Sonny Perdue's Holy Rainstorm "Doesn't Provide Any Significant Long-Term Benefit" - NWS

[hatrack]

Gee, Sonny, guess y'all should have just prayed a little harder!!

ATLANTA — A storm system crashed through the Southeast and brought up to an inch of rain in parts of drought-stricken Georgia, but forecasters said the storm likely did little to ease the state's historic drought.

The rain late Wednesday and early Thursday brought some precipitation to the parched hills of northern Georgia. The showers began a day after Gov. Sonny Perdue led a prayer service on the steps of the state Capitol to beg the heavens to end the drought. "Certainly, we're not gloating about it," Perdue said from a trade mission in Canada. "We're thankful for the rain, and hopefully it's the beginning of more. … Frankly, it's great affirmation of what we asked for."

As the drought has worsened, Perdue has ordered water restrictions, launched a legal battle against the release of water from federal reservoirs and appealed to President Bush for help.

About an inch of rain fell through north Georgia, and Atlanta received about a half-inch. It wasn't enough to ease the drought, forecasters said. "It puts a little bit of extra water in some of the smaller tributaries and reservoirs, but it doesn't provide any significant long-term benefit," said Matt Sena, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. "We need months of above-average rainfall to start putting a dent in this."

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http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20071116/a_rain16.art.htm

[Atman]

1. That God...what a tease!

:rofl:

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[diane in sf]

2. Better keep praying Sonny