Tropical Storm Fay has hit Georgia’s pecan crop. While no numbers are yet reported, the storm's high wind and torrential rain seemed to take the heaviest toll on Georgia's $128 million pecan crop. Hardest-hit counties are in the south along the Florida line. Pecan trees are vulnerable because they're loaded with immature nuts and foliage.
Meanwhile there may be good news for turtles hit by Tropical Storm Fay - -the storm destroyed fewer loggerhead sea turtle nests than experts feared. Biologists and volunteers scoured Georgia’s 100-miles shoreline of the weekend. They say 8% of the threatened species’ nests were lost from the storm’s surging tides. Turtles in nearly half of those had already hatched out.
Meanwhile there may be good news for turtles hit by Tropical Storm Fay - -the storm destroyed fewer loggerhead sea turtle nests than experts feared. Biologists and volunteers scoured Georgia’s 100-miles shoreline of the weekend. They say 8% of the threatened species’ nests were lost from the storm’s surging tides. Turtles in nearly half of those had already hatched out.
