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["TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>]

http://wwwa.accuweather.com/news-weathernews.asp

Severe Drought in Northern Plains to Have Nationwide Economic Impact
Lack of Significant Rainfall, High Heat Dooms Spring Wheat Crop

Since the beginning of the year, AccuWeather.com meteorologists have been
warning that the U.S. would be entering a "summer of climatic hardship" in
2006 based on forecast weather patterns, and the Northern Plains drought is
yet another example. This type of drought has occurred before.
Specifically, the U.S. appears to be entering a climatic pattern similar to
that experienced in the 1930s, when the catastrophic "Dust Bowl" drought
blighted a broad swath of the country. More recently, the Northern Plains
suffered a severe drought from 1988-1992.
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