[Palmetto Home and Deck]

[From the Andeson Independant] "South Carolina Drought Response Committee members upgraded Anderson County’s drought status to “extreme” during their meeting Tuesday.
Anderson joined Abbeville, Edgefield, McCormick, Laurens, Greenwood, Saluda, Newberry and Union counties in being upgraded. Previously Pickens, Oconee, Greenville, Cherokee and Greenville were the only counties in the state labeled extreme.
The good news, though, is that the committee did not recommend mandatory water restrictions."

Nine more counties were added to the extreme drought list on Tuesday. While the state committee did not recommend mandatory restrictions I expect individual cities to panic and do so like Clemson did. Parts of Spartanburg County implemented mandatory restrictions this past weekend. Tryon, NC went to mandatory restrictions last week.

It is getting pretty scary around here even if these restriction do have an impact on my business. The lakes are getting so low that in a lot of areas of what was once water is nothing now but mud flats that are starting to grow trees. People's boat docks are high and dry and in some places hundreds of yards from the nearest water. Wells are starting to run dry....all the creeks, streams, and cow ponds are too.

Thank God I know how to swing a hammer. I may have to winterize my rig in August this year, but I am already setting up to start more deck construction and rebuilds until this drought is over.