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California Citrus Growers Face Big Losses as Cold Snap Continues(So much for "global warming!")
sfgate.com ^
| January 14, 2007
| MARCUS WOHLSEN
Posted on 01/15/2007 9:26:04 AM PST by kellynla
California's $1 billion citrus industry suffered a second night of record-low temperatures this weekend, and agriculture officials continued to worry about widespread crop destruction.
Counties where most of the state's oranges, lemons and tangerines are grown saw temperatures plummet into the teens to mid-20s both in the pre-dawn hours of Saturday and Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.
"It was a very bad night," said Nancy Lungren, spokeswoman for the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
Damage to citrus groves in the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California was "widespread" and "significant," Lungren said. But the full impact would not be known until inspectors had a chance to check fruit picked after the cold snap began Friday.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News
KEYWORDS: citrus; farming; globalwarming; weather
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posted on
01/15/2007 9:26:10 AM PST
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kellynla
To: kellynla
It not only illustrates the fallacies of global warming, but could have a negative impact on jobs for illegals and on Arnold's expectations of fat tax revenues to pay for his profligate spending commitments.
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posted on
01/15/2007 9:30:18 AM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: kellynla
Global Warming Alert!
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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posted on
01/15/2007 9:30:32 AM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: starsandstrips; Rabid Dog; calcowgirl; Jim Robinson; Salvation; jam137; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...
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posted on
01/15/2007 9:31:06 AM PST
by
kellynla
(Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
To: kellynla
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posted on
01/15/2007 9:34:04 AM PST
by
Stallone
(War and Politics: When the Enemy begins to feel pain, they change their behavior to avoid it.)
To: kellynla
The truth is going to come out sooner or later.
The last period of "global warming" ended in the 1930's, with the warmest year in the 1930's. The over all trend has actually been a cooling one.
This sudden cold snap is only going to make the over all cooling trend more pronounced. -38 here right now.
To: goldstategop
Darn! I thought it was global
cooling...
I can't keep these things straight!
To: kellynla
The orange groves in my neighborhood have huge icicles hanging from the oranges. That Global Warming is nasty!
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posted on
01/15/2007 9:38:05 AM PST
by
JRios1968
(Tagline wanted...inquire within)
To: Stallone
I'm warming up to the idea, and VERY curious what the future holds!
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posted on
01/15/2007 9:40:46 AM PST
by
Stallone
(War and Politics: When the Enemy begins to feel pain, they change their behavior to avoid it.)
To: JRios1968
I'll say. I had to bring my car battery in last night to keep it from freezing.
To: kellynla
Full speed ahead with Arnold's anti-global warming initiative! Damn the torpedoes!
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posted on
01/15/2007 9:41:44 AM PST
by
Elpasser
To: kellynla
Ask these people in Omaha what they think about "global warming"
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posted on
01/15/2007 9:44:23 AM PST
by
stm
(Believe 1% of what you hear in the drive-by media and take half of that with a grain of salt)
To: Nathan Zachary
Freezing? It's warming, I tell you!
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posted on
01/15/2007 9:46:02 AM PST
by
JRios1968
(Tagline wanted...inquire within)
To: Nathan Zachary
Do NOT let facts get in the way of Progressive politics!
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posted on
01/15/2007 9:47:28 AM PST
by
Stallone
(War and Politics: When the Enemy begins to feel pain, they change their behavior to avoid it.)
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To: kellynla
I was up for 42 hours straight, stoking bonfires all night and cutting firewood in the day. We won't really know for about ten days how bad the damages is.
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posted on
01/15/2007 9:50:26 AM PST
by
MarineBrat
(My wife and I took an AIDS vaccination that the Church offers.)
To: MarineBrat
"Improvise, Adapt, Overcome"
Marine Way
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posted on
01/15/2007 9:53:02 AM PST
by
kellynla
(Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
To: kellynla
The Weather Channel will do their part to remind us that there is global warming. It could happen tomorrow.
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posted on
01/15/2007 9:54:03 AM PST
by
4yearlurker
("Nothing is true,and everything is permitted"--7 th Satanic vow. Sounds like Liberalism!)
To: JRios1968
Used to live in Upper Yucaipa so I can only imagine that the back patio would be frozen. Happened almost every year at least once when the water for our dog would freeze.
Oklahoma definitely does not have Global Warming right now -- just got back in the house from feeding the birds and everywhere I walked it is ice on the ground and it is 17 degrees but at least it is sunny. Fortunately we didn't get freezing rain like they did in eastern and southern OK. Norman didn't even get as much sleet as they did in OKC. We lucked out this time!
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posted on
01/15/2007 9:57:46 AM PST
by
PhiKapMom
(Take Back the House and Senate -- Rudy/Allen 2008!)
To: Stallone
And 2006. Had to cut it out to get it past the mods. Original image
here:
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posted on
01/15/2007 10:04:11 AM PST
by
stm
(Believe 1% of what you hear in the drive-by media and take half of that with a grain of salt)
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