Word: weathered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Although the bitter cold hasn't affected this area, 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...
...like paying for punishment. After suffering through weeks of numbing winterkill, Americans are now receiving the highest fuel bills in the history of staying warm. Nationally, heating bills are expected to be up an average of 45% over last year if cold weather continues, a still stiff 35% if temperatures moderate. The average U.S. household will spend $270 to $290 for the October-March season, v. $200 last year, and the total national home-heating bill could rise to $ 19 billion by the time March goes -or does not go-out like a lamb. In January, consumer prices generally surged...
Lucky New England. Normally energy-poor New England is the only freeze-hit area that is escaping monumental bill increases. It is heated almost entirely with oil, which was in plentiful though expensive supply before the cold weather hit. As temperatures dropped, reserves began running down. Two weeks ago the Government changed the rules of a complicated subsidy program in order to help New England oil wholesalers buy expensive foreign oil, rebuild supplies and hold consumer bills steady. Heating-oil prices are up only...
...National Weather Service last week made it official. After consulting informal temperature records kept by such oldtimers as Thomas Jefferson, Henry Thoreau and Noah Webster, the service announced that January in the eastern two-thirds of the country was the coldest month in 177 years. If temperatures through March run only moderately below normal, said the weathermen, the nation will have a true Bicentennial winter: the most shivery since the founding of the Republic...
...more that scientists learn about the world weather machine, the more they realize that it is an engine of enormous complexity. They are only beginning to figure out how it works or predict what it will do next. Until man has a better understanding of the weather, he is wise not to tamper with...