never seen it like this before. I occasionally have mini panic attacks when I go outside because of it. It's just completely out of our control, and it's terrifying.
FlailingLabia@reddit
I'm in the Piedmont as well. I keep seeing rain in the forecast then it changes a few hours later. Hopefully this weekend brings us something, although it won't get us out of the drought. We're y'all impacted last summer with the heavy rainfall around July 4? We got about 10" of rain. I'm expecting another 100 year floods may bail us out of this 100 year drought.
WanderInTheTrees@reddit (OP)
No, we weren't impacted by that. We actually live in a weird weather bubble, and big systems often miss us completely. (Look up the weather bubble around Raleigh, it's a real phenomenon.)
Last fall we had a day where the entire school system had the day off because the tornado threat was so high, but the system split and went on each side of us and didn't touch us. The entire state, and even parts of our county, had massive weather issues, but we had nothing. Same with the historic ice storm followed by the historic snow storm this winter. We barely got anything. Same with that flooding last summer.
Not that I want tornados, ice, or floods, but it makes this drought even scarier because I'm not sure when the prescription will get through to us.
alandrielle@reddit
I was holding my breath until about 6pm today thinking that bubble was going to keep the rain from us. Its been raining steady for about 2 ish hours now though and im ecstatic about it. I know it wont get us out of the drought but anything is better than nothing
WanderInTheTrees@reddit (OP)
I was screaming "it's raining!! It's actually raining!!" My whole family was jumping up and down with excitement.
That's how you know a drought is bad. Even sunshine people were celebrating. Lol
FlailingLabia@reddit
That makes sense. We're a little further west so ended up getting a little bit of the ice and a decent amount of the snow. We still have some rain for casted tonight so we'll see what happens.
DukeElliot@reddit
Denver and Colorado Springs, we’re broiled. Also had a random snowstorm a week or so ago in between 70 degree days
winkdoubleblink@reddit
I live in Florida and instead of feeling lush and tropical this spring everything feels dead. The plants haven’t recovered from the cold snap a couple months ago and it’s so dry. I went for a walk last week and I heard no birds, no bugs, the plants were all dead…
WanderInTheTrees@reddit (OP)
It feels the same way here. I was just talking to my SO about how it feels like an apocalypse movie outside.
manymasters@reddit
Colorado is crispy and dusty
EbonyPeat@reddit
I truly wish the Main stream news would stop pretending that everything is as it ever was.
Effective-Ebb-2805@reddit
If they stop pretending that everything is honkydory, people will stop buying the goods and services that advertise through them... and advertising money is their raison d'etre.
itsatoe@reddit
This.
They are getting more and more rare, but there are still some independent (non-corporate/government-sponsored) news organizations.
Some of them are a bit more willing to talk about what is really going on.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_media
roblewk@reddit
Seriously, the weather people will say “unseasonably warm for another week” statements as if this is just ordinary variation. Nothing to see here, chuckle chuckle.
WanderInTheTrees@reddit (OP)
Same. I want them to start screaming like Leonardo DiCaprio in Don't Look Up.
bipolarearthovershot@reddit
THE TRUTH IS I THINK WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!
kingrobin@reddit
surely one of them has to snap eventually
theogkinglion@reddit
Yo. I fucking love that movie.
EbonyPeat@reddit
Really infuriating, I am going outside and planting fruit trees for my mental health.
WanderInTheTrees@reddit (OP)
Yes! Good luck! 🌳
LePetitRenardRoux@reddit
They were all bought by the richest people, most were already owned by rich people and they are all in cahoots with the current administration who is speed running the end times. Trump spent x billions to CANCEL offshore wind farms because he thinks fossil fuels are the only way to get energy. Smh. We the people need to do something. There are more of us than them.
Kahnza@reddit
But the the billionaires who own the media won't make as much money. Please think of the billionaires
AsphaltSailor@reddit
NC here - right there with you on the new neighborhoods/townhouse developments. One big one already built, and another HUGE one being built, within 3 miles of my (now barely) rural area. No road upgrades, no new traffic lights, no new schools, no new infrastucture. Just cram them in there as fast as they can, and they look crappily and hastily built. And the damned things fill up almost immediately when leasing starts. They bring traffic and crime wherever they pop up.
And yes, it is quite crispy where I am at (30 miles west of charlotte). The onions aren't even growing.
DastardlyMime@reddit
Southeast Michigan seems to be doing alright. It's warmer than it should be, but we're getting a good amount of rain unlike northern Michigan which is flooding. We had a freak hard freeze a few days ago so I'm waiting to see how that impacted local agriculture.
LTPRWSG420@reddit
Perfect weather up in Michigan currently
WanderInTheTrees@reddit (OP)
That's great to hear.
LTPRWSG420@reddit
Thanks, I do believe Michigan will be an extremely important state someday, if water becomes scarce. The Great Lakes are the largest fresh water resource on the entire planet, that has extreme value if climate change or some other type of natural disaster occurs.
