{"id":15284,"date":"2016-04-13T14:59:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T18:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/?p=15284"},"modified":"2016-04-13T14:59:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T18:59:00","slug":"treading-water-extension-stands-in-the-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/treading-water-extension-stands-in-the-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"TREADING WATER: Clemson extension stands in the breach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id='fullscreen_slider_1'  class='avia-fullscreen-slider main_color   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_fifth  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '  ><a href='#next-section' title='' class='scroll-down-link ' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue877' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/a><div   data-size='extra_large'  data-lightbox_size='large'  data-animation='slide'  data-conditional_play=''  data-ids='15285'  data-video_counter='0'  data-autoplay='false'  data-bg_slider='true'  data-slide_height='100'  data-handle='av_fullscreen'  data-interval='5'  data-class=' '  data-el_id=''  data-css_id='fullscreen_slider_1'  data-scroll_down='aviaTBscroll_down'  data-control_layout=''  data-custom_markup=''  data-perma_caption=''  data-autoplay_stopper=''  data-image_attachment=''  data-min_height='0px'  data-stretch=''  data-default-height='100'  class='avia-slideshow avia-slideshow-1 av-slider-scroll-down-active av-default-height-applied avia-slideshow-extra_large av_fullscreen   avia-slide-slider '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 66.4666666667%;' ><li style='background-position:top left;' data-img-url='https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/04\/flood-1500x997.jpg' class=' av-single-slide slide-1 ' ><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><div class = \"caption_fullwidth av-slideshow-caption caption_center\"><div class = \"container caption_container\"><div class = \"slideshow_caption\"><div class = \"slideshow_inner_caption\"><div class = \"slideshow_align_caption\"><h2  style='font-size:48px; ' class='avia-caption-title  '  itemprop=\"name\" >Treading Water<\/h2><div class='avia-caption-content  av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"description\"   style='font-size:24px; '><p>Clemson Extension stands in the breach<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div id='after_full_slider_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '  ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-15284'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_fullscreen  el_before_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><blockquote>\n<p>On October 4, 2015, the skies opened up and dropped 11 trillion gallons of rain across the Carolinas, just a month after 35 of the state\u2019s 46 counties were declared primary disaster areas due to drought. Hurricane Joaquin may have never made landfall, but the weather system it created dumped massive amounts of rainfall over the Southeast, and no state was hit harder than South Carolina.<br \/>\nIn the midst of it all were the agents and resources of the Clemson Extension service, fielding calls about flood assistance, safety and drinking water, as well as providing information and help on everything from how to file a claim for lost crops and livestock to how to recover farm equipment stuck in the mud.<br \/>\nThe timeline below tells the story of the double whammy of drought followed by flood that hit the state\u2019s agriculture industry.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_one_full  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_half  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><\/div><\/section><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_half  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_half  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><div   class='av_promobox  avia-button-yes   avia-builder-el-8  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '>\t\t<div class='avia-promocontent'><p>\nTake a look at more information about the flood\u2019s long-term impact and the resources available through the Extension Service.<\/p>\n<\/div><div  class='avia-button-wrap avia-button-right ' ><a href='http:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/extension\/scflood\/'  class='avia-button   avia-icon_select-no avia-color-blue avia-size-medium avia-position-right '  target=\"_blank\"   ><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >Read more.<\/span><\/a><\/div>\t<\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_half  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-last  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><div   class='av_promobox  avia-button-yes   avia-builder-el-10  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '>\t\t<div class='avia-promocontent'><p>\nThe University was involved in flood relief as well. A number of campus initiatives were organized to help those impacted by the floods.<\/p>\n<\/div><div  class='avia-button-wrap avia-button-right ' ><a href='http:\/\/newsstand.clemson.edu\/mediarelations\/clemson-organizes-efforts-to-help-flood-victims\/'  class='avia-button   avia-icon_select-no avia-color-blue avia-size-medium avia-position-right '  target=\"_blank\"   ><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >Read more.<\/span><\/a><\/div>\t<\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":15285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[132,1027,1145,1266,1554,2663,3238],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-15284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-web-exclusive","tag-agriculture","tag-drought","tag-extension","tag-floods","tag-hurricane-joaquin","tag-south-carolina","tag-web-exclusive"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/04\/flood.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15284"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=15284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}