Tuesday the governement confirmed what many already knew: the drought parching much of the West and Southeast spread into the Mid-Atlantic area. At the end of September about 43% of the US was in moderate to extreme drought. It has been the fourth warmest year worldwide. But drought is probably the greatest concern in many parts of the country and the year to date has been the driest on record for Tennessee and North Carolina. It was unusually dry in September from the eastern seabord to southern Great Lakes. Water levels at Lake Carter, about 90 miles north of Atlanta, Georgia, are at record lows.
Here are some drought-related conditions:
-The Tennessee Valley Authority shut down Browns Ferry Unit II nuclear power plant due to inadequate stream flow.
-As of September 25, Pasadena, California, experienced its driest year since records began in 1878. Many California communities imposed water use restrictions.
Now this is bad news for the economy. This seriously affects farmers and even many other people. They even had to shut down a power plant because they coudn't get enough water. Water levels are at an all time low and many other things are affected by this drought. And the economy is already in a bad way and this is definetly not helping. Will have to wait a little longer to see what the effects on the economy will be, because things like this need some time to show their effects. I hope the aftermath won't be that bad.
Nico Cottry
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/weather/10/16/drought.west.southeast.ap/index.html
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Nico talks about the drought and last year being the fourth warmest year in the history of mankind. This is probably the result of global heating. Whit oil prices rising above $90 per barrel, i'll have to stress again the importance of green energy!
Thomas
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