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4. Shiny metal objects = distractions
Sun Jan 5, 2014, 01:30 PM
Jan 2014

While the M$M is taking Faux's bait, 2/3 of the country is either in abnormally dry or exceptionally dry conditions, the highest rating they have. It's like a news blackout to what's really going on. Okay, so there's some cold weather going on in the mid-west, but how about equal coverage for the rest of us!!!

Depending on where you live, you're categorized into these classes of drought:
1) Abnormally Dry
2) Moderately Dry
3) Severe Drought
4) Extreme Drought
5) Exceptional Drought




http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/
http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/ PDF 12/31/13.

November 2013 global temperature highest on record
Year-to-date global temperature ties for fourth highest on record

The globally-averaged temperature for November 2013 was the highest for November since record keeping began in 1880. November 2013 also marks the 37th consecutive November and 345th consecutive month with a global temperature above the 20th century average. NOAA & on DU

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