Word: colorado
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...enough, but Carter staffers failed to reach all the key figures on the Hill to inform them before the story broke. Arizona Congressman Mo Udall, who heard about the move from a reporter, called Carter's decision "zero-based budgeting gone mad." Western Governors were equally irate. Said Colorado's Governor Richard Lamm: "This is not the way to win friends and influence people in the West, particularly in a time of drought...
...when the sky darkens, glowed dimly through clouds of gritty dust. "I'm guessing that we got wiped out today," he reported, "but I'm not about to go out into the fields to find out-the air is so black I might get lost." In eastern Colorado, too, gusts of wind up to 90 m.p.h. scooped up the drought-dry topsoil, hurling some five tons of the precious dirt off each acre of land during a 24-hour storm. Observed Rod Johnson, a federal agriculture official: "The eastern three-fourths of Kiowa County is moving...
...Dangers. In a grimy arc, from Nebraska through the plains of Kansas and Colorado, on into the panhandles of Oklahoma and Texas, scenes right out of The Grapes of Wrath suddenly materialized in the swirl of dust billowing up to 12,000 feet. The grit sifted into houses, causing eyes to burn and coating tongues. As visibility neared zero, motorists pulled to sides of roads, and highways were ordered closed. At week's end the dust had blown over the southeastern states, turning the sky a milky yellow. To many worried Westerners, the worst dust storm in some...
...culprit responsible for much of the nation's wild and freezing weather-the stationary high-pressure system off the California coast-had broken up. Its departure allowed westerly winds to carry clouds over the Rockies and dump long-overdue snow on barren slopes in Oregon, Wyoming and Colorado. California's refreshed farmers reveled in the rain, and mountain ski operators romped in the snow-but federal weather experts warned of ominous signs that the blocking pressure "high" might be reforming. It was also clear that the accumulated moisture was but a drop in the bucket of water needed...
Individual performances will also determine what team members will qualify for the NCAA finals in Colorado in March. Alpiner Peter Anton seems sure to qualify, Hubbard said...