Beware: Drought fire danger is extreme

By Walter Geiger

Though well over 100 people turned out Nov. 7 to pray for rain at the farm bureau here, drought has set in. There has been no appreciable rain here since mid-September and none is forecast.

Creeks and ponds have dried up or been severely diminished. Crops, winter grazing and pastures are dead. Cattlemen face a winter hay crisis and low cattle prices.

But, now, the drought’s biggest threat is fire. On Wednesday morning, Gov. Nathan Deal banned used of fireworks indefintely.