Rural south central Alabama here.

They say its 'extreme' drought here, not 'exceptional' yet, but already private ponds getting very low, maybe 6' or so off high pool, with the shallower ponds running dry and full of fish-eating birds. Everything is dry and dusty and lots of stress on trees - oak leaves turning brown and curled.

Lots of burned median and shoulders along I65.

I read that the longterm weather models are predicting 5" on average through the month of December - that'll help. Our 5 acre pond is now about 3.5 acres having receded from all the shallower areas and creating a 20' ring of dry, cracked earth. Did find some bottles from the 1950's which were helpful in determining the age of the pond...something we had always wondered.

Anyways, dry and crunchy here and I expect they'll put in water controls before too long. Cant imagine the conditions further to the NE.