Word: pollenation
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...Then the pollen counts drifted in. More than 200 particles per cu m in Rochester, twice the normal high for early spring. In Mission Viejo the count was 171, and the olive trees hadn't even bloomed. "I had seven emergency patients in one day," says Wynn. "That's worse than at the peak of ragweed season...
Allergies in February? Record pollen counts in March? Blame it on--what else?--El Nino, the warm patch of Pacific water that has played havoc with the world's weather for months. Thanks to an extremely mild winter, trees across much of the U.S.--including maple, alder, cottonwood and oak--are budding two to three weeks early, filling the air with their irritating pollen. Add torrential rains, which have produced bumper crops of wildflowers and grasses in the Southeast, along the Gulf Coast and in Southern California, and you have the makings of what some experts predict will...
...only has the sneezing started early, but it's likely to last longer than usual. The two main brakes on high pollen counts are extreme cold and scorching heat, both of which seem to be remote possibilities this year. Even last week's cold snap did not kill enough tree buds in the East to have much effect, although snowstorms may have done the trick in the Midwest. Nor is Texas expected to experience its usual blast-furnace summer, which in most years can be counted on to burn away enough pollen-producing plants to give the state a break...
Because allergy medications generally work best if taken before they are needed, doctors from Montauk, N.Y., to Mendocino, Calif., are advising patients to watch the pollen count and, where appropriate, get a head start on treatment. That goes double for folks who suffer from asthma, which can be aggravated by an allergic reaction...
...what happened when President Nixon, relaxing at his Camp David, Md., retreat, snatched up his briefcase, dashed to his helicopter and zipped back to the White House. To make matters murkier, White House spokesmen offered the lamest excuses. Speculation mounted. Quite simply, the President was escaping from the pollen hanging heavy over Camp David. Indeed, one wonders at the effort to cover up the President's allergy." --June 26, 1972, the issue published the week before the Watergate break...