Christmas is less than two weeks away. All around our hometown of Lincoln, Nebraska
you can see signs of the season – lights on houses, trees for sale, Salvation
Army bell ringers, crowded stores. The
one thing missing is winter-like weather.
The extended forecast doesn’t have a high temperature below freezing,
and there’s no snow in sight. I doubt
we’ll have a white Christmas, yet again. A couple Sundays ago I headed out to
do some Christmas shopping…and I wore flip flops!
I admit, winter isn’t my favorite season. I don’t love snow, but after the dry summer,
bring it on. Unfortunately, NOAA is
predicting drier than average conditions for a good portion of the U.S.
Future Christmases could also be impacted by the drought – from Chicago to Wisconsin, Iowa to Illinois, Tennessee and more – there could be a tree shortage in a few years due to the loss of newly planted trees.
In the mean time, let’s hope Santa brings some snow with him from the North Pole this year.
From all of us at The
Groundwater Foundation, we wish you many blessings this holiday season and in
the New Year ahead. Cheers to
groundwater!
