How dry is it?

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So dry that swamps are now catching on fire here.
Even a dust devil in the swamp.
https://www.thv11.com/amp/article/weath ... 41b2c0f517

Talking to my relatives in Kansas, some of the dry land corn that they planted is only six inches tall. It should be nearly six feet by now, so those fields are basically a total loss. At least it is covered by their crop insurance policies.

Yes, the irrigated corn is doing much better, but that is water coming from a rapidly depleting aquifer. Eventually that part of Kansas will only be able to do dry land farming in the future unless the drought breaks. The weather has been around 100 to 110 degrees F for the past two weeks there. Today they got a break, as it only got into the low 90s. They can have hot summer days in July/August where the temperatures approach 120 degrees F.

I knew draining the swamp was a bad idea.

The world could be burning, and the right would still be in denial about climate change.

It’s the first time I ever saw a swamp catch on fire.That is NOT normal.
It’s still burning, maybe rain later this week will put it out.

I’m aware of swamp gas. But this is burning because it’s dried completely out, the video shows a Dust Devil swirling in the dried out swamp.A lightning strike from a dry storm set it on fire.

I was thinking maybe gas seeping up was helping keep the fire going.

Also I think that dust devil might actually be swirling smoke.

Also:

"Can a swamp catch on fire?

Fires in the swamp have been reported as early as 1840, with another occurring in 1860."

Okefenokee Swamp Fire Why Swamps Burn

A swamp catching on fire after a lightning strike is not some impossible freak of climate change that's never happened before.

In my opinion one of the reasons why people doubt there's a climate change disaster happening, is every little weather phenomena, fire, or brief record heatwave someplace in the middle of summer, seems to make headlines as if it's proof that the world is coming to an end.

That is possible , but no mention of it on news or reports of foul odors in the area.
If the cypress trees died, they would be pretty flammable.The one in my yard is turning orange right now.A few green leaves left on the tips of the limbs.
It was such a pretty tree.

It’s former swamp land because of the drought, not because it was drained.We have swamps ( and bayous) all over the state.I have never seen one catch on fire in my lifetime or dry completely out.
A large percent of the world’s rice comes out of our swamps ,so if they are going dry, ( whether from drought or dropping water tables)it’s not going to bode well for world hunger.
Ever buy Riceland rice?