{"id":20527,"date":"2025-10-23T19:43:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T00:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=20527"},"modified":"2025-10-23T19:44:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T00:44:20","slug":"drought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=20527","title":{"rendered":"Drought"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are in the middle of a drought. An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drought.gov\/states\/vermont\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">extreme drought<\/a>. Apparently it&#8217;s the driest August on record since 1895. It&#8217;s crazy because the rivers are soooo low, and some towns have water usage restrictions, but other towns do not. I learned it all depends on where towns get their water from. Apparently its different for each town. It&#8217;s also interesting crossing the bridge by Dartmouth each day and seeing the river nice and full (upstream of the dam) and ready for their crew teams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When E was home a few weeks ago we took some pictures by the rivers (downstream from the dam!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e5a0c305f35&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e5a0c305f35\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-id=\"20524\" 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The bottom pictures are my sweetie doing her photography class homework. :)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Climate change sucks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are in the middle of a drought. An extreme drought. Apparently it&#8217;s the driest August on record since 1895. 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