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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (60913)	3/12/2005 9:50:43 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 74559

Ray, 1976: It snowed in Curitiba! en.wikipedia.org a couple of weeks drought and then everything returns to normal. 1962: Forest fires were decimating bush in Southern Brazil in a strong 1979: Iguassu River ran dry and Iguassu falls were just dripping water. 1996: Lots of crocodiles died since the swamp lands of the central west had abnormally low rainfall. 2001: The northern Brazil hydroplants ran dry due to low rain fall and we couldn't send southern generated electrictity since the grids were not interconnected.