DastardlyMime@reddit
bipolarearthovershot@reddit
r/fucklawns
Evening_Grass_8073@reddit
Too much friction, wouldn't recommend it
choppy75@reddit
The hydrological cycle is completely broken
Far_Out_6and_2@reddit
Sure does
ItsEntirelyPosssible@reddit
Yo we love you in colorado. Hang in there crispy.
pocketgravel@reddit
Daily reminder that we've been living in a metastable climate period, much like Mr. Burns and modern humans have existed for more than 500 000 years and could have done agriculture at any time, and have attempted it countless times in the past, but you need a Mr. Burns period of stability for countless generations of farming to be viable.
OzarksExplorer@reddit
phew, so you're saying the climate is invincible? very good then
pocketgravel@reddit
No!... that's not what I mea-
nuevo_redd@reddit
Florida is burning
TraditionalLaw7763@reddit
I keep 3 IBC tanks on my property, 250g each… hooked to my gutters on every part of my buildings. When it gets dry, I have plenty stored to water the food and flower gardens and top off my fish ponds for about 3 months of no rain. Ya’ll need to take an active role in preparing for earth getting worse. In the rise of just two more global degrees, 40% of rice will no longer grow in the areas it is currently feeding the masses. Preparing now, even just little things… may mean the world to you and your family later on in harder times.
NeoTechi@reddit
Going to be a lot of wildfires this year
Prior-Win-4729@reddit
Not a drop of rain in SC since early March. We are getting inundated with smoke from GA, which has issued its first burn ban in GA history. This summer will be a calamity for farmers and wild fires will be everywhere.
At least with the low humidity I am having some good hair days.
DoggedDreamer2@reddit
Did they open the mines yet? They have the tech to stop this...Just insane the crap we are putting up with!! I wish they'd go to their bunkers already & leave us alone!!
sayn3ver@reddit
My young son yearns for them.
WanderInTheTrees@reddit (OP)
There's that doomer bright side spirit we need!
sayn3ver@reddit
South Jersey is crispy. Due to get 0.5" tomorrow and 0.5" Sunday.
Dry_Mixture5264@reddit
Wisconsin is flooding a little bit.
terrierhead@reddit
I’m grateful every time it rains here. Unfortunately, it is seldom, and usually accompanied by tornado sirens.
PurpleAriadne@reddit
Crispy Colorado
canderson531@reddit
Cold spring happening here
nothankeww@reddit
we had a random thunderstorm and showers today for a little bit and it was awesome. We need more of it. It’s crispy here.
OkayMeowSnozzberries@reddit
Here in the triangle, we had cars floating in flood water last year, but that's literally what is forecast for climate change: extreme sporadic weather.
WanderInTheTrees@reddit (OP)
Hello, fellow triangle doomer. 👋🏻
scattershotdreams@reddit
Yea crispy af in the Sandhills. There’s supposed to be a little rain this weekend, but sheesh…
ShadowPsi@reddit
Not so fun collapse related fact:
Warmer air holds more moisture than cooler air. That means that a system that would have rained in spot X instead holds on to the moisture longer and dumps a shit ton on spot Y. So you get more crispification and flooding at the same time!
onthebrink42@reddit
Yeah I’m in Mobile Alabama. We are 1 ft behind in our rain total for the year. We get 60 inches per year.
fwimmygoat@reddit
Hi, one of your neighbors from the south half...
Our area hasn't had rain since January.
DoggedDreamer2@reddit
Go to the mountains! Things are starting to get green!!
WanderInTheTrees@reddit (OP)
The mountains are in an extreme drought as well.
DoggedDreamer2@reddit
Oh....sorry! Maybe you will be pleasantly surprised?
WanderInTheTrees@reddit (OP)
Pleasantly surprised by mountain drought?
DoggedDreamer2@reddit
Other way around....Are the streams all dried up?
ferenginaut@reddit
seems late, its nearly may.
DoggedDreamer2@reddit
I'm in PA.
ferenginaut@reddit
im in OK 👋
Agreeablepeeable@reddit
My brain is crispy
SadExercises420@reddit
Are you folks at wildfire risk?
WanderInTheTrees@reddit (OP)
Absolutely. We have a burn ban and water restrictions.
cryptolyme@reddit
Doesn’t seem to stop people burning their trash around here. Even with extreme fire risk danger…
WanderInTheTrees@reddit (OP)
Yep, and don't get me started on the burn piles inside the tree lines.
SadExercises420@reddit
Any rain in the forecast?
WanderInTheTrees@reddit (OP)
There is a 40% chance on Sunday, but this morning it said a 75% chance, so I doubt it. This has been happening every time rain might come. The percentage gets smaller as the day gets closer. I read yesterday that we would need 9-12 inches over a month to recover.
SadExercises420@reddit
It was happening to me last summer in northeastern ny, it didn’t rain for months. It was so dry and awful. Thankfully we’ve recovered but a bunch of New England is still in extreme drought.
