North Carolina to Leaders: Take Drought Seriously

Survey results from the Brogan Survey released today show that 85% of North Carolinians think the drought in our state is serious or extremely serious. (Click on the chart below to enlarge it.)


You can read the full press release here.

71.8% said more needs to be done, while only 1.3% said that less needs to be done. 20.3% felt that enough was being done to address drought conditions.

75% indicate they are personally cutting back, versus 23.5% who are not.

The likelihood that a North Carolinian considers the drought serious increases as you move West. This is most evident when you compare our regional breakdown with the map of current drought conditions shown here.

In our survey, here are the percentage of people in each region who classified the drought as "extremely serious":

• Western: 52.0%
• Charlotte: 56.7%
• Piedmont: 48.7%
• Southern: 38.5%
• Triangle: 46.0%
• Coastal: 31.7%
  

Here in Raleigh, starting next Tuesday, we can only water our lawn once a week. That restriction was reported in the paper on 8/23, the same day we were finishing up our calls, which started Monday, 8/20. Most were completed prior to that news being widely known.

Have you cut back? Is Raleigh doing enough? Is Charlotte? How about in the mountains?

Let us know what you think.