30 Jul 2006
Dakotas at 'epicenter' of U.S. drought

I can sure sympathize with these folks, but right here, right now, we're almost literally awash in excess moisture. Too bad we don't have a way to get it 800 miles west...

AP - Fields of wheat, durum and barley in the Dakotas this dry summer will never end up as pasta, bread or beer. What is left of the stifled crops has been salvaged to feed livestock struggling on pastures where hot winds blow clouds of dirt from dried-out ponds.

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