Sunday, December 30, 2012

Daily News: Weather News Headlines - Storms on U.S. Plains stir memories of the "Dust Bowl"

Sunday, Dec 30, 2012 06:16 AM PST

Storms on U.S. Plains stir memories of the "Dust Bowl" 
Sunday, Dec 30, 2012 06:16 AM PST
Farmer Gail Wright is pictured next to a water pump which he says he is likely to shut down because the Ogallala Aquifer no longer provides adequate water near Sublette KansasLIBERAL, Kansas (Reuters) - Real estate agent Mark Faulkner recalls a day in early November when he was putting up a sign near Ulysses, Kansas, in 60-miles-per-hour winds that blew up blinding dust clouds. "There were places you could not see, it was blowing so hard," Faulkner said. Residents of the Great Plains over the last year or so have experienced storms reminiscent of the 1930s Dust Bowl. Experts say the new storms have been brought on by a combination of historic drought, a dwindling Ogallala Aquifer underground water supply, climate change and government farm programs. ...
Full Story
Top
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Terminator, Body-Builder, and Global Leader on Climate-Change 
Sunday, Dec 30, 2012 05:51 AM PST
If the United States ever enacts a major climate-change law, it will owe a debt to Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Full Story
Top
Schwarzenegger's Climate-Change Legacy 
Sunday, Dec 30, 2012 03:14 AM PST
If the United States ever enacts a major climate-change law, it will owe a debt to Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Full Story
Top
The Governator's Climate-Change Legacy 
Sunday, Dec 30, 2012 02:54 AM PST
If the United States ever enacts a major climate-change law, it will owe a debt to Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Full Story
Top

You received this email because you subscribed to Yahoo! Alerts. Use this link to unsubscribe from this alert. To change your communications preferences for other Yahoo! business lines, please visit your Marketing Preferences. To learn more about Yahoo!'s use of persona l information, including the use of web beacons in HTML-based email, please read our Privacy Policy. Yahoo! is located at 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.

No comments:

Post a Comment