{"id":1384,"date":"2013-05-01T09:34:11","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T15:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/?p=1384"},"modified":"2013-05-01T09:34:11","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T15:34:11","slug":"but-its-a-dry-heat-a-gawd-awful-dry-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/?p=1384","title":{"rendered":"But it’s a dry heat — a gawd-awful-dry heat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Appropriate for May Day, the international distress call. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m surprised \u00e2\u20ac\u02dc95-\u00e2\u20ac\u02dc96 was even drier — I must be suppressing the memory. And small wonder my allergies are worse this year. peace, mjh<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00bb Water year start 3rd driest for city | ABQ Journal<\/a> by John Fleck<\/p>\n

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With less than an inch of rain since Oct. 1, this is the third driest start to a water year in Albuquerque since record-keeping began in 1900, according to a National Weather Service analysis. <\/p>\n

Only 1903-04 and 1995-96 were drier, according to Deirdre Kann, science officer for the service\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Albuquerque office. Meteorologists and water managers usually start their \u00e2\u20ac\u0153water year\u00e2\u20ac\u009d calendar Oct. 1, a time period that captures the entire cool season\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s rain and snow in a single year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s measure rather than arbitrarily splitting it in two on Jan. 1. <\/p>\n

The Weather Service\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s official gauge at Albuquerque\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s airport has recorded 0.83 inch of precipitation for the water year. <\/p>\n

The entire state of New Mexico faces serious drought conditions, but Albuquerque \u00e2\u20ac\u0153is in worse shape than most locations<\/font><\/strong>,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d according to Kann<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u00c2\u00bb Water year start 3rd driest for city | ABQ Journal<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00bb With drought comes dust | ABQ Journal<\/a> by John Fleck<\/p>\n

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Due to the current drought and very dry soil conditions, there is more potential for blowing dust than usual<\/font><\/strong> for the entire state even in lower wind conditions. <\/p>\n

The Environment Department realizes that although dust storms are common in New Mexico and are inherent to arid climates, inhaling dust can cause a number of serious health problems and can make some health problems worse. It can irritate the lungs and trigger allergic reactions, as well as asthma attacks. For people who already suffer from these conditions, dust can cause serious breathing problems. Dust can also cause coughing, wheezing and runny noses. Breathing large amounts of dust for prolonged periods can result in chronic breathing and lung problems.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u00c2\u00bb With drought comes dust | ABQ Journal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Appropriate for May Day, the international distress call. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m surprised \u00e2\u20ac\u02dc95-\u00e2\u20ac\u02dc96 was even drier — I must be suppressing the memory. And small wonder my allergies are worse this year. peace, mjh \u00c2\u00bb Water year start 3rd driest for city | ABQ Journal by John Fleck With less than an inch of rain since Oct. … Continue reading But it’s a dry heat — a gawd-awful-dry heat<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drought","category-newmexico"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}