NyriasNeo@reddit
I still see some green. I bet it can be more crispy.
WanderInTheTrees@reddit (OP)
Can and will, I assume.
NyriasNeo@reddit
100%. After all, "drill baby drill" won.
Rough_Community_1439@reddit
This isn't going to be a good year for farmers.
WanderInTheTrees@reddit (OP)
Not at all. All of the fields are either bare, or crispy right now. I've only seen one that's been tilled and planted, but that was done a couple weeks ago and nothing has sprouted. Usually the back roads around here are nothing but tilled and planted fields. It's probably why so many fields are being sold to developers right now. They know it's useless trying to fight this losing battle year after year.
Potential-Dog1551@reddit
Just keep planting native plants and trees, lawn is a cashless crop so why waste water and labor on it, plant veggies instead, compost, get chickens. Re-introduce beavers in your area or find an outfit that does and volunteer. Tons of environmental projects just need volunteers, in NC I see NC Coastal Federation, Carolina North Forest, Triangle Land Conservancy, NC Wildlife Foundation, they are all looking for clean up volunteers, land stewardship volunteers, habitat restoration and wildlife monitoring. The more people get out there and do the mucky work the better things will be. We can’t reverse climate change at this point but you can slow it in your area. Put up some beehives, throw out native grass and flower seed everywhere you can on public lands.
sneaky-pizza@reddit
In Denver we’re draining reservoirs to pack other bigger reservoirs
Perfect_Chance_2770@reddit
I sent a picture today in North Carolina to my husband showing the crispy grass- open Reddit and I see this. Hoping for some rain this weekend!
AdOriginal1084@reddit
perfect to play cricket on
saul2015@reddit
lawns will soon be a thing of the past
WanderInTheTrees@reddit (OP)
Believe it or not, this used to be clover. I only let wild things grow, and even they can't take the drought/heat.
The pristine, manicured, herbicide heavy lawns are doing even worse than mine though.
Randyguyishere@reddit
Georgia is currently on fire too
Prior-Win-4729@reddit
Check out this very comprehensive fire map of the US:
https://app.watchduty.org/
Ok_Arachnid1089@reddit
Colorado crispy. Just had a wildfire evacuation in my neighborhood yesterday!
Piper_Dear@reddit
I live in WNC and I'm trying so hard to be mindful of my water use. I'm hoping it rains this weekend.
WanderInTheTrees@reddit (OP)
I really hope so too. Anything at all, even a sprinkle, will be welcomed.
Someones_Dream_Guy@reddit
eats Mmm, nice and crunchy.
ImpressiveLeader4979@reddit
South Carolina is dryyyyyyyyy. Next door, Georgia is burning too. You walk outside and all you smell is smoke/burn
WanderInTheTrees@reddit (OP)
I just saw the new about Georgia being on fire earlier today.
If you look at the Zoom Earth app, it will show you all of the fires, how many acres each has burned, and how contained they are.
millionsofmonkeys@reddit
Lightly tornaded
WanderInTheTrees@reddit (OP)
Nothing like a sprinkling of tornados to keep life interesting.
afternever@reddit
Take your shirt off, twist it round your hand spin it like a helicopter
WanderInTheTrees@reddit (OP)
Hmmm, maybe this will summon the rain.
thinkB4WeSpeak@reddit
The whole US is crispy right now. Especially bad for the west and south west. Everyone better be ready for a major fire season.
ven-dake@reddit
There is going to be a major el nino, welcome burning california again
ven-dake@reddit
Can someone explain to my why we have this weird bot reposting every comment that is made in this sub?
Grab3tto@reddit
Flooding, but once the new data centers open we’ll be back to crispy in no time!
WanderInTheTrees@reddit (OP)
Yay! We must thank the AI overlords for the crispy they provide us. 😇
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Happy Friday, doomers!
This week I planted a tree, and started some seeds in the veggie bed. I'm trying the three sisters method. A native American growing method that is supposed to help each plant grow better as they grow together. Corn, beans, and squash. My tree is a native dogwood.
I am trying everything I can think of to not focus on how completely fucked it is around here. Not just from the drought, but from the thousands of acres of trees or cropland they are continuing to raze to the ground each week. Do we really need three more strip malls within five minutes of my house? Do we need another 500 house neighborhood?
Oh well, Happy Friday, doomers. Go plant something, smoke something, read something, or take a nap. It's the little things now.
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Bigmooddood@reddit
Texas had some dry conditions a few weeks back, but this week was good and rainy. Temperatures are wildly swinging from the 50s to the 90s though.
TenOfZero@reddit
My province has definatly been on the flooding side recently.
WanderInTheTrees@reddit (OP)
I'm so sorry to hear that. It really does seem to be one or the other.
TenOfZero@reddit
Yeah. I'm ok where I live. It was built in the 70s and we're pretty high up.
And we kinda needed the water to not have as many wildfires as we have had in the past years. So it's actually kinda what we needed.
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