Damage From Frances

I spent most of today in South Georgia surveying agricultural damage from Hurricane / Tropical Storm Frances. Pecans, corn, cotton, peanuts and soybeans were affected by the high winds and heavy rains. The pictures below are from two pecan orchards, one other outside Cordele (Crisp County) and the other in Sylvester (Worth County). The first two pictures are from an 1150+ tree orchard outside Cordele (Crisp County), that lost about three dozen trees. The last picture is a much smaller orchard in Sylvester (Worth County) that only lost a handful.






In both cases, the damage could have been much worse. I interviewed both farmers, and they are terribly worried about Hurricane Ivan. They agreed that the damage from Frances is nothing compared to what Ivan could bring if it follows the same track Frances did.