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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (21903)	9/17/2014 3:37:47 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 49030

Flying Rivers in Brazil drying up causing drought (ie: what we’ve seen in Sao Paolo). Flying rivers are the moisture caused by the forest which is carried by the wind. Deforestation, climate change are eliminating them. Once gone it’s gone? rtcc.org further flooding due to continuing heavy rains in the Balkans – quite astonishing footage of the violence of a flash flood here: KAMPALA, Uganda—Floods sweeping across eastern Uganda have destroyed thousands of hectares of crops, aid officials said Tuesday, warning that tens of thousands of people in the East African nation could face a severe food shortage in the coming months. online.wsj.com

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (21903)	9/17/2014 5:28:35 PM
From: Metacomet	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 49030

Was in San Diego a few days ago.. ..not a drop of moisture and my friend turned on the A/C they never use except for Arizona company.. ..saw on the news that Phoenix was being flooded while we were there ..on the drive back, we had a bit of rain between Yuma and Gila Bend, some clouds that had studiously avoided California, apparently by divine direction. ..y'all have pissed off either God or her sister Mother Nature ..feel for my daughter ..had been in the Persian Gulf for the last couple of years...got assigned to a ship at North Island, and those temps are nearly what she had out of Abu Dhabi...