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GreyZone on March 21, 2006 - 11:37am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Shifts in the jet stream flow over continental North America? Those same shifts, taking the jet stream further north, led Accu-Weather to comment in another article that we are seeing conditions in the central US similar to the 1930s "dust bowl" period developing. Further, we saw last year how high pressure systems coming down from Canada could deflect hurricanes in the Gulf either to the east or west.

And why is the jet stream shifting? Apparently global warming.

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Leanan on March 21, 2006 - 11:57am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Those same shifts, taking the jet stream further north, led Accu-Weather to comment in another article that we are seeing conditions in the central US similar to the 1930s "dust bowl" period developing.

Did they really?  I was just thinking that the current pattern of drought looks a lot like the dust bowl:

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totoneila on March 21, 2006 - 2:09pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Hello Leanan,

According to your Graphic--the driest area is around Houston!  For all our sakes, I hope they do not get my firestorm scenario!

Bob Shaw in Phx,AZ Are Humans Smarter than Yeast?

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GreyZone on March 21, 2006 - 2:19pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Here's the Accuweather article about Dust Bowl conditions in the central US.
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