Stories tagged with "mid-west"
Heat over the heartland
Posted by Heading Out on August 2, 2006 - 10:53am
Topic: Environment/Sustainability
Tags: biofuel, california, dust bowl, mid-west, new york, temperatures [list all tags]
Grin - well I have been remarkable quiet and well behaved for perhaps a bit too long! And it may be that the heat is getting to me, since the heat wave that struck California last week is now hitting the East Coast. Now in the process it is still passing the Great American Fly-over Zone, where all those ethanol producing corn crops are busily growing - or not, since many of the states are having a drought. But, as was pointed out in comments, this will have more effect next year, than this. However, my mischief button was pressed when I heard a reporter saying that it was hotter than it has been in the region since 1936, during the dust bowl days. So, being one of them curious folks, I went to take a look. If you have read my earlier post along these lines you might not want to look below the fold.


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