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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (55052)	6/24/2000 11:23:00 AM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116762

<<however, it probably means nuclear war or a comet hitting the earth or something along those lines...>> While this is nowhere near as apocalyptical as your suggested topics, adding this to the current drought in much of North America could bring about some notable crop commodity price increases or at least 3rd world shortages & hunger(based on the current valuation of the US$): Crops destroyed by locust plague An estimated 150 million locusts have destroyed more than 17,000 acres of crops in the north of Peru - the first plague of its kind to hit the South American country in 18 years.(cont) ananova.com Locust swarms attack China Locusts swarming across China have attacked more than 3.6 million hectares of land. The swarm has reached densities of 5,000 insects per square metre and has travelled across eight provinces(cont) ananova.com