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TexasTowelie

(117,050 posts)
Sun Jul 23, 2017, 10:32 PM Jul 2017

Post-Prayer, Drought Expands in South Dakota

Last week various pious South Dakotans organized a “Pray for Rain Campaign.” These public Christians petitioned their preferred supernatural being for precipitation on Wednesday, July 12, at 7 p.m.

Statewide rainfall data immediately after the event provided inconclusive evidence at best of the hydrogenerative power of this spiritual activity. So, a full week out, let’s compare the statewide drought maps for July 11 and July 18 from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Drought Monitor:


UNL Drought Monitor SD maps

The portion of South Dakota in official drought conditions increased over the past week from 72.41% pre-rain-prayer to 82.10% post-rain-prayer. The portion of the state experiencing no dry conditions shrank from 6.84% pre-rain-prayer to 0.03% post-rain-prayer. (0.01% of that 0.03% may be the puddle by my curb where First Street still doesn’t drain properly.)

That big red spot in north central South Dakota is “D3”, “Extreme Drought.” None of the state has yet entered the worst category, “D4”, “Exceptional Drought.”

Read more: http://dakotafreepress.com/2017/07/21/post-prayer-drought-expands-in-south-dakota/

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Post-Prayer, Drought Expands in South Dakota (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2017 OP
"If we ask anything according to His will, He heareth us" (1 John 5:14). Permanut Jul 2017 #1
And to think,this same area Wellstone ruled Jul 2017 #2
There are D4 conditions defacto7 Jul 2017 #3

Permanut

(6,689 posts)
1. "If we ask anything according to His will, He heareth us" (1 John 5:14).
Sun Jul 23, 2017, 10:43 PM
Jul 2017

Must not be God's will for rain to fall in that particular area.

On the other hand, it could be an effect of the climate change hoax instigated by them liberal satanist heathen pagan hedonistic evil Democrats.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
2. And to think,this same area
Sun Jul 23, 2017, 10:44 PM
Jul 2017

four and five years ago was under water. And these same Religious Zealots were doing the same thing back then.

defacto7

(13,617 posts)
3. There are D4 conditions
Sun Jul 23, 2017, 11:15 PM
Jul 2017

Just north in ND and MT. according to this site, http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/
Maybe mixing gods is what is causing the drought. I know the god of the bible is jealous.

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