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Last week's marathon of rain and mud and wind cost 15 lives and up to $2 billion in damage, as some of the country's richest farmlands turned to stew. In Monterey County particularly, Nature brought herself to ruin: winds wrecked the orchards; floods loosened the vines and dragged crops out of the fields, which were too wet for tractors to plant new crops. Bees stopped pollinating, leaving peach trees and cherry trees barren. Even the cows were troubled, growing stingy with milk when their feet were wet and their routines disrupted...
...maximum rain enjoyment wear Tevas, or another waterproof pair of shoes, and shorts--jeans stay wet forever, particularly when rolled up and stuffed in a backpack. Otherwise, relax, sink your toes into the mud and start singin' in the rain...
Herschbach says science always begins as aninquiry into a subjective question, so objectivityis initially hardly an issue. "When you makebricks, you start with mud," he says...
...African safari: We went for three days. It was during rainy season. We spent a lot of time pushing the truck out of the mud. We hired our own driver. We were dirt poor there, and it was a really nice place; we got this resident rate. All the other people were these rich Europeans who flew in just for this safari. The staff really loved us because we hung out with them, instead of these other people...
...safari reminded her of Harvard: Rugby is in the spring and the fall. Actually, I went through withdrawal while I was in Africa. But, when we pushed the trucks out of the mud, I felt extreme joy because it reminded me of rugby...