Flooding rains in the spring that saw record rainfall amounts in the Midwest and on the East Coast. Tornadoes where tornadoes have been only rarely seen. Raking hurricanes like Irene which dropped trillions of gallons of water all up and the Atlantic Coast. All this going on while the State of Texas has been quietly suffering the worst drought in its history.
“October 2010 to July 2011 was the driest of any 10-month period on
record for Texas.”
record for Texas.”
(The previous record was June 1917 to March 1918.)
The desert like conditions in that state have resulted in wild fires destroying millions of acres, a staggering 3,582,000 so far this year that have destroyed countless homes and businesses. And the year isn’t over quite yet! Yes, the weather has been acting a little bit weird as of late and it hasn’t just been in the United States. Much of Asia was also hit this year, an event that will very likely see the continuance of high food prices world-wide.
All of which has some people guessing as to the driving force behind these wild swings. Could this year be the heralding the start of even crazier times to come?
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