Keith Posted July 19, 2005 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 733 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 3,017 Content Per Day: 0.43 Reputation: 128 Days Won: 1 Joined: 01/01/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/09/1966 Share Posted July 19, 2005 Drought sweeps away tonnes of soil (Australia) http://reg.theage.com.au/login.do?status=FAIL&errMsg=&errCode=10001&site=AGE&server=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theage.com.au&data=%2Fnews%2FNational%2FDrought-sweeps-away-tonnes-of-soil%2F2005%2F07%2F17%2F1121538861504.html%3Foneclick%3Dtrue&count=0 This article requires signing up to read. Here's a small bit of the article that I found shocking and interesting... Australia is getting flatter as a combination of drought and wind sweeps millions of tonnes of topsoil into the ocean, an expert has warned. Griffith University dust storm scientist Grant McTainsh said that recent rainfall across Australia's eastern states could, ironically, fuel a fierce dust storm this year like that responsible for blowing 4.85 million tonnes of topsoil into the atmosphere and ocean in less than 24 hours in October 2002. Corn, Soybean Prices May Rise as Drought Spreads West Into Iowa http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=100...id=aA1Kam95thKk Drought Chokes State (Wisconsin) http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/w...lo_wisc/2830967 San Pedro River is running dry (Arizona) http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/news/83944.php Portugal's drought-hit Algarve faces dry water taps http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=...er_050718155750 Drought tightens its deadly grip in Europe http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050718/sc_nm/...ght_europe_dc_1 Million at risk in Italy heatwave http://cnn.worldnews.printthis.clickabilit...&partnerID=2006 France faces drought, locusts http://www.washtimes.com/upi/20050717-092844-7410r.htm These headlines I got from browsing the news just today! And I have a list almost as long for all the earthquakes that have been going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zayit Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 Makes you wonder, how far does G-d have to go to make people wake up and take notice, its not the Ozone, its your sin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikeyjay Posted July 19, 2005 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 74 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 665 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 6 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/20/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 10/10/1978 Share Posted July 19, 2005 Drought sweeps away tonnes of soil (Australia) Australia is getting flatter as a combination of drought and wind sweeps millions of tonnes of topsoil into the ocean, an expert has warned. Griffith University dust storm scientist Grant McTainsh said that recent rainfall across Australia's eastern states could, ironically, fuel a fierce dust storm this year like that responsible for blowing 4.85 million tonnes of topsoil into the atmosphere and ocean in less than 24 hours in October 2002. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> as an Australian i can vouch that this is a real problem that Australia is facing...thew dust storms in Oct 2002 was a disaster... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted July 19, 2005 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 733 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 3,017 Content Per Day: 0.43 Reputation: 128 Days Won: 1 Joined: 01/01/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/09/1966 Author Share Posted July 19, 2005 as an Australian i can vouch that this is a real problem that Australia is facing...thew dust storms in Oct 2002 was a disaster... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> blowing 4.85 million tonnes of topsoil into the atmosphere and ocean in less than 24 hours This definitely qualifies as a disaster. This figure was astonishing to me! I'm glad you saw this, Mikeyjay. I thought of you when I read it. (Not that you had anything to do with it! LOL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheya joie Posted July 19, 2005 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 7 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 2,054 Content Per Day: 0.29 Reputation: 351 Days Won: 2 Joined: 03/15/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted July 19, 2005 South Texas, where I live, has been hovering on the edge of drought for some 11 years now. The local joke is that the 5th-graders down here (that is, 11-year-old kids) don't know what rain looks like. Actually, we do get rain. But not very often. On the other hand, we are watching Hurricane Emily right now, to see if she will hit us. Prayers appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IslandRose Posted July 19, 2005 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 476 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 5,266 Content Per Day: 0.68 Reputation: 63 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/21/1954 Share Posted July 19, 2005 Praying for you! She just missed us here in Grand Cayman. PTL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*~*Honey*~* Posted July 19, 2005 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 11 Topic Count: 9 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 762 Content Per Day: 0.11 Reputation: 1,152 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/07/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 10/10/1982 Share Posted July 19, 2005 Thanks for sharing Keith---I dont have a lot of time to read the links, though just the headlines are real Eye Poppers... These were really all from ONE day news????? ????? *~*Honey*~* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted July 19, 2005 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 733 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 3,017 Content Per Day: 0.43 Reputation: 128 Days Won: 1 Joined: 01/01/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/09/1966 Author Share Posted July 19, 2005 Thanks for sharing Keith---I dont have a lot of time to read the links, though just the headlines are real Eye Poppers... These were really all from ONE day news????? ????? *~*Honey*~* <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Honey, I just put the links to the articles there in case anyone wanted to read a particular article. This post was more just for the headlines to give people the gist. There is a lot more weather news in the news lately than I have seen in a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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