Word: droughts
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...Oregon, like other Northwestern states, is facing a weather crisis: a lack of rain. A state that is renowned for rain and lush green forests, a state that warns motorists of dry spots in the road, and bicycle riders not to fall off because they might drown, is facing drought. Let's hope that normal weather conditions return soon, so that "the Big Drought" won't be a future cover story...
Wrathful God. What is likely is that the weather, as it has done throughout history, will continue to toy with its would-be forecasters, embarrassing them with rain when they call for clear skies, drought when they predict precipitation. Indeed, the weatherman's plight will probably not change a millibar from that described by the English meteorologist Sir Napier Shaw. Wrote he: "A forecaster's heart knoweth its own bitterness, and a stranger meddleth not with...
...cold-related shutdowns went back to their jobs. But some workers, such as the more than 3,000 watermen who harvest oysters in Maryland's still iced-over Chesapeake Bay, may have to wait longer to resume earning money, and industries in the Pacific Northwest, confronting a drought that is undermining hydroelectric generating capacity, face power cuts...
...which the topsy-turvy winter has created contrasting effects. New York's Marion Knox examined snow-buried Buffalo, Atlanta's Rudolph Rauch checked the frostbitten citrus groves of central Florida, and San Francisco's Joseph Boyce explored nearby Marin County as the West's disastrous drought grew even worse. Their reports...
...area where the living had been easy, life was suddenly a chore. The same wild weather conditions that had isolated Buffalo in the snow-and frozen Florida's oranges-had also aggravated the 13-month drought that has plagued eight Western states. A high-pressure system lay off the West Coast, diverting winds northward to pick up arctic cold and blocking the normal flow of moisture to the West. In California, the loss in crops and other agricultural production may exceed $1 billion, and the water shortage is already affecting daily living in some unlikely places. One is Marin...