Drought (hideri)

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Drought (hideri, Japan)

***** Location: Japan, other regions
***** Season: Late Summer
***** Category: Heavens

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Explanation

.. .. .. drought, hideri, 旱

drought, kanbatsu 旱魃
fields during a drought, withered fields, hiderida 旱田
long drought, great drought, taikan 大旱


Fields withered by the cold is a kigo for winter.
Withered Plants (karekusa)

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.. .. .. .. .. What is a drought?
A drought is defined as "a period of abnormally dry weather sufficiently prolonged for the lack of water to cause serious hydrologic imbalance in the affected area." -
Glossary of Meteorology (1959).

In easier to understand terms, a drought is a period of unusually persistant dry weather that persists long enough to cause serious problems such as crop damage and/or water supply shortages. The severity of the drought depends upon the degree of moisture deficiency, the duration, and the size of the affected area.

There are actually four different ways that drought can be defined.
Meteorological-a measure of departure of precipitation from normal. Due to climatic differences, what might be considered a drought in one location of the country may not be a drought in another location.

Agricultural-refers to a situation where the amount of moisture in the soil no longer meets the needs of a particular crop.

Hydrological-occurs when surface and subsurface water supplies are below normal.

Socioeconomic-refers to the situation that occurs when physical water shortages begin to affect people.

What are the impacts of a drought?
Lack of rainfall for an extended period of time can bring farmers and metropolitan areas to their knees. It does not take very long; in some locations of the country, a few rain-free weeks can spread panic and affect crops. Before long, we are told to stop washing our cars, cease watering the grass, and take other water conservation steps. In this situation, sunny weather is not always the best weather.

................. Read more about it here:
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/fgz/science/drought.php?wfo=fgz


NOAA's Drought Information Center
National Drought Monitor Graphic Image
Palmer Drought Index Graphic


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Worldwide use

Australia
Australian Saijiki : drought
topic for haiku


drought -
wind sweeps the stones
in the temple pond


long drought -
boulder lichen
holds on

Lorin Ford, Australia, 2009


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California
On the California coast a "dry season" lasts from the end of the rainy season in April until the rains commence again in November (dates approximate because El Nino, La Nina, dry spells and droughts have to be factored in).

In the dry season, the grass on the foothills dries of to a light oche--one Stanford author called them 'lion colored'.
Linda Papanicolaou

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Things found on the way

................................ Dry Spell
In Ireland... a dry spell is that 5 minutes' break you get between the showers! And it can occur any day of the year.

Isabelle Prondzynski

............. After a long Dry Spell

> stars between the clouds-
> a broken umbrella lies
> in the puddle

Wlodzimierz Holsztynski
http://haiku.cc.ehime-u.ac.jp/~shiki/shiki.archive/html/9511/0209.html

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HAIKU

after the drought
faces lift
to the sky


M. Shanna Moore, Hawaii

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大海のうしほはあれど旱かな
Taikai no ushio wa aredo hideri kana

The water is deep　　
ln the ocean;　　
Drought in the land

It was written in 1904, when Kyoshi was 31 years old.
http://www.kyoshi.or.jp/work/e-work3.htm

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pouring here and there
words everywhere -
still the drought lingers

Louise Linville (Caladyelle)

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drought --
an ancient lake bed
swallows a traveler

©　Chibi 2007 知美

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Related words

***** Water shortage

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