http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2014/aug/31/hot-harbinger-torrid-summer-glimpse-into-regions/
The Spokesman-Review
August 31, 2014 in City, Region
Hot harbinger: Torrid summer a glimpse into region’s future
Mike Prager The Spokesman-Review
Abatzoglou, at the University of Idaho, said the most vulnerable part of the Inland Northwest landscape in coming years will be the transition zone between grassland and forest. Fire and insect infestations could be so devastating that natural ecology may not be able to re-establish itself.
“The east slopes of the Cascades are very vulnerable,” he said.
The forests of North Idaho are less threatened because rain and snowfall patterns should keep them relatively moist in coming years, he said.
In addition to fires, wind and inconsistent downpours, the heat this summer worsened a developing drought that now extends from the east slopes of the Cascades across the Columbia Basin to the edge of Spokane County, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Wheat yields are down an estimated 30 percent, farmers reported.
Climate scientists said dry-land cereal crops will be vulnerable to drought under global warming.
Atmospheric sciences professor Cliff Mass of the University of Washington summed up the situation on his blog earlier this month. He compared this summer to a midrange scenario for global warming, and said “this is like advancing 30 to 50 years into the future.”
“So this summer you are getting an idea of the conditions you or your children will experience in approximately 2050.”
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Bart Gets Famous
Original airdate in N.A.: 3-Feb-94
Blackboard :- My homework was not stolen by a one-armed man.
In fourth grade, the entire class stares at Bart, grinning silently. Even Mrs. Krabappel does so.
Bart: Uh...I never thought I'd say this, but shouldn't we be learning something?
Milhouse: Say the line, Bart!
Bart: [sighs] I didn't do it.
Everyone: Yay!
- posted by H.V.O.M - Kerry Wayne Burgess 7:31 PM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Monday 01 September 2014
