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Microcap & Penny Stocks : LGOV - Largo Vista Group, Ltd. -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Evan who wrote (4610)	8/27/1999 1:08:00 AM
From: jmhollen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7209

Hi Evan, "...From the jus' so's ya know Department..." There were interesting comments made on RB regarding the water filter and possible water supply portions of LGOV's various businesses. Here is a recent news article that may point to an increased need for these services. SHANGHAI, China (AP) Central China has been hit by a severe drought that has dried up a major river, damaged crops and left 1.5 million people short of drinking water, state media said Thursday. Less than an inch of rain has fallen this month in Henan province, 90 percent below normal, Xinhua said. The region, a major grain-growing area, has been suffering long dry spells this year. Lack of water and a heat wave in Henan province have damaged 5.2 million acres of farmland, the Xinhua News Agency said. The Huai River, which flows through Henan and is China's third-largest, has run dry for the first time in 20 years, Xinhua said. It didn't specify when or where the river ran dry. Henan farms have also been devastated by locusts this year, according to past reports. The larger Yellow River, which also flows through Henan, has run dry each summer in recent years because of low rainfall and heavy use upstream for industry and farming. In southern China, seasonal flooding has killed more than 800 people and forced some 5.5 million from their homes. But the summer rainy season has been drier than usual in other parts of China, despite storms _ including Typhoon Sam _ this week that have lashed the southeastern coast. Drought also has hit the northern province of Shanxi, where 4 million acres of crops are reported to have been damaged. Xinhua said last week that 3 million people in Shanxi were suffering shortages of drinking water. In the countryside around Beijing, a long heat wave and record dry spell have damaged grain and edible oil crops, the Beijing Morning Post reported Thursday. The summer is the driest since the communist government was founded in 1949 with only 10 inches of rainfall on average in Beijing this year through last Friday, compared with 23 inches in the same period last year, the report said.