Word: weathers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...National weather experts made it official last week: January was the coldest month in the Middle West and Northeast since the Federal Government began collecting such statistics in 1870. Though temperatures moderated during the week, forecasters dashed hopes that the winter had spent its fury. They detected another cold air mass poised to strike the East Coast. TIME correspondents took a closer look at three widely separated areas in 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...
...full damage to the orange crop will not be known for several weeks. Unlike much of the frigid U.S., Florida's crop growers would actually like the chilly weather to continue. A sudden flood of warm sunshine would accelerate the rotting of damaged fruit and increase the loss far beyond the $125 million already estimated. "All we need is a few days in the 80s," says Grower Karst, "and then you'll see a real disaster...
...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...
Among other items in nationwide short supply and fierce demand in this killing winter are woolen underwear, blankets (wool and electric), flannel shirts, wool socks, parkas, mittens, gloves, mufflers, ski pants, goggles, hand warmers, car batteries, weather stripping, calking guns, firewood, woodburning stoves, electric heaters, and radios with the weather band that tells you how frightful today is going...
Winds make weather; weather...