Word: rising
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Overnight Minnesota will be transformed from corn belt to money belt. Gigantic glass skyscrapers will rise in downtown St. Paul, home of the nation's wealthiest state legislature, and as the money floods in, Minnesotans will look for acquisitions: IBM, UPS, USX, GTE, Time Warner, Minnecorp, J.P. Olson, Chase Minnesota. Presidential candidates will hold their big, $100,000-a-plate fund raisers in Minneapolis, will pledge their support for water diversification and mention that, conservative though they be, they've always had a soft spot in their hearts for Hubert Humphrey...
...Lake Superior will be gone, and its islands will be wooded buttes rising above the fertile coulees of the basin. A river will run through it, the Riviera River, and great glittering casinos like the Corn Palace, the Voyageur, the Big Kawishiwi, the Tamarack Sands, the Clair de Loon, the Sileaux, the Garage Mahal, the Glacial Sands, the Temple of Denture, the Golden Mukooda will lie across the basin like diamonds in a dish. Family-style casinos, with theme parks and sensational water rides on the rivers cascading over the north rim, plus high-rise hotels and time-share condominiums...
...these low-pressure systems, its winds spinning slowly counterclockwise, starts to strengthen-and that's when the trouble can begin. During late summer and fall, broad swaths of subtropical ocean can reach temperatures of 80øF or more. The warm, humid air above the ocean surface would tend to rise anyway, and when a low-pressure region drifts by, it's like taking the lid off a steaming pot. The air rushes upward, dumping its moisture and energy, which forces the winds to whirl ever faster. Meanwhile, down at the surface, more warm air rushes in to replace what...
...there's absolutely no evidence that this year's upswing in storms can be attributed to that always fashionable suspect global warming. It's logical to assume that warmer oceans will give rise to more dangerous hurricanes. But the warming, if it's real, is still too small to have much effect. That doesn't mean it won't happen in the future, though. Hurricanes might not be more frequent in a hotter world, but they could be more intense. The upper limit on wind velocities should increase, M.I.T. atmospheric scientist Kerry Eman uel calculates, perhaps as much...
...INFOWAR. If the government doesn't use them, they'll just intrude into sensitive areas even more. But if the government does take advantage of hackers' expertise, it will save on operating costs, training expenses and even computer budgets. The 21st century definitely will see the Rise of the Hackers. SHAHEEN GANDHI Bridgewater, New Jersey AOL: Sha